Participant Information 

This Work Group is for Year 7 students who have not met age-related expectations in maths, particularly students whose attainment is in the bottom 20-30% of the national cohort at the end of KS2.

A pair of participants from each school will join a Work Group; one should be a teacher with QTS, but the other can be teaching assistant or similar.

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.

The centrally-produced resources are designed to support teachers and focus on the foundations of mathematical understanding. Each set of resources has a different focus, adapting the most relevant parts of the support available for KS2 teachers so that they build on students’ prior knowledge and prepare them for their study in KS3. 

Please note - For all participant schools there is also an expectation that the subject leader participates in a subject leader community.