Join us for a jam-packed Saturday brunch, including a range of opt in workshops, amazing guest speakers, tips for securing real progress and bonus pre-recorded content!
We’re so excited to bring you our first virtual secondary gathering!
Our Secondary Maths Brunch will run from 10am – 2.30pm on Saturday 30th January, featuring fun, bitesize, engaging sessions.
During the day, you’ll have the opportunity to explore in depth the mastery approach to teaching mathematics. Workshops will demonstrate how the principles of mastery promote the necessary thinking skills to gain a deep conceptual understanding of some ‘big’ mathematical ideas. Practical ideas will be modelled, allowing you to transfer these immediately into your own classrooms.
In addition, you will also be able to find out more about White Rose Maths free secondary schemes of learning, the rationale behind these and how to use them effectively when lesson planning. We will also consider how we can extend our higher attainers, whilst also supporting our lower attainers.
What’s Included
- A range of opt-in workshops covering themes such as differentiation, blended learning and using manipulatives.
- Fantastic guest line-up. Our speakers have a phenomenal amount of experience between them and share everything they do with infectious enthusiasm.
- Classroom Inspirations: Mark Dawes, Ben Gordon, Paul Rowlandson and Nicola Whiston talk to Craig Barton about top tips for securing real progress in the classroom. What can you take-away and use in your own classroom?
- Bonus workshops from our event sponsors.
- Complimentary video on how to use our free schemes of learning.
- Virtual goody bag.
- Plus … all sessions will be recorded, so you can catch-up on demand whenever you like!
Please note: All workshops will be selected on the day.
See full workshop details here.


Professor Daniel Willingham
Daniel Willingham is Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. His research concerns the application of cognitive psychology to education. He is the author of several books, including “Why Don't Students Like School?”. His writing on education has appeared in seventeen languages and in 2017 he was appointed by President Obama to serve as a Member of the National Board for Education Sciences.

Craig Barton
Craig Barton has been lucky enough to teach maths and work with teachers all over the world. He is the Head of Education at Eedi, the TES Maths Adviser, the author of the best-selling books “How I wish I’d taught maths” and "Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain", the host of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, the creator of mrbartonmaths.com, diagnosticquestions.com, variationtheory.com, ssddproblems.com and mathsvenns.com, and Visiting Fellow at the Mathematics Education Centre at the University of Loughborough.

Bernie Westacott
Bernie Westacott taught maths from 1973 to 2012. He introduced Singapore Maths into his school in 2006. Since retiring from full-time teaching (he still teaches 2 days a week), Bernie has worked as a consultant, both for Oxford University Press and independently, and is currently developing a maths app with a well-known publishing company. He has also provided Maths CPD abroad, including leading schools in India and South Korea.

Ben Gordon
Ben is an award winning maths teacher and, in his spare time, an Assistant Headteacher and Specialist Leader in Education at Montgomery Academy in the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT). He has won Inspirational Teacher of the Year and was a key part of the Pupil Premium Co-ordinator team when his previous school won the National Pupil Premium Award out of 3000 secondary schools for achievement with disadvantaged pupils. He is an evidence informed, outward facing leader and is generous with sharing his ideas and resources on his Twitter account @mathsmrgordon and through his blog www.teachinnovatereflectblog.wordpress.com.

Jo Morgan
Jo Morgan is a maths teacher at a secondary school in London. She writes the website resourceaholic.com where she shares teaching ideas and resources for secondary mathematics. She is also the author of the book A Compendium of Mathematical Methods. Jo is a regular guest on Mr Barton's podcast and an enthusiastic collector of old maths textbooks.

Dr Jamie Frost
Dr Jamie Frost has a passion to inspire and engage all maths learners across the ability spectrum, regardless of financial background, and both his resources and online platform, drfrostmaths.com, continue to be completely free to all. Among other awards, he won a Gold Pearson Teaching Prize, appearing on BBC2's 'Britain's Classroom Heroes'. He is currently in the Top 10 for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize.