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Making Fluent and Flexible Calculators

This mental maths development project aims to improve children’s understanding of mental calculation in primary maths by focusing on using base facts to solve more complex calculations.
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The changing role of primary school subject leaders

Blog
24 Jan 2023
Kate Kellner-Dilks explores what a maths subject leader might focus on when prioritising actions.
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Financial sustainability in schools – the importance of understanding your cost base

Blog
30 Sep 2022
How to understand your cost base to help you to manage your financial pressures.
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An anti-racist curriculum: how to do it

Blog
13 Oct 2022
An anti-racist curriculum will represent diverse perspectives of all British peoples: rich and poor, White, Black and Brown.
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Financial sustainability in schools – the role of ICFP is understanding your staffing structure and costs

Blog
14 Oct 2022
What is ICFP? Understanding your staff structure and costs.
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Keeping the boards vision in focus

Blog
19 Oct 2022
Jonathan Ellam details how all the small acts of governance needs to be planned and thought out and how a vision without a carefully planned mission will almost certainly fail.
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The HFL Education Annual Year 5 Mathematics Challenge

Blog
31 Jan 2023
Join us from your classroom for the fifth annual Year 5 Mathematics Challenge – packed with reasoning and problem-solving challenges.
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A to Z of mathematical magic for World Book Day 2023

Blog
21 Feb 2023
Ahead of World Book Day 2023, Rachael Brown explores an A to Z of texts to spark mathematical magic!  
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Improving vocabulary for primary pupils

Blog
21 Feb 2023
Michelle Nicholson discusses our Spring Conference, Word Utopia, which aims to be a celebration of language and lexicon for the primary phase.
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Primary maths planning, modelling and working walls – dig out your sticky notes!

Blog
07 Mar 2023
Put sticky notes to good use in your primary maths classroom – planning, questioning, modelling, and supporting pupil articulation of learning.