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Developing Fluency with Multiplicative Reasoning at KS3

Participant Information

This Work Group is for teachers working with KS3 students who want to improve their own practice and begin to develop practice within their department. CODE Maths Hub will focus on Year 7 content for the 2025.26 academic year.

A pair of participant teachers from each school will join a Work Group; the pair should comprise at least one experienced teacher.

Participants are expected to attend the equivalent of three full days of workshops, and to complete school-based tasks between sessions. Workshops will be a blend of national and local sessions, and online and face-to-face provision. Multiplicative reasoning is a fundamental element of the KS3 maths curriculum, and an important foundation for much of the KS4 content. The centrally-produced resources are designed to support effective teaching of multiplicative reasoning through a series of core structures, laying foundations in Year 7 and then building on these within the Year 8 resources.

Please note: there is also an expectation that the subject leader participates in a subject leader community.

Our aim

The core purpose of the hub is to help schools and colleges lead improvement in mathematics education across the region. We seek to harness all the maths leadership and expertise within the area, to develop and spread excellent practice, for the benefit of all pupils and students.