We strive to ensure that all children enjoy mathematics and have the confidence to apply their understanding to their everyday lives. Our mathematics teaching is engaging, fosters positive ‘can-do’ attitudes and develops pupils’ fluency, reasoning and problem-solving. To achieve this, teaching for mastery forms the basis of our approach to mathematics, ensuring children have a deep understanding. Our approach is informed by the EEF guidance reports, Ofsted’s maths report and NCETM research. ​

Our curriculum follows a spiral approach aligned with the National Curriculum,  which allows revisiting key concepts at greater depth as children progress.  The curriculum is broken into small, connected steps of learning; enabling children to build on and make links to prior learning. Within lessons children have access to concrete resources should they be needed, as well as opportunities to explore mathematical concepts in different ways. During lessons, the children work independently and collaboratively to discuss ideas, address misconceptions and identify solutions to problems. We believe developing children's number sense is essential, we use programs like Numbots and TTRS to support the children with their learning of these key facts. 

At Holywell we want our children to:

• Foster a love for maths through engaging, challenging and meaningful learning experiences.

• Develop a deep understanding of core mathematical concepts

• Be confident answering fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions.

• Make progress from a range of starting points and achieve well.