Post-16 Opportunities

Summary

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Practitioners of post-16 GCSE Mathematics resit and/or Functional Skills Maths can become Mastery Specialists, initially developing their own teaching for mastery approaches, then supporting others to do the same.

Participants must have at least two years’ experience teaching post-16 GCSE/FSQ maths, with the capacity to lead change within their own institutions. They may be based in FE colleges, Sixth Form colleges, or other post-16 settings

Time Commitment: TBC

Suitable for: Post-16

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This project explores and deepens participants’ pedagogic content knowledge, empowering teachers to enhance their classroom practice and to influence department-wide A level teaching. It is an engine for improving student understanding of A level Maths, and driving their subsequent success.

Participants will work with local colleagues, supported by London Thames Maths Hub and the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP), to enhance the quality of teaching and the conceptual understanding of students, and the development of participants as leaders of A level teaching professional development in their own school or college.

Participants will be established teachers or leaders of A level Maths who are looking to deepen their pedagogical understanding and lead the development of pedagogy in A level teaching with other colleagues. They must be teaching a current A level Maths group.

Time Commitment: 3 Full-day (09:30 - 15:30) Sessions

Location: Harris Institute Bromley, Lennard Road Beckenham, BR3 1QR

Your work group lead will be Theresa Baker

Suitable for: Post-16

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Primary focus: Core Maths pedagogy

This Work Group give teachers opportunities, through collaboration and experimentation, to develop improved teaching approaches that support the open-ended problem-solving skills Core Maths students need to develop, and to share these with departmental colleagues. Participant departments will support the role of Core Maths in promoting contextualised problem-solving and links to teaching in other subject areas.

This is for experienced and developing teachers of Core Maths who are in at least their second year of teaching Core Maths. Where appropriate, participants will be expected to work with colleagues in their own department. The Work Group focusses on collaborative discussion, planning, trialling ideas between sessions and evaluation. 

Time Commitment: TBC

Suitable for: Post -16

This Work Group is in collaboration with another local Maths Hub.

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This is designed to help schools increase the number of students - particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds - achieving higher grades in GCSE Mathematics and progressing to study maths at Level 3.

Participants will work with local colleagues, supported by London Thames Maths Hub and the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP), to explore strategies and teaching approaches that promote high attainment and motivation.

Sessions will include collaborative planning and reflection, with opportunities to adapt and trial high-impact tasks in the classroom to deepen understanding of challenging areas of the secondary maths curriculum.

Time Commitment: TBC

Suitable for: Secondary and Post-16​