Maximum curiosity, excitement and fun
Back in 2017, responding to the time pressures, tight budgets and other impactful challenges we were hearing about again and again from UK primary schools, the Pearson team created a whole-class maths mastery programme in partnership with White Rose Maths; one designed to generate maximum curiosity, excitement and fun for maths learners from Reception to Year 6, while lessening the workload of the teachers who deliver it – so they can direct their energy and efforts where they’re needed most.
7 years on, the Power Maths programme is recommended by the Department for Education and supports schools up and down the country to offer maths learning that is not only enjoyable and age-appropriate, but just the right level of challenge for pupils, whatever their unique needs and abilities.
The flexibility of the programme’s resources and structure means extra challenge can be added in for any learners who are working above expected standards for their age, while lower attainers, and pupils who require specialist support, can engage at the pace that suits them best – with extra opportunities for recap and support built in when they need it.
This can be particularly helpful for learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). As one headteacher reported after his school embedded Power Maths: “We are delighted this year [as] for the first time, our maths results (which were always good) have now reached a very good/excellent standard with a cohort that had a high percentage of school supported SEND… [while] our more able [learners’] results were probably the strongest we have ever had.”
