
Year 13 STEP-Prep in Northamptonshire
Weekly STEP-preparation lessons have been taking place at two centres in Northamptonshire.
ReadWeekly STEP-preparation lessons have been taking place at two centres in Northamptonshire.
ReadThis September, 26 teachers attended a one-day professional development and networking conference in Derby for Core Maths.
ReadAt the Brooke Weston Academy in Corby, teachers from around the East Midlands and beyond attended an all-day professional development event designed to provide them with strategies for developing the reasoning skills of their pupils.
ReadIn a series of six meetings over the academic year, our first teacher network meeting was kindly hosted by Ockbrook School in October.
ReadNovember’s puzzle of the month
ReadOn 4 November, 12 teachers gathered at Ecclesbourne School in Duffield for a AMSP professional development event on the theme of using Desmos in A level Mathematics.
ReadThe beginning of December is when ambitious students are called to be interviewed by Oxbridge colleges and so, from the end of November, I spent much of my time criss-crossing the East Midlands to give mock interviews to maths and engineering candidates.
ReadOver 100 teams of A level students from across the East Midlands took part in the Regional Finals of the Senior Team Maths Challenge this autumn.
ReadGCSE Mathematics is more demanding than ever, with new Higher Tier content supporting a national drive to increase the number of students studying maths post-16.
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