At All Saints CE Academy, our vision is to foster positive attitudes, curiosity and 
excitement for maths. Our aim is to encourage our children to have the confidence to tackle problems and to have the resilience to persevere. It is important for children to achieve their full potential, regardless of ability, taking account of learning needs and preferred learning styles. We ensure that each child is a respected part of our school family and is loved and valued as one of God’s children.
We recognise that Mathematics is essential to everyday life. We are committed to ensuring that children are able to recognise the importance of Maths in the wider world and that they are also able to use their mathematical skills and knowledge confidently in a range of different contexts. We aim to ensure that our children have access to a high-quality mathematics curriculum that is both challenging and enjoyable. We want to develop our children into confident mathematicians who are not afraid to take risks. Children need opportunities to make rich connections across mathematical ideas to develop fluency, mathematical reasoning and competence in solving increasingly sophisticated problems.
At All Saints Academy, our intent is to:
Staff at All Saints use White Rose Maths Schemes of Learning as a starting point in order to develop a coherent and comprehensive pathway through mathematics. In line with the Teaching for Mastery approach, learning is broken down into small, connected steps, building from what pupils already know. Contexts and representations are carefully chosen to develop reasoning skills and to help pupils link concrete ideas to abstract mathematical concepts. The use of high-quality materials and tasks to support learning and provide access to the mathematics is integrated into lessons. These may include White Rose Maths Schemes of Learning and Assessment Materials, visual images and concrete resources.
Maths sessions at All Saints are taught daily to introduce, consolidate and strengthen either new or previously taught concepts. Teachers plan for and address misconceptions arising from White Rose sessions to ensure that all children are developing their mathematical understanding. All areas of Maths are taught in line with the National curriculum with each year group given sufficient time to embed the mathematical concept. White Rose has a clear focus on Fluency, Reasoning and Problem Solving. This is supported by conceptual and procedural variation and mathematical thinking. This focus is adopted by All Saints where the approach to all mathematical concepts allows the children to work within a concrete, pictorial and abstract context. Children are taught through clear modelling and have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understand of mathematical concepts.
Teachers use highly effective assessment for learning in each lesson to ensure misconceptions are highlighted and addressed. Pupils are given the opportunity for self or peer assessment (KS2), which will then be used to inform planning, preparation, differentiation and address misconceptions within that lesson, or for the next lesson. Assessment is informed by termly assessments, independent work in books, observations during lessons, verbal feedback, pupil voice and work scrutiny.
At All Saints Academy, our pupils will have:
At our school, the children are provided with a rich and varied Maths curriculum. They are encouraged to use a wide range of equipment throughout their time here to support and consolidate their understanding of key mathematical concepts.
We support a Mastery approach that is intended to ensure key mathematical concepts are secure before moving on to new concepts. All children are challenged using a comprehensive problem solving and reasoning approach to Maths.
Reasoning about their maths learning is key and the children are encouraged to explain how they have reached their answers to maths problems.
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SUAT supports and leads in the set-up of new academies joining the partnership. The services provided by the central support function cover both educational and non-educational support. In terms of educational support, SUAT is linked to the School of Education of Staffordshire University, which is an outstanding ITT provider.