Intent: 

  • Maths lead has a clear oversight of the Maths curriculum coverage and ensures that the curriculum meets national requirements;
  • The Maths leader ensure that all teachers are aware of expectations for their own year groups and know start and end points that enable pupils to build their knowledge and skills towards the agreed end points; 
  • The leader is fully aware of the progression across year groups, which has been shared with all teaching staff, and sequential planning; they have thought about what end points the curriculum is building towards, what pupils will be able to know and do at those end points. This includes considering how the intended curriculum will address social disadvantage by addressing gaps in pupils’ knowledge and skills; 
  • The Maths lead ensures the content is taught in a logical progression, following the national curriculum, systematically and explicitly enough for all pupils to acquire the intended knowledge and skills; 
  • Maths lead has ensured colleagues have access to appropriate concrete and teaching resources to ensure delivery of a rich and challenging curriculum;
  • Pupils enjoy mathematics during lessons and in a wider context.
  • Support parents and carers with developing a positive attitude to mathematics through sharing of ideas and supportive materials to develop the home school link.

Implementation: 

  • Through rigorous monitoring of the subject, the Maths lead is confident that teaching within the subject is strong and promotes the acquisition of key knowledge, building on prior learning; through observations, work scrutiny and pupil discussions; 
  • The Maths lead ensures they provide appropriate CPD provide up to date messages from the LA – leading professional development, providing guidance and support to colleagues; 
  • The Maths lead will oversee assessment and hold teachers to account; 
  • The Maths lead ensures they are making best use of financial and human resources to impact on standards; 
  • Through work with the school council, the subject lead ensures the subject is promoted; 
  • The subject leader, alongside the support of the LA will continually review the schemes of work and the other long-term planning.
  • Maths schemes are used to support learning in school: EYFS use White Rose Maths resources and Years 1-6 use White Rose Maths premium resources. These are supplemented with other rich resources;
  • Daily Core Maths sessions are held to improve key skills: arithmetic, reasoning and problem solving and times tables knowledge;
  • Mastering Number programme is taught daily in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 to develop early good number sense.
  • The Great North Maths Hub are supporting the school to improve standards in Maths through adapting a mastery approach appropriate to the needs of the school and all stakeholders.
  • Key life skills, such as money sense and budgeting, are taught through DT projects and financial lessons from banks.

Impact: 

  • Through close monitoring, the effectiveness of teaching has a positive impact on learning and standards; 
  • The Maths lead has an evidence file showing first-hand evidence of how pupils are doing, drawing together evidence from the interviews, observations, work scrutinies and documentary review; 
  • The Maths lead has successfully evaluated and summarised all aspects of the subject to define next steps for improvement from their action plan;
  • That all pupils have access to a rich curriculum that enables key mathematical life skills for future success and that they have access to enrichment experiences to improve their cultural capital.