What mastery has done for our school

Jenny Laurie is a deputy head and maths teacher at The St Marylebone CE School in central London. The school was one of the very earliest to adopt a teaching for mastery approach in maths. When two maths teachers visited Shanghai, they were particularly struck by the collaborative nature of curriculum planning there, and resolved to introduce a more collegiate way of planning at St Marylebone. Initially something of a sceptic, Jenny explains why she has been completely won over by the changes they have made, and what she hopes this might mean for their GCSE results in 2020.  Episode chapters 00:52: The school and Jenny’s role 02:55: Why the school changed the way they taught maths 04:24: How the maths department used to work 05:05: How they decided to change 08:41: The first collaborative planning meeting (on fractions) 11:31: Deciding on a system of planning meetings 12:40: How is time for these meetings created now? 14:44: How collaborative planning saves time 15:17: How the planning sessions work 16:51: Retention and development of staff 17:42: Jenny’s development as a class teacher 19:55: Sending one teacher out of school for CPD 20:53: Not scripted lessons 21:36: When a planned lesson doesn’t work 22:58: The effects on students (engagement, results…) 25:34: What the data is showing about attainment of all students 26:55: Enabling staff to be excellent teachers 28:00: Other departments’ interest in collaborative planning 30:01: Jenny’s advice to other schools’ senior leaders