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This hub is for the head of maths, the second in department and the key stage lead. It is a free library of practical guidance, schemes of work, department resources and classroom routines. Members get the full presentations, worksheets and interactive tools.

Browse professional development, high-quality practice and running-the-department. That is the work above a single lesson: teaching quality, supporting staff, curriculum planning, cover and the case to SLT. Use the schemes of work for long-term sequencing.


Hand-picked department blogs and free teaching resources—ideas to share in a faculty meeting and use across the team.

Mr Mathematics maths schemes of work hub — KS3, GCSE, IGCSE, A-Level and Further Mathematics ready-to-teach schemes aligned to Edexcel, AQA, OCR and WJEC.

Maths Schemes of Work for KS3, GCSE, IGCSE and A-Level

Free, editable maths schemes of work for KS3, GCSE, IGCSE and A-Level, aligned to UK exam boards and linked to ready-to-teach lessons.  

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Free Casio Calculator Emulator

Help your whole department model calculator skills with a free Casio calculator emulator, ready-made questions and key-press steps.

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Maths Cover Lessons That Still Move Learning Forward

Cover lessons with video, PowerPoint, worksheet and answers, so a non-specialist can still move the class forward.

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Ready-to-teach lessons, worksheets, question generators and schemes of work — KS3, GCSE / IGCSE and A-Level.

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Professional development for teachers

Practical guidance for Heads of Mathematics on developing teachers and improving the quality of mathematics teaching across the department.

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Developing Mathematical Thinking

Use the one-page faculty discussion guide (PDF) in a department meeting.

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Problem Solving in Secondary Maths

Teaching to develop resilience, reasoning and creativity.

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Mixed Attainment KS3 Toolkit

One shared task and scaffolding, not three different worksheets.

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Teaching Grades 7 – 9

Identify grade 7 potential from Year 10 papers, then build exam stamina through weekly timed practice.

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One subscription, every lesson

Save planning time with a full library of maths teaching resources — presentations, student tasks and retrieval practice for KS3 through to A-Level.

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Leading high-quality practice

Practical ways a Head of Maths can establish high-quality expectations and embed them consistently across a department.

Marking mathematics exercise books with praise, a next step and time for students to respond

Marking Mathematics Exercise Books

Praise, a next step, and time for students to respond.

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Homework ideas for mathematics lessons

Homework Ideas for Mathematics Lessons

Homework that extends the lesson, rather than a platform standing in for a scheme.

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Literacy in Mathematics: Creating Problem Solvers

Students who can say why a method works cope far better when a question asks them to explain their reasoning.

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Infographic titled Stretching the Most Able, listing proof, linking topics and problem solving as ways to differentiate in a mixed ability maths lesson.

Stretching the Most Able

Seven ways to stretch the most able in mixed ability lessons without writing a separate lesson.

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Year 10 retrieval starter with five questions on similar triangles, upper bounds and the surface area and volume of a cone

How to Use the Starter in a Maths Lesson

Recap the skill today’s lesson depends on, or retrieve fading knowledge, then join it to the main phase.

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Showing Progress in a Maths Lesson

Plan success criteria and mini-whiteboard checks that show who has understood, and what to teach next.

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Running the department

September jobs, open evening, behaviour and mocks. For room layout, seating and the holiday checklist, use the Back to School Hub. That page is for the teacher in the room. This one is for the person writing the department plan.

Preparing a mathematics department open evening

Preparing a Maths Open Evening

Activities, Year 7 helpers, and the questions parents actually ask.

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Behaviour management in a mathematics lesson

Behaviour Management in a Mathematics Lesson

Routines that keep the lesson moving without turning maths into a whole-school script.

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Maths Report Card Templates

Free, maths report card templates for struggling students, including a two-week tracking form, parent letters and a department procedure.

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Why maths departments should write their own assessments

Why maths departments should write their own assessments

Why writing end-of-unit assessments in-house beats ready-made tests, plus a free faculty review checklist.

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School membership

A teacher membership is the right plan for one person. Cover and consistency do not respect who bought the login. School membership is £395 a year for all maths teachers at one school or college site. Same downloads. Shared planning. KS3 to A-Level and Further. Pay by card, invoice or purchase order.

Share the flyer with your headteacher or business manager. It has the price, what the department gets, purchase order details and links to the schemes.


Mr Mathematics Blog

Developing Mathematical Thinking Beyond Procedural Fluency

A research-backed case exploring why over-reliance on automated math homework platforms and repetitive worksheets lowers student expectations, and how departments can build genuine mathematical thinking.

Converting Between Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

How to teach converting between fractions, decimals and percentages.

From Key Skills to Deep Connections: Problem Solving in Secondary Maths

Four problem solving lessons to develop student’s mathematical reasoning and communication skills.