Primary Teaching for Mastery – Development

First phase for Teaching for Mastery Programme 

This diagram shows a school’s journey towards mastery.  

Aims: 

If your school is ready to start developing a teaching for mastery approach, you can join a Work Group starting in the new academic year. Watch this video to find out more about this phase and see if this is the correct starting point for your setting. 

Watch this video to find out if Development is the best phase for your school to begin the Teaching for Mastery journey.

The Teaching for Mastery Programme is a professional development opportunity designed to support teachers like you to develop best practice in maths in your school. Teaching for Mastery is a teaching approach to help to develop the best, research informed, highly effective classroom practices so all students develop a secure, deep and connected understanding of maths. 

Who can take part? 

Schools that have either never engaged with Teaching for Mastery or those that have completed Mastery Readiness are eligible for this phase. 

This is for state-funded primary schools in England. Each school must send two teachers to half-termly school-based teacher research groups. Each term, the Mastery Specialist will visit each of the schools. 

What is involved? 

Two teachers from each participating school join a Work Group, consisting of around six local primary schools. Each Work Group is led by a trained Primary Mastery Specialist. Work Groups meet regularly to plan, observe and discuss teaching for mastery. In between meetings, teachers explore mastery approaches in their own classrooms and across their school. 

Support is provided via bespoke school visits three times across the year from a local classroom-based Mastery Specialist who leads the group. This model of professional development involves hands-on learning and peer-to-peer support. It is evidence-based and designed to support substantial long-term change. 

What is the cost? 

The Primary Teaching for Mastery Development Work Groups project is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participating schools and fully engaged schools are eligible to claim £1000 to help with teacher release in order to implement and refine the approach in their setting. 

How to Apply 

Application form to be added at a later date