What are the benefits of being a Primary Mastery Specialist?

How do you become a Mastery Specialist? What are the personal and professional benefits? How can you have impact in your own school? And what happens when your skills take you even further? Leanne Casey tells us about her experiences.

Show notes

Taking part in the discussion are:

Leanne Casey, Primary Mastery Specialist and Deputy Head at St. Michael’s CE Primary School in Bedworth, Coventry (a two-form entry primary school)

Beth Goodliff, NCETM Communications Officer

This podcast complements the Mastery Specialist information on the Maths Hubs website.

Episode chapters

00:45 – How Leanne became a Mastery Specialist

04:10 – Starting to work with other schools

05:45 – Getting buy-in from headteacher

07:20 – The context of Leanne’s school and its maths performance

09:00 – Convincing class teachers, even though maths results were good

14:15 – Keeping the mastery momentum going  

17:30 – Embedding newly appointed teachers

20:45 – How Leanne has benefited personally

23:00 – Working on mastery with a different Maths Hub, in London

27:40 – Advice for a teacher considering applying to train as a Mastery Specialist

If you are interested in becoming a Mastery Specialist, contact your local Maths Hub. They will tell you when the next recruitment window opens, and how to apply.