With Susan Okereke
Welcome to The Future of Maths Education series. This is the first article in a 4-part series exploring the biggest takeaways from my summer reflections. You can find Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here. At the start of the summer I was immersed in this exact question across four incredible events and over the next four blog posts, I’m... Continue Reading →
It's part two of my 4-part series: The Future of Maths Education. If you missed the opening post, you can read Part 1: Insights from the Festival of Education here. You can also jump ahead to Part 3 here or Part 4 here. In this post, I’m shifting my perspective from speaker to listener to unpack why connecting maths across different academic... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Part 3 of my 4-part series, The Future of Maths Education. To catch up on the earlier discussions, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here, or feel free to look ahead to Part 4 here. In this post, we are looking beyond the AI hype to explore practical, pedagogy-first strategies for integrating AI directly into the maths classroom. Following my time at the Royal... Continue Reading →
I wrote an article for Schools Week sharing ideas on how school senior leaders can cultivate and nurture a positive attitude towards maths in their schools. Read my article here: https://schoolsweek.co.uk/solutions-five-ways-for-leaders-to-fly-the-flag-for-maths/?mc_cid=7d831ade53&mc_eid=9842fa05e6
I wrote an article for The Independent Voices on why I believe the Mathematics GCSE qualification needs to be revamped. The GCSE exam results were released last week and almost 40% of students in England achieved less than the standard pass grade 4 in maths. My aim is to encourage discussion, which hopefully leads to... Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Prof. Nira Chamberlain – President of the Mathematical Association – for the vlog series he host, which asks the question 'What is the point of mathematics?'. We discussed the issue of poor numeracy in the UK and the impact this is having on individuals, society and the... Continue Reading →
This month I was featured in the NCETM LLME Spotlight and I talked about the Non-Specialist SKTM (Subject Knowledge for Teachers of Mathematics) programme I’m leading for London SE+ Maths Hub. This project is designed to support the development of specialist subject knowledge in non-specialist teachers teaching maths in a secondary school, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support... Continue Reading →
The book ‘If I could tell you another thing’ is the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Mathematical Association’s popular 2022 publication ‘If I could tell you one thing’. For this second instalment, chapters have been commissioned from a new group of mathematics educators who have collectively accumulated hundreds of years of professional expertise in secondary and post-16... Continue Reading →
Our Maths Appeal Podcast is back for a third series and in this series, we're delighted to partner with National Numeracy, an independent charity that promotes the importance of numeracy and "everyday maths" and Experian, an organisation on a mission to help the nation improve their financial health. My co-host Bobby Seagull and I continue on our mission to make maths accessible to everyone and... Continue Reading →
Our Maths Appeal podcast is back for a second series! In series 2 my co-host Bobby Seagull and I continue on our mission to make maths accessible to everyone but this time our focus for the podcast is maths problem solving. As maths teachers, we both know how difficult it can be to teach students problem solving skills because problem solving is... Continue Reading →
Do The Maths Thing 