We run Work Groups across all stages of education; working with teachers to deliver classroom-based programmes and projects designed to support the improvement of maths in schools and colleges.
All Work Groups are held in locations across our North East region and participation is FREE for state schools. Each Work Group is led by one of our Local Leaders of Maths Education (LLMEs) - a community of teachers and education experts who are passionate about maths and about supporting CPD in maths across our region.
Please see projects for Post 16
Post 16
Who can take part?
Participants will be established teachers or leaders of A level Maths who are looking to deepen their pedagogical understanding. They must be teaching a current A level Maths group.
This Work Group would be particularly useful for those who may have already completed other A level subject knowledge and pedagogy CPD.
Who can take part?
The community is for secondary heads of department/subject leaders, and is open to heads of department in schools already involved with Maths Hubs and to those who are not yet involved.
Who can take part?
This programme is for teachers who are in their first two years of teaching Core Maths and are teaching a Core Maths class during the academic year 2025/26.
Who can take part?The programme is for practitioners of post-16 GCSE Maths resit and/or Functional Skills Maths who are currently employed in a post-16 setting and regularly teaching maths to students aged 16-19 enrolled onto full-time Study Programmes under the government’s Condition of Funding policy.
Participants must have at least two years’ experience teaching post-16 GCSE/FSQ maths, with the capacity to lead change within their own institutions. They may be based in FE colleges, Sixth Form colleges, or other post-16 settings.
Who can take part?This community is only open to previous participants of the Post-16 GCSE/FSQ Mastery Specialist Programme
Who can take part?
All DfE-accredited ITT providers can nominate participants, who are responsible for leading maths provision. They will be joined by a representative from each Maths Hub’s leadership team. Participants are expected to attend all online and regional sessions and to share learning with colleagues.
Who can take part?
Schools may be referred to their local Maths Hub for intensive support that do not currently have the capacity to engage with the standard Teaching for Mastery Programme.
To ensure a positive impact on their teaching and learning, schools need to be committed to making long-term improvements in maths, and to work closely with their local Maths Hub over a number of years. This includes a commitment to joining a Teaching for Mastery Programme in future years.
Who can take part?
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.
Who can take part?
This opportunity is for teachers of GCSE Maths, and for those teaching GCSE Maths resit and/or Functional Skills Maths. Participants may be based in secondary schools, UTCs, FE colleges, Sixth Form colleges, schools with post-16 provision, or other post-16 settings.
Who can take part?
These phase-specific programmes are for expert teachers of maths (all phases from Early Years to post-16) who have existing commitments and responsibility for designing, leading and evaluating maths teacher professional development, and who will lead maths professional development beyond their own institution.
Who can take part?
The programme is for colleagues working with school and subject leaders in a school or group of schools other than their own. It will benefit those with significant experience of developing maths leadership capacity, or those newer to the role. Usually, participants will have completed the NCETM PD Lead Programme and have some experience of working directly with senior leaders outside of their own setting.
Participants must commit to the full programme and will need the support of the headteacher of their own school and/or MAT.
What are Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWGs)?
Every year, there are around 30 Network Collaborative Projects (NCPs) run across the Maths Hubs Network. They focus on teaching for mastery and other classroom pedagogies, as well as subject knowledge in all phases.
In addition to these there are RIWGs. These Work Groups aim to rigorously explore new approaches, and to better understand how children and young people learn maths, influencing existing or new NCPs. RIWGs are proposed locally and organised nationally into themes – over 100 RIWGs were undertaken in 2023/24.