Mathematics

At Church of the Ascension the intent of our mathematics curriculum is to design a curriculum, which is accessible to all and will maximise the development of every child’s ability to thrive as individuals and succeed in academic achievement.

At Church of the Ascension children come into school with varied experiences of maths. We therefore have created a curriculum that caters for all children, challenging the higher attaining children and supporting the lower attaining children. Our curriculum can be flexible depending on a cohort of children so that we can nurture and support all members of our community.

We deliver lessons that are creative and engaging. We want children to make rich connections across mathematical ideas to develop fluency, mathematical reasoning and competence in solving increasingly sophisticated problems. We intend for our pupils to be able to apply their mathematical knowledge to science and cross curricular subjects. We want children to realise that mathematics has been developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing problems. We want them to know that it is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. As our pupils progress, we intend for our pupils to be able to understand the world, have the ability to reason mathematically, develop resilience, have an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.