We aim to give our pupils the opportunity to develop fluent knowledge, skills and understanding of mathematical methods and concepts. We aim to give students the skills to be able to acquire, select and apply mathematical techniques to solve problems, reason mathematically, make deductions and draw conclusions. Maths is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. We provide a broad, ambitious curriculum that enables students to reach their potential. Our curriculum develops conceptual understanding, skills, and strategic thinking to equip students for further study, employment and life.
Additionally, we encourage our pupils to build their ability in maths systematically over time towards ambitious end points. We aim for students to be able to solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions. Our maths curriculum involves all pupils learning a body of knowledge relating to the skills and applications of mathematics.
We aim to ensure that all our pupils who are disadvantaged or have any special educational needs and/or disabilities have access to a carefully planned curriculum. Our curriculum aims to provide pupils with SEND with explicit systematic teaching and rehearsal of knowledge. We also ensure that these pupils have the time they need to study important subject content in maths.
In order to check how well our students are learning the curriculum, teachers use a full range of assessment techniques. These include:
All of these will reveal a child’s mathematical prior knowledge and skills, help to identify and correct any common misconceptions enabling students to make rapid and sustained progress.