https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo Key information, a list of centres and Network Partner contact details. en-us 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC 2026-03-17 11:16:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/249194863/c2e5287e7e8aacb02e62be804af7fab4/WC_LOGO_CMYK_01.jpg CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896797 View the institutions involved in the Basic Maths Centres for Excellence Programme.]]> 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896797 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896803 In the 2017 Industrial Strategy and in response to the Sir Adrian Smith review of Post-16 maths education, the government committed to improve basic maths for people over the age of 16. To achieve this commitment, we will establish Post-16 Centres for Excellence across the country to build teaching capacity and spread best practice on what works to improve basic maths.

The purpose of the Centres for Excellence programme is to enhance maths teaching (up to GCSE or equivalent) so that students over the age of 16 with low prior attainment can improve their skills and secure valuable qualifications. This will be achieved by developing and testing pedagogical approaches that focus on teaching maths to students with low prior attainment and sharing this mathematical expertise across the post-16 sector over the next five years.

The ambition of the programme is to increase the number of young people leaving compulsory education with the necessary maths skills for work, learning and life and to see a marked increase in the numbers of students passing their maths GCSE resit and equivalent level 2 maths qualifications.

Each Centre for Excellence will be led by an exceptional Post-16 institution with the commitment, capacity and system leadership skills required to drive innovation and improvement in both their institution and beyond. The Centres and their networks will be supported by a central delivery partner with mathematical and programme management expertise to develop improved teaching methods for this cohort.]]> 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896803 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896806 The Department for Education (DfE) will run the selection process and directly grant fund the successful Centres for Excellence. DfE will also procure and manage a central Delivery Partner to oversee the Centres for Excellence programme and lead the development of mathematics teaching approaches. This approach is mapped out below:]]> 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896806 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896808 The role of the Centres for Excellence will be to work with the Delivery Partner to develop and trial the maths teaching approaches, and to spread this good practice across their network. The aim of a Centre’s work is to ultimately improve maths attainment – through improved teaching approaches – in their Centre and Maths Network. The Centres and their Maths Networks will be supported by research, good practice case studies, high quality resources, training, mentoring and ongoing evaluation.

An individual Centre will use existing or develop a new Maths Network as a platform for sharing good practice. The Delivery Partner will support the Centre for Excellence in building and managing this network.

Whilst providers in a network are likely to be geographically-connected, we are also openly exploring the concept of non-co-located networks. However, to ensure the programme covers the breadth of the country we will aim to select at least one Centre for Excellence per English region, with no more than three Centres for Excellence in any region.]]> 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896808 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896809 Powerpoint Slides]]> 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896809 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896811 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896811 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896813 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896813 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896815 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896815 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896817 Key information about the programme and it's structure. Also have a look at this ETF Site Link for more information.]]> 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896817 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896819 Click on the links below for further information and spaces to collaborate. ]]> 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896819 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896823 2019-03-19 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/342896823 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/345424456 Slides from meeting]]> 2019-03-26 18:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/345424456 CfEMWeston https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/356167788 2019-05-02 12:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/CfEMWeston/KeyInfo/wish/356167788