We believe that the teaching of mathematics is about two key elements: understanding the basics and discovery through enquiry led learning.  

The skills mentioned above, aim to not only help students make progress within their Maths lessons on discrete topics but also enable them to link topics together and apply problem solving strategies.

While ultimately we are preparing students to sit a Foundation or Higher GCSE, we also allow them to tackle problems across other areas of the school curriculum that have numerical elements and also link in with wider issues in the real world such as information technology, the environment and citizenship. 

We ensure fair and equal representation of gender and ethnicity when selecting more able students for the GCSE Statistics and FSMQ option, maths challenges and Maths Scholars. We also make sure that diversity, gender balance and ethnicity are fairly represented across the department in terms of displays and questioning in lessons.