MATHS CENTRES


CENTRES FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHS SELECT THEIR THEMES OF ACTIVITY


In a bid to deliver a step change in maths teaching, the 21 Centres will focus on different areas, from adapting the mastery approach to relating maths to real life and making use of data and technology.


T


he 21 providers taking part in the Centres for Excellence in Maths (CfEM) programme have all selected the themes on which


they will focus their activities. The CfEM programme aims to deliver a step change in maths teaching up to Level 2 in post-16 settings, with a focus on 16 to 19-year-olds. It is funded by the Department for Education (DfE), which has chosen the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), the national workforce development body for the further education and training sector, to manage and lead this programme. The ETF is working with a range of


expert delivery partners and the 21 Centres to design new and improved teaching approaches, develop quality teaching resources, build teachers’ skills and spread best practice across the country through maths networks. This is to help increase the number


of young people leaving compulsory education with the necessary maths skills up to GCSE and Functional Skills Level 2 to improve their employability and progression to further learning. The CfEM programme has been designed to focus primarily on four themes of activity: • An adapted mastery approach to mathematics, suitable for the post-16 sector


• Approaches to contextualisation which relate maths to real-world situations


• Motivating and engaging learners • The use of data and technology within mathematics education in the sector. Each of the Centres will focus on at least one of the themes. They will form their own networks in their region to disseminate findings and resources to support these new and improved ways of teaching maths.


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The theme each Centre will focus on is:


1. Contextualisation • Cambridge Regional College • East Kent College • Gateshead College • Grimsby College • Harlow College • Lakes College • Nelson and Colne College • Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group • Tameside College • Warwickshire College Group • Wilberforce Sixth Form College


2. Mastery • East Kent College • Christ the King Sixth Form College • Fareham College • Greater Brighton Metropolitan College • Leyton Sixth Form College • Nelson and Colne College • Newham College • New College Stamford • Wilberforce Sixth Form College • Leicester College


3. Data and Technology • Cambridge Regional College • City College Plymouth • Harlow College • Lakes College • Leeds City College • Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group • New College Stamford • Tameside College • Weston College • Leicester College


4. Motivation and Engagement • Christ the King Sixth Form College • City College Plymouth • Fareham College • Gateshead College • Greater Brighton Metropolitan College


• Grimsby College • Leeds City College • Leyton Sixth Form College • Newham College • Warwickshire College Group • Weston College


Sam Antill, head of the Centres for


Excellence in Maths programme at the ETF, said: “Developing and testing teaching approaches across the four key themes, supported by research, is vital in our aim to help increase the number of young people leaving compulsory education with the necessary basic maths skills up to Level 2. “Everyone at the ETF is excited to be working with the 21 Centres for Excellence in Maths and our chosen delivery partners to achieve this objective.” For more information on the CfEM


programme and its themes visit the ETF website.


Or, if reading the digital version of your inTuition (available to SET members when logged in), then click on the following link: bit.ly/CentresforExcellenceinMaths


Or anyone can scan this QR code.


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