Your school will join a Work Group comprising up to 8 schools, led by one of the Maths Hub’s Mastery Readiness Leads.

During the year, you will work closely together to develop subject and pedagogical knowledge as well as supporting teaching, learning and leadership of maths across the school.  You will look at the Five Big Ideas of Mastery Readiness to lay the foundations to developing teaching for mastery in an effective and sustainable manner.

The Work Group activity will include:

Each school identifying two teachers to lead developments within their school, one of whom should be the maths lead

The two teachers working together with the Mastery Readiness Lead and teachers from the other Work Group schools in regular workshops. It is vital that the headteacher attends at least the first workshop with their staff

Each school receiving regular support visits from the Mastery Readiness Lead to support the participants and leaders to develop and work on an action plan for the school

The headteacher working with the Mastery Readiness Lead and other members of the Maths Hub leadership to develop whole school policies and structures to support teaching for mastery

The lead teachers, supported by the headteacher, working with colleagues to lay foundations for developing teaching for mastery approaches in the classroom, supported by collaborative professional development activity

Following the first year, the schools are expected to then continue being part of a Teaching for Mastery Work Group led by a Mastery Specialist in the Development year. Beyond that year, there will be opportunities to continue to embedding and sustaining a teaching for mastery approach with the support of a specialist and other schools

There is no charge to schools participating in the Mastery Readiness Work Group. There is no charge for the bespoke support of the Mastery Readiness Lead. Schools will be eligible for financial benefits in the following year.

The two teachers will participate in half termly workshops with the Mastery Readiness Lead and work towards completing actions from a mutually agreed action plan

The two teachers will be released to work with the Mastery Readiness Lead for half-day school visits, each half term

The headteacher will meet with the Mastery Readiness Lead regularly during the bespoke school visits

The school will introduce a vision for implementing teaching for mastery approaches across the school and will actively work on an action plan in order for the school to be Mastery Ready by the end of 2023/24. This could include introducing or developing collaborative, in-school professional development models to support all teachers and teaching assistants.

The school will provide any reports required by the Maths Hub and participate in any evaluation processes required

The school will continue to work with other schools in the Teaching for Mastery Work Groups for the years 2025/26 and beyond