This Work Group complements the AMSP’s wider professional development offer by providing a sustained collaborative environment for experienced A level Maths teachers to further explore their classroom practice. It is designed to deepen teacher pedagogic content knowledge, empowering teachers to enhance their classroom practice and also to influence A level teaching across their department. It is an engine for improving student understanding of A level Maths, and driving their subsequent success.

Each Work Group will have a specific theme or focus, generally related to the ‘overarching themes’ in the A level Maths specification, or one of the Five Big ideas from the teaching for mastery approach, although it could encompass any aspect of A level Maths teaching and learning. The activity of the Work Group will involve insights from experts, research, and discussion leading to collaborative planning of tasks for the classroom.

Participants will attend a sequence of sessions lead by expert Work Group Leads and supported by central resources and training. Work Groups include collaborative planning and school-based activities to complete between sessions.



This project has proven incredibly valuable to previous participants with a wide variety of experience. The flexibility of the Work Group model means that participants benefit from experiences that are tailored to their needs. This has included changing approaches in schools and colleges and a renewed enthusiasm for teaching A level Maths.

Participants will be established teachers of A level Maths who are looking to deepen their pedagogical understanding around a locally selected theme. Participants must be teaching a current A level Maths group. Participants who will find this Work Group particularly useful include those who may have already completed other A level subject knowledge and pedagogy CPD. It is NOT a subject knowledge enhancement project. It is focused on A level teachers working collaboratively to improve their practice.

Participants’ institutions must commit to:

• releasing them to attend all Work Group sessions
• allowing them to develop their practice in their classroom and share this with department colleagues.

Participants must commit to:

• attending all Work Group sessions and engaging with and completing activities between Work Group sessions.