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Improving the Teaching of Mathematics in Key Stage 1

Audience: Primary
Single session
  • Primary School Improvement Training Package
  • Key Stage 1

About this course

This online professional development course is designed for Key Stage 1 educators seeking to deepen their pedagogical expertise and improve learning outcomes across Year 1 and Year 2. The programme focuses on equipping teachers with the tools and strategies to deliver high-quality, inclusive teaching that meets the diverse needs of young learners.

Who Should Attend: This course is ideal for Key Stage 1 teachers, subject leads, and assistant headteachers with responsibility for teaching and learning. It is also suitable for educators involved in curriculum development or mentoring early career teachers.

What you'll take away

  • Gain awareness of the representations and manipulatives, that can be used to support learning.
  • To explore a range of high quality teaching opportunities linked to each aspect of mathematics, and know where to find such tasks and how to recognise a good learning resource.
  • Adaptive Practice: Understand how to tailor instruction to respond to pupils’ varying needs, abilities, and prior knowledge.
  • Conceptual Understanding: understand the need for approaches that go beyond surface-level learning to foster deep, transferable understanding. Emphasis will be placed on building secure foundations in core subjects through structured exploration and dialogue.
  • Addressing Misconceptions: Gain practical techniques for identifying and correcting common misconceptions using formative assessment and pupil feedback to guide responsive teaching.
  • Using a Scheme Effectively: Understand how to implement curriculum schemes with professional judgement—balancing fidelity with flexibility. Learn to adapt schemes to suit your classroom context while maintaining coherence and progression.

Prices

Dates

  • Session - 12/10/2026 13:00  -  16:30

Event type

Online

Address

Online

Delivered by

  • Jason Horne