Applications should be submitted by 5pm on 14 March 2025

Following the success of the previous ten cohorts of the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme, the NCETM and Maths Hubs are now seeking to recruit an eleventh cohort of expert primary school teachers to develop and work as Primary Mastery Specialists.

The Primary Mastery Specialist Programme is for primary teachers with a passion for maths. In the first year of the programme, three residentials – one in each term – provide an opportunity to develop understanding the Five Big Ideas of teaching for mastery in depth and to focus on the specialist subject knowledge required to design lessons that unfold the maths for all children.

Between residentials, as a classroom teacher, specialists will be able to apply their learning to the context of their own classroom and school, reflecting with others what the impact of learning has been on pupils.

Participants should be experienced primary practitioners with the capacity to lead change in their own schools, and to develop as leaders of professional development in other schools. They must be working in a school in England. Their headteachers commit to supporting them and to developing teaching for mastery in their schools.

How to apply

Applicants, in conjunction with their headteacher, should complete and submit the application form by 5pm on 14 March 2025. The Maths Hub will contact applicants once the selection process has been completed, in June.

• Application form
• Learn what's involved in the application process by downloading this information document.
• Want to know more? Take look at some of our Mastery Specialist case studies.

What is the cost?