Primary Mastery Specialist Programme

Apply now - applications are open for 2026/27!

Following the success of the previous cohorts of the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme, the NCETM and Maths Hubs are now seeking to recruit a twelfth cohort of expert primary school teachers to develop as Primary Mastery Specialists.

The closing date for applications is 23 April 2026.

Participants should be experienced primary practitioners with the capacity to lead change in their own schools, and to develop as leaders of professional development in other schools. They must be working in a school in England. Their headteachers commit to supporting them and to developing teaching for mastery in their school.

The Mastery Specialist Programme is for primary teachers with a passion for maths.

In the first year of the programme, three residentials – one in each term – provide an opportunity to develop understanding the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery in depth, and to focus on the specialist subject knowledge required to design lessons that unfold the maths for all children.

Between residentials, as a classroom teacher, specialists will be able to apply their learning to the context of their own classroom and school, reflecting with others what the impact of learning has been on pupils.

• Your pupils will show a positive attitude towards maths and enjoy learning the subject
• You will demonstrate deeper subject knowledge and greater understanding of the principles behind teaching for mastery
• Your colleagues will begin to develop teaching for mastery approaches
• Your school will develop policies and systems which support a teaching for mastery approach

The Primary Mastery Specialist Programme is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participants and their schools.