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Our Mastery journey started in September 2017 and we purchased Power Maths in September 2019. However, by September 2021, we identified a need to offer our pupils a wider range of question types in the aim that we can make our pupils truly fluent in Mathematics. Power Maths, unfortunately, did not provide our pupils with the broadest range of question types that we felt necessary to support their development into truly fluent Mathematicians, and therefore we have moved away from using Power Maths as the sole resource for our Mathematics teaching. Currently, we are using White Rose as a spine to our curriculum but substantiating our curriculum offer by using a plethora of resources from an extensive range of companies and experts in the teaching of Mathematics, included but not limited to White Rose, Power Maths and the NCETM. By using more than one specialist resource, we know that we are providing a higher quality of education to our pupils and therefore know we are developing our pupils’ Mathematical understanding. 

We also subscribe to Numbots and Times Tables Rock Stars which ensures our pupils become fluent in their rapid recall of number bonds to 20 and times tables. In Early Years and Key Stage 1, we have been a part of the Mastering Number project funded by the NCETM, which has had a profound impact on our pupils understanding of numbers to 20. Some pupils in Key Stage 2 also take part in the First Mathematics Challenge and the Primary Mathematics Challenge, which aim to engage pupils in sophisticated problem solving.

St. Paul’s work closely with the local Maths Hubs, originally working with Central Maths Hub and now working with Origin Maths Hub. We do this to ensure our Mathematics teaching is the best it can possibly be so that our pupils reach their full potential. We are currently working with Origin Maths Hub on the Mastering Number programme, aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1, and are a part of the Mastery Sustaining group.