📢 Announcement
Exciting opportunity: EEF trial for SKTM for Secondary Non-Specialists 2025/26
Gareth Shadick
Kent & Medway Maths Hub has been chosen to participate in an Education Endowment
Foundation (EEF) funded independent evaluation of the Specialist Knowledge for Teaching
Mathematics (Secondary Non-specialist Teachers) Programme. This programme was
chosen as its structure aligns both with evaluation methodologies preferred by the EEF, and
the national priority area of recruitment and retention of secondary maths teachers.
To be eligible to participate, schools must meet the following criteria:
Foundation (EEF) funded independent evaluation of the Specialist Knowledge for Teaching
Mathematics (Secondary Non-specialist Teachers) Programme. This programme was
chosen as its structure aligns both with evaluation methodologies preferred by the EEF, and
the national priority area of recruitment and retention of secondary maths teachers.
To be eligible to participate, schools must meet the following criteria:
- Be a state-funded secondary school or college within England
- Have a non-specialist teacher, who has not undertaken Initial Teacher Training in mathematics and is teaching a Year 8 class (if the class is shared, the non-specialist teacher needs to teach at least 50% of the lessons)
- Be able to release the non-specialist teacher for all training sessions
- Not be taking part in EEF’s research trials on “Peer to Peer Coaching” or “Making Fluent and Flexible Calculations (HFL education)” in the same period of time.
We are now asking for expressions of interest from schools by completing this form. At this
stage the form only asks for Headteacher and HOD details, so please feel free to complete
the form even if you are not certain which member of staff would be participating.
We will then be in touch in due course to confirm eligibility, provide you further details about
the processes of the EEF trial, and to ask you to provide final participant details.
See below for further information about this opportunity.
Regardless of your interest, or otherwise, in this opportunity we would also been interested in gathering some information from you about maths teacher vacancies and non-specialist teachers of maths in your schools. This will be helpful information for us in planning how we can support schools. Please take a few moments to complete this form, your help with this is much appreciated.
If you have any questions about this please contact info@kandmmathshub.org.uk.
Thanks
Gareth Shadick
SKTM for Secondary Non-Specialists: further details on NCETM website
Further information about the EEF trials on the NCETM website
Blog by Jen Shearman (NCETM Director for Evaluation & Impact) about the EEF trials
Attached: School Information Sheet for SKTM for Secondary Non-Specialists / EEF trial
Following on from my previous message, NCETM are offering two information events via Zoom about this opportunity, please register for the sessions using these links:
Thursday 8th May 1545-1630
Monday 2nd June 1545-1630
Many thanks
Gareth
Further to my previous messages on this subject I am offering a further chance to learn more about this opportunity on Thursday 5th June 4.00pm-4.30pm via Zoom.
Please register here
Many thanks
Gareth
Get in touch if you have any questions.
Here is an updated copy of the information sheet.
Thanks
Gareth