Secondary and Post-16 Professional Development Opportunities 2025/26

As further information becomes available about our Secondary and Post-16  Professional Development Opportunities for 2025/26 they will be added below

 

To go straight to our Post-16 offer click here 

 

Communities

Secondary Maths Subject Leaders Community

SECONDARY Maths Subject Leaders Community

 

 

A collaborative community for secondary maths leaders, supporting effective departmental leadership and engagement with emerging priorities. Participation ensures purposeful implementation of additional Maths Hub Activity.

Enrolment now open, follow the link for further information and how to enrol. 

 

Multi-Academy Trust Maths Lead Community

Multi-Academy Trust Maths Lead Community

 

The community is for MAT maths leads overseeing multiple schools – both new and returning participants. MATs must support participants to attend three in-person days and take part in inter-sessional activity.

Follow the link for more information

 

 

Regional ITT Providers Community

Regional ITT Providers

Community

 

This community brings together ITT providers and Maths Hub leaders to form a regional professional learning community focused on enhancing maths provision and aligning it with the principles of teaching for mastery.

Follow the link for more information


Secondary Work Groups 

Secondary Teaching for Mastery Work Group

SECONDARY TEACHING FOR MASTERY

 WORK GROUP

 

This opportunity is for schools in England that have previously participated in a Secondary Teaching for Mastery Work Group or have a trained Mastery Specialist in their department.

Enrolment now open, follow the link for further information and how to enrol. 

 

Securing Foundations at Year 7 Work Group

Securing Foundations at

Year 7 Work Group

 

Discover ways to help students who need additional support to make good progress in KS3 and beyond. This project aims to provide professional development and resources for secondary maths teachers, so they are better equipped with KS1 and KS2 maths curriculum domain-specific knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. It will give them the necessary expertise to support students with gaps in understanding content from previous Key Stages.

Applications open, please apply by Monday 7th July. 

 

New for 2025/26- Developing Fluency with Multiplicative Reasoning at KS3 (Year 7) Work Group

Developing Fluency with Multiplicative Reasoning at KS3 (Year 7) Work Group

 

This opportunity focuses on supporting students to develop a deep and connected understanding of multiplicative reasoning. Working in a professional learning community, teachers will explore effective ways to teach multiplicative reasoning, share strategies and use carefully-designed classroom resources and guidance materials to improve their teaching.

Applications open, please apply by Monday 7th July. 

 

New for 2025/26- Higher-level Maths Achievement Work Group

Higher-level Maths Achievement

Work Group

 

These Work Groups are designed to help schools increase the number of students - particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds - achieving higher grades in GCSE Mathematics and progressing to study maths at Level 3.

Applications not yet open- follow the link to express an interest for 2025/26

 

Years 5-8 Continuity Work Group

Years 5-8 Continuity Work Group

 

This Work Group aims to strengthen the transition from primary to secondary school by focusing on curriculum and pedagogical continuity over Years 5 to 8. Participants should be teachers of Years 5-8 in primary, secondary, middle school and all-through schools who have some responsibility for curriculum development

Applications not yet open- follow the link to express an interest for 2025/26

 

Supporting Students To Achieve a L2 Qualification In Maths Work Group

Supporting Students To Achieve a L2 Qualification In Maths Work Group

 

 

Teachers of Years 10 and 11, and of post-16 GCSE Maths resit and/or Functional Skills Maths, will develop ways to support students who need to study maths beyond age 16 to achieve a L2 qualification.

Applications not yet open- follow the link to express an interest for 2025/26

 


SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING MATHEMATICS PROGRAMMES

Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics (SKTM) Programmes are for individual teachers to develop specialist knowledge to improve their practice. Schools that have a participant in the SKTM programme one year are eligible to apply for another participant the following year. For 2025/26 we will running the following SKTM Programmes:

 

SKTM- SECONDARY NON-SPECIALIST TEACHERS PROGRAMME

SECONDARY NON-SPECIALIST TEACHERS PROGRAMME

 

 

This programme is designed to support non-specialist teachers teaching maths in a secondary school in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support students in maths in the classroom.

Applications open, follow the link for further information and how to apply. 

 

SKTM- SECONDARY Teaching Assistants Programme

SECONDARY TEACHING ASSISTANTS PROGRAMME

 

This programme is designed to support non-specialist teachers teaching maths in a secondary school in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support students in maths in the classroom.

Applications not yet open- follow the link to express an interest for 2025/26


Post-16

A LEVEL WORK GROUP

DEVELOPING A LEVEL PEDAGOGY WORK GROUP

 

This Work Group supports experienced A level teachers to not only further develop their expertise but provide a model to support departmental change. 

Applications not yet open- follow the link to express an interest for 2025/26

New to Teaching Core Maths Programme

Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics

Core Maths Teachers Programme

 

Core Maths is a relatively new qualification and uptake is growing, so more Core Maths teaching capacity is needed. This programme seeks to address this need by helping teachers to develop the specialist knowledge to teach Core Maths effectively.

Applications not yet open- follow the link to express an interest for 2025/26

 Cross Phase Work Group

Supporting Students To Achieve a L2 Qualification In Maths Work Group

 

 

Teachers of Years 10 and 11, and of post-16 GCSE Maths resit and/or Functional Skills Maths, will develop ways to support students who need to study maths beyond age 16 to achieve a L2 qualification.

Applications not yet open- follow the link to express an interest for 2025/26


Local Leaders of Mathematics Education Programmes

 

LLME Recuitment

Local Leaders of Mathematics Education Programmes 

 

The Local Leaders of Mathematics Education (LLME) Programmes include the NCETM Professional Development Lead Programme, NCETM School Development Programme, Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme and Post-16 GCSE and FSQ Mastery Specialists Programme. 

 

Applications closed for 2025/26- follow the link to find out more and express an interest in 2026/27

 

 If you are interested in a Programme or Work Group for 2025/26 please complete our expression of interest form and we will be in touch when further information is available.