Primary Work Groups
2025-2026 Projects
Mastering Number
at Reception & KS1
Summary
This programme focuses on the key knowledge and understanding
needed in Reception, and progression through KS1. Lead teachers
in participating schools will receive training and will be part of an
online community, to share practice and engage in critical reflection.
Teaching materials will be provided for four short sessions each
week, aimed at developing children’s fluency and flexibility with
number. This programme and its Work Groups are open to all schools that
have not yet engaged with the Mastering Number Programme.
Time Commitment: 4 sessions
Suitable for: Early Years, Primary
Fully
Booked
Mastering Number at KS2
Summary
This project enables pupils in Years 4 and 5 to develop fluency in multiplication and division facts, and a confidence and flexibility with number that exemplifies good number sense.
This Work Group is open to all schools participating in Teaching for Mastery Work Groups. Lead participants from Work Group schools will be two teachers – one each from Year 4 and Year 5. Support will also be given to maths leads and headteachers
Time Commitment: TBC
Suitable for: Primary
Primary Teaching for Mastery (Introductory)
Summary
This two-year programme is designed for primary schools that are new to teaching for mastery and want to build a strong foundation for long-term change.
Each school will nominate two participants to attend six Work Group sessions, led by an experienced Mastery Specialist. Participants will work with their school leaders to begin developing and implementing a shared vision for maths, with a focus on improving pupil understanding, promoting positive attitudes to maths, and developing consistent, high-quality teaching practices across the school.
Time Commitment: 6 sessions
Suitable for: Primary
Primary Teaching for Mastery
Summary
This programme is for primary schools that have previously taken part in a Teaching for Mastery Work Group and want to continue to deepen and embed their approach.
Each school will continue working with a small group of local schools, supported by a Mastery Specialist. Across the year, participants will collaborate to explore effective leadership, observe live teaching for mastery, implement aspects such as lesson design, and refine systems to maximise pupil impact.
This programme is for primary schools in England that have previously participated in a Development, Embedding or Sustaining Work Group.
Time Commitment: TBC
Suitable for: Primary
Mastering Number (Embedding the Impact)
Summary
This community is for schools who have already engaged in Mastering Number. The maths lead will receive support to make Mastering Number a permanent element of the school curriculum.
This community is open to all schools involved in Mastering Number at Reception and KS1 in 2024/25, who are also part of a 2024/25 Teaching for Mastery Work Group or have formally expressed interest in engaging with a Teaching for Mastery Work Group with their Maths Hub in the future. It is also open to schools that participated in Mastering Number at Reception and KS1 in previous years, provided they have not yet engaged with this community
Time Commitment: TBC
Suitable for: Primary
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics -
Primary Teachers
Summary
This project is designed to improve the subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge for all practitioners teaching and supporting the learning of primary maths.
This programme is designed for primary teachers who would like to develop their specialist knowledge for teaching maths. This may be particularly relevant for teachers who have moved phases, or who have not received maths-specific training.
Time Commitment: Four days, spread out over a minimum of two terms
Suitable for: Primary
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics - Primary Teaching Assistants
Summary
This project is designed to improve the subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge for all practitioners supporting the learning of primary maths.
This may be particularly relevant for new TAs, or TAs who have not received maths-specific training.
Time Commitment: TBC
Suitable for: Primary
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics -
Primary Early Career Teachers
Summary
This programme provides a subject-specific focus for the ECT that enhances the statutory offer, with a focus on the teaching of maths. This is situated in the context of two core mathematical concepts: Number sense, and Additive and multiplicative reasoning.
Participants will be those identified as having recently started their teaching career; for this programme that means teachers in their second or third year of teaching
Time Commitment: TBC
Suitable for: Primary
Regional Cross-Phase – ITT Providers Community
Summary
This project brings together ITT providers and Maths Hub leaders to form a regional professional learning community focused on enhancing maths provision and aligning it with the principles of teaching for mastery.
All DfE-accredited ITT providers can nominate participants, who are responsible for leading maths provision. They will be joined by a representative from each Maths Hub’s leadership team. Participants are expected to attend all online and regional sessions and to share learning with colleagues
Time Commitment: TBC
Suitable for: Primary, Secondary, Post -16