Mathematics and Numeracy 

Target audience: Secondary middle leaders

These termly networks provide opportunities for leaders to collaborate across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Swansea. Attendees receive updates and training on:

1. Teaching and learning – subject specific pedagogy, resources and other school examples shared to support middle leaders in driving improvements in their own departments.

2. Curriculum – mandatory elements of Curriculum for Wales and practical guidance on how to implement these messages effectively as middle leaders  to support teachers in their departments. 

3. Qualifications - updates from Qualifications Wales and specific WJEC GCSE examination series. Opportunities to discuss wider qualification reform. 

4. Leadership – supporting middle leaders in undertaking their roles effectively: looking at quality assurance processes, self-evaluation, GCSE and A Level administration and improvement planning.

• All delegates will have an improved understanding of their roles as middle leaders in securing and driving improvement in their areas of responsibility.

• All middle leaders will have an improved understanding around curriculum and qualification reform.

• All middle leaders will discuss and hear examples of current and effective teaching and learning strategies appropriate to their subjects.

• All middle leaders will have an opportunity to share and hear examples of effective practice of either middle leadership, teaching and learning or curriculum/qualification reform. 

Event details:

Heads of Mathematics – Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire

Y Llwyfan, College Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ

09:30 – 14:30

23/09/2025 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/C6YbGM3XkUARMBsDA

02/02/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/2ixW6qWkuYynZ3X7A

01/07/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/j5CLU3E87dXXoFBk9

Heads of Mathematics – Swansea

Waterfront Church, Swansea SA1 8QY 

09:30 – 14:30

22/09/2025 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/NQyS2Ejv1TJkhBmY9

30/01/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/5wXSfc6U7DS5EroZ9

26/06/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/jghAaYDcEFG6u5xE7

The mandatory cross-curricular skill of Numeracy is essential for learners to be able to  access the breadth of a school’s curriculum and the wealth of opportunities it offers, equipping them with the lifelong skills to realise the four purposes.   

Numeracy plays a critical part in our everyday lives, and in the economic health of the nation. It is imperative, therefore, that Mathematics and Numeracy experiences are as engaging, exciting and accessible as possible for learners, and that these experiences are geared towards ensuring that learners develop mathematical resilience.   

This professional learning opportunity will provide Secondary Numeracy leads with opportunities to:  

• Develop leadership skills through exploring strategies for leading, monitoring and evaluating

• Deepen their understanding of ways to improve Numeracy across the curriculum

• Collaborate with other Numeracy leads through networking  

• Share good practice  

• Explore progression in Numeracy which enables learners to make progress towards the four purposes

 
Jo Hudson-Williams, Tom Basher, Kate Andrews  

Event details
Day 1: 

29/09/2025

09:30 – 15:00

Neuadd Y Gwendraeth, Drefach, Llanelli SA14 7AG

https://forms.gle/cwNjkXcTY63WesHP8 

 
Day 2: 

29/06/2026

09:30 – 15:00

Neuadd Y Gwendraeth, Drefach, Llanelli SA14 7AG

https://forms.gle/RiyJpDMNU6FtYDaP9 

Target audience: Mathematics and Numeracy leads in primary schools and settings 

The termly Primary Mathematics and Numeracy Leads network will allow opportunity for all to share, discuss and enhance knowledge and understanding of Mathematics and Numeracy and the skills to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of this AoLE within their schools. Practitioners will develop pedagogical knowledge that supports the effective delivery of Mathematics and Numeracy, ensuring all learners will make progress.  

• Attendees will engage with and have a better understanding of Mathematics and Numeracy in order to design their local curriculum.  

• Attendees will have a deeper understanding of progression through the five proficiencies.  

• Attendees will develop pedagogical knowledge in order to support effective design and implementation.  

• Attendees will develop skills and understanding to become reflective AoLE leads in order to monitor and evaluate effectively.   

• Attendees will decide content for termly networks and have opportunities to share Curriculum for Wales experiences. 

Event details:

Please attend the network for your Local Authority   

Primary Network Meetings - Swansea Primary Schools

09:15 – 15:15

Waterfront Church, Swansea SA1 8QY

10/11/2025 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/37DApmpNc2Nh2Kxp8

09/03/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/AX3NxW7ViViqpnXp7

22/06/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/jSiJ7Qg82WS9aP7z8

Primary Network Meetings - Carmarthenshire Primary Schools

09:15 – 15:15

Neuadd y Gwendraeth, Drefach, Llanelli SA14 7AG

17/09/2025 - Registration link: here

26/02/2026 - Registration link: here

04/06/2026 - Registration link: here

Primary Network Meetings - Pembrokeshire Primary Schools

09:15 – 15:15

The Archives, Haverfordwest SA61 2PE

15/10/2025 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/ixw33NDKg6eVbr1H7

18/03/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/hsq9o6vRGyPiHkVcA

25/06/2026 - Registration link: https://forms.gle/81kzKbrGDXYx6nSW7

Join us for a collaborative and practical day of professional learning focused on the new WJEC GCSE Mathematics qualification. This professional learning session is designed for Mathematics Leads and classroom practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of the revised specification and prepare effectively for its successful implementation. 

The day will provide opportunities to explore the key changes to the qualification, share best practice, and work together on meaningful resources that align with both the WJEC assessment model and the Curriculum for Wales. Attendees will engage in professional dialogue around effective teaching approaches, progression planning, and how to ensure pupils are ready to meet the demands of the new GCSE. 

Collaboration is at the heart of the day. Delegates will take part in resource creation, scheme of work development, and focused networking to build connections across schools. Whether you're looking to refine your delivery, enhance consistency, or simply hear how others are approaching the changes, this is a chance to refine practice and strengthen both Mathematics and numeracy provision, ensuring learners are fully prepared to succeed in the new WJEC GCSE. 

Event details:

09/12/2025 

09:30 – 14:30 

Y Llwyfan, College Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ 

Registration link: https://forms.gle/Q79E3kzP33Q1DyqM8 

Target audience: Practitioners from Reception to Year 7 

The guidance in CfW states clearly that “learners demonstrate conceptual understanding through being able to explain and express concepts, find examples (or non-examples) and by being able to represent a concept in different ways, flowing between different representations including verbal, concrete, visual, digital and abstract.”   

This one day PL workshop will provide the opportunity for practitioners to collaborate with others as they explore the pedagogical approach of using concrete manipulatives together with visual and abstract representations to enable progression in mathematics through the five proficiencies. 

During the workshop, practitioners will be actively engaged in practical tasks using a range of concrete resources, including Dienes Base 10, Cuisenaire, counters, algebra tiles together with everyday resources as well as visual representations, including bar modelling and five-/ tens-frames.   

The workshop is designed to build practitioner confidence in using concrete resources as well as developing an understanding of the importance of the ‘concreteness-fading’ approach in building learners who are able to confidently reason mathematically and transfer their understanding when problem solving. 

Event details:

21/10/2025 

09:30 – 15:30 

Y Llwyfan, College Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ 

Registration link: https://forms.gle/HrZmCDAxSJDs3LHw8 

Target audience: Practitioners from Reception to Year 7 

The Geometry and Measures statement of what matters indicates that “Measurement allows the magnitude of spatial and abstract features to be quantified, using a variety of standard and non-standard units”.   

This one day workshop will explore the different measures that are used to quantify our world.  There will be a focus on length, mass, volume and time, which will include: 

• Exploring situations in which different units of length are used 

• The distinction between volume and capacity  

• Two aspects of time 

• The role of comparison and ordering as a foundation for measurement 

• Principles of inequalities, using the signs < and > 

• Non-standard and standard units 

• The importance of estimation and the use of reference items and understanding how learners will progress in using and applying these measures from Nursery to Year 7

The workshop will support practitioners to develop their subject knowledge and consider how learners might progress through the five proficiencies.  The use of effective questions will be explored to probe and challenge learners’ conceptual understanding in the measures.   

The workshop is designed for practitioners in Nursery to Year 7 so will support mathematics through primary and secondary transition. 

A range of strategies will be considered, aimed at fostering a positive attitude towards mathematics which enables all learners to develop as confident mathematical thinkers. 

Event details:

09/02/2026 

09:30 – 15:30 

Y Llwyfan, College Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ 

Registration link: https://forms.gle/hhaJuCoNXSqnGyvZ8