Maximising progress in maths

Based on our successful ‘Improving Progress in Maths’ project, Kate Kellner-Dilks shares some of the important lessons learned, focussing on impactful...

KS2 SATs: the power of the bar model

Charlie Harber looks at how the bar model can support pupils to answer not just the odd few questions from the KS2 reasoning papers but the many.

KS2 maths reasoning papers: uphill struggle?

Why a varied diet of representation, language and response strategy leads to better reasoning outcomes and makes those reasoning papers plain sailing.

Not Quite a Scheme...

Want to know how ESSENTIALmaths is working in schools so far? Nicola Randall, deputy head and maths lead at Lodge Farm Primary School in Stevenage...

The tale of the tail that wags the dog

In this blog Rachel looks at what the test developer’s framework can tell us about how our curriculum provision is tested.

Carry, Borrow, Exchange, Partition not Milk Bottles on the Doorstep: 5 Reasons We Love Regrouping

Rachael explains how and why the HfL maths team are championing the power of regrouping.

Year 1 Can’t Record, Can They?

Achieving manageable and meaningful maths recording in Year 1.

ESSENTIALmaths five top tips for success

David and Kate sum up their crucial advice to teachers using or about to use ESSENTIALmaths planning.

Hidden Depths – KS2 Assessment

I decided to take on 2017’s KS2 Maths Paper 3 and I got one wrong. So here’s what happened…

A lesson in KS1 greater depth - simple complexity

I’m going to come completely clean here, it wasn’t my idea this problem.