Dyscalculia - is it more than not being good at maths?

Rob is the co-founder of The Dyscalculia Network. (www.dyscalculianetwork.com ) The Dyscalculia Network provides training and advice for teachers and parents of pupils who have maths difficulties. He has over 15 years of experience teaching young people with special needs. Over the past ten years, he has focused specifically on helping children struggling with Maths working in both independent and state schools. As Head of Maths at Emerson House LLP and Head of Learning Support at Westminster Abbey Choir School, Rob worked alongside educators and with parents to create and deliver personalised intervention plans for pupils. Since leaving Emerson House, he has set up a number of Maths inset training and lesson support in a number of West London schools. Rob qualified as a member of The British Psychological Society, as a Certified Educational Assessor (including Access Arrangements CPT3A). He holds an OCR Level 5 Diploma in Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Distinction) from Helen Arkell and is co-author of The Maths Difficulties and Dyscalculia Assessment, published by Jessica Kingsley July 2025. This is a unique test that not only collects information on scoring accuracy, but also looks into techniques and strategies used to tackle the important areas of foundation maths. Rob is a member of the Crested Council (https://crested.org.uk/index.html) to represent issues about Dyscalculia and Maths Difficulties throughout specialist schools in this country. Rob has presented across a number of educational exhibitions and school across the UK (Times Education show in London 2023/24 and TES North 2025, Dyslexia/Dyscalculia show at NEC Birmingham 2023/24, Toucan Education in Newcastle 2023/4, FOBISIA - www.fobisia.org The Federation of British Schools in Asia, Isle of Wight SEND Conference 2024, The Dorset SENCO school’s group at Milton Abbey 2024, East Sussex SENCo and Schools group and the Joint-venture with Ulster University for the Dyscalculia conference in Belfast, which included work with the Northern Regional College group at their campuses in Newton Abbey and Coleraine.) He has been involved in the creation and delivery of Dyscalculia and Maths difficulty courses aimed at different teaching levels: primary, secondary and higher-level education. He is delighted that his book ‘The Maths and Dyscalculia Assessment’, has now been published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in July of this year. This is the assessment for all of the key foundations of maths to help formulate a focused teaching intervention plan.