Implementation

We follow the White Rose Maths scheme of learning to ensure full curriculum coverage. Within this scheme, each National Curriculum objective is broken down into fluency, reasoning and problem solving and our teaching staff use mathematical challenges to teach for mastery – an approach that can extend and deepen the understanding of pupils within each year group.

Carefully shaped lessons and meaningful resources that secure fundamental maths skills and stimulate deep conceptual and procedural knowledge underpin our maths curriculum. At St Richard’s, we value the importance of arithmetic and children are taught daily sessions to reinforce key skills and improve fluency. We ensure lesson objectives are shared in small steps and children are sufficiently challenged through a range of other resources.

Attainment and progress are assessed against the small steps within the scheme and our progression of skills. This is done through teacher assessment and student voice against each lesson's objective, end of block and termly White Rose assessments, as well as end of the year assessments (SATS for Year 2 and Year 6, Quest assessments for Years 3, 4 and 5). Resources from NCETM provide further challenge and assessment of mastery and mastery at greater depth.

In 2024, we introduced Mastery in number for EYFS and KS1, further embedding deep conceptual understanding of fluency and number sense, developing strong foundations in early subitising, addition and subtraction.