Maths Consultant - Freelance, Part-Time 20 days per Academic Year

To support and advise BPET Headteachers and maths leaders towards their goal of achieving outstanding mathematics outcomes for all pupils. 

Develop the maths teaching in the BPET schools to be the very best it can be, rather than in response to an issue or problem: to provide consultancy that will be professional development, not quick-fix intervention. 

Supporting teachers to have the opportunity to embed long-term mastery of maths. If they do so, the pupils will succeed in maths (in particular, at end-of-key-stage assessment points), and also they will enjoy it, and be confident with it, and will go to their secondary schools ready for continuing success.

Each school in the BPET Group is entitled to a bespoke number of days, in-school support across the academic year. 

Each support visit is likely to include:

• activities such as learning walks, book looks, lesson observations, pupil forums in order to support the Headteachers and the maths subject leaders to develop the teaching and learning of maths

• advising the Headteachers and the maths subject leaders about their choices of and their implementation of curriculum resources and materials;

• enabling the professional development of classroom teachers and teaching assistants, through coaching, collaborative planning and leading group INSET.

The consultant also:

• attends and leads CPD sessions as part of the annual Trust conference in January

• prepares, leads and reports on the termly maths subject leader meetings

• regularly collates and shares ‘best practice’ from within the Trust;

• regularly identifies and shares ‘best practice’ examples and research evidence from outside the Trust;

• reports termly to the Director of Education, to ensure they have an accurate and evidence-supported understanding of the quality and effectiveness of the teaching and learning of maths in each school;

• undertakes all reasonable maths-related requests from the CEO of the direction of work.