NCETM Primary Mathematics Teaching for Mastery Development Work Group        Information and Application form 2024/25
This programme is for schools who have a commitment to developing a teaching for mastery approach. 
The school’s participation involves two teachers attending professional development in a group of around six schools led by a Mastery Specialist. It is expected that the two participating teachers begin to disseminate and lead development across the whole school, so one of the participants should be the school maths lead. 
This document gives information about the Work Groups and how schools can apply to be involved.
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The Teaching for Mastery Development Work Groups

Each Work Group will be led by one of the Maths Hub’s Mastery Specialists and involve six or seven primary schools. During the year, they will work closely together to introduce and develop approaches to teaching for mastery. The Work Group activity will include:
  • Each school identifying two teachers (one for small schools) to lead developments within their school
  • The two teachers working together with the Mastery Specialist and teachers from the other Work Group schools in regular Teacher Research Group (TRG) style meetings and through an online community
  • Each school receiving regular, bespoke school support visits from the Mastery Specialist to observe teaching, support in-school TRGs, and work with the participants and headteacher in developing an action plan for the school
  • The head teacher working with the Mastery Specialist and other members of the Maths Hub’s leadership team to develop whole school policies and structures to support teaching for mastery
  • The participants, supported by the headteacher, working with colleagues to develop teaching for mastery approaches in the classroom, supported by professional development activity including Teacher Research Group methods
  • Following this Developing Mastery year, schools are expected to continue being part of the Embedding Work Group to embed and then sustain a teaching for mastery approach across the whole school. These follow-on Work Groups will be led by Mastery Specialists. They will be supported by the Maths Hub to continue to work as a collaborative group that supports schools in their development of teaching for mastery.

Benefits for participating schools

Participating in the Work Group will provide the following benefits to participant schools:
  • High quality support for teacher professional development for the participant teachers, facilitated by the Mastery Specialist
  • Support for the headteacher in addressing leadership issues related to teaching for mastery from the Mastery Specialist and the Maths Hub’s leadership
  • Opportunity to work closely with other schools also developing teaching for mastery
  • This PD is fully funded by the DfE and a grant of £1000 is given to each school, providing participants attend all Work Group activities. 

Who can apply
The Work Groups are intended for schools that are committed to using teaching for mastery approaches for primary maths. Schools should also have the capacity for engaging in significant professional development work during 2024/25.

Expectations of participating schools

Schools chosen to participate in the Work Group commit to the following expectations:

• The participant teachers will attend six Work Group meetings with the Mastery Specialist (half days), make changes to maths teaching in their own classrooms initially and then begin to disseminate good practice beyond their own classrooms by the end of the year.

The participants will be released to work with the Mastery Specialist the six half-day bespoke school visits

• The headteacher will meet with the Maths Hub’s leadership as appropriate

• The school will introduce teaching for mastery approaches across the school and establish TRG professional development models to support teacher development

• The school will will complete any surveys required by the Maths Hub/NCETM and participate in any evaluation processes required

• The school will continue to collaborate with schools in the Embedding Work Group for the year 2025/26 

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Funding

The PD is fully funded by the DfE and a grant of £1000 is given to each school, providing participants attend all Work Group activities. 

How to apply

Schools interested in applying to be part of a Work Group in 2024/25 should complete the application form below.
There is the opportunity to engage in the programme with other schools that you already work with, for example as part of an Academy Trust or local cluster of schools. Each school must still make an individual application, but you can indicate on the application form the schools you would like to be placed with.

Once the school has applied, the Maths Hub will then make contact with you to explain next steps.

Application Form- Cambridge Maths Hub

Primary Mathematics Teaching for Mastery Development Work Group 24-25

Deadline for applications: 27th June 2024
Name of school
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Address
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School URN
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Contact telephone number
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Is the school part of an Academy Trust
Clear selection
If yes, please  tell us which Trust your school belongs to.
Most recent Ofsted rating and date
Most recent end of EYFS/KS assessment results as applicable
Name of headteacher
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Email address of headteacher
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We know that staffing may change before you begin the programme, but please provide details of the staff whom you expect to participate.

Details of Lead Participant 1

Maths Lead
Name of Lead Participant 1/ Maths Lead *
Email of Lead Participant 1 *
Teacher reference number (TRN)
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Telephone number

Details of Participant 2

Name of Participant 2 *
Email of Participant 2 *
Teacher reference number (TRN)
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Telephone number
Headteacher statement
Please give details of why you wish the school to participate in the Work Group and your commitment to teaching for mastery approaches, including details of any existing engagement with these approaches (up to 250 words)
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Group Applications
There is the opportunity to engage in the programme with other schools that you already work with, for example as part of an Academy Trust or local cluster of schools. Each school must still make an individual application, but you can indicate below the schools you would like to be placed with. Please note this request cannot be guaranteed but the Maths Hub will take it into consideration in the selection process.
We wish to be considered as part of a group application: 
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Please name the schools you would like to be placed with

Please describe your relationship to the schools named above

Confirmation of school commitment (electronic signatures) 


If we are chosen to participate in the Work Group, we understand and commit to the following expectations:

• The lead teachers will participate in all the regular, cross-school Work Group meetings with the Mastery Specialist (half-days) and contribute to the online community

• The lead teachers will receive a minimum of ten (combined) days’ release time for development work including the above meetings

• The headteacher will meet with the Mastery Specialist and the Maths Hub’s leadership as well as working with the other Work Group school headteachers

• The school will introduce teaching for mastery approaches across the school and establish TRG professional development models to support teacher development

• The school will complete any surveys required by the Maths Hub/NCETM and participate in any evaluation processes required

• The school will continue to work with other schools in the Embedding Mastery Work Group in 2025/26 

We understand and agree to the above statements
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