The NCETM Maths Podcast

What mastery has done for our school

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Jenny Laurie is a deputy head and maths teacher at The St Marylebone CE School in central London. The school was one of the very earliest to adopt a teaching for mastery approach in maths.

When two maths teachers visited Shanghai, they were particularly struck by the collaborative nature of curriculum planning there, and resolved to introduce a more collegiate way of planning at St Marylebone.

Initially something of a sceptic, Jenny explains why she has been completely won over by the changes they have made, and what she hopes this might mean for their GCSE results in 2020. 

Episode chapters
  • 00:52: The school and Jenny’s role
  • 02:55: Why the school changed the way they taught maths
  • 04:24: How the maths department used to work
  • 05:05: How they decided to change
  • 08:41: The first collaborative planning meeting (on fractions)
  • 11:31: Deciding on a system of planning meetings
  • 12:40: How is time for these meetings created now?
  • 14:44: How collaborative planning saves time
  • 15:17: How the planning sessions work
  • 16:51: Retention and development of staff
  • 17:42: Jenny’s development as a class teacher
  • 19:55: Sending one teacher out of school for CPD
  • 20:53: Not scripted lessons
  • 21:36: When a planned lesson doesn’t work
  • 22:58: The effects on students (engagement, results…)
  • 25:34: What the data is showing about attainment of all students
  • 26:55: Enabling staff to be excellent teachers
  • 28:00: Other departments’ interest in collaborative planning
  • 30:01: Jenny’s advice to other schools’ senior leaders
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