Maths

At Saltley Academy, we believe that learners deserve a creative and ambitious Mathematics curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge. A curriculum that builds on the knowledge and skills from previous Key Stages and enables connections to be made across mathematical ideas to develop fluency, mathematical reasoning and competence in solving increasingly sophisticated problems.

We aim for our curriculum to expose students to challenge and provide the cultural capital that prepares them for the next stage in their education and for their future career. This is not dependant on their mathematical ability or starting point. We want to nurture a love of Mathematics and intend to instil into our students an attitude of ‘We can all do maths’ and ‘Everyone can be a mathematician’.

We believe that our learners should be able to access the fundamentals of mathematics allowing them to recall and apply knowledge to a variety of contextual questions, and that they will be able to communicate, justify, argue and prove using mathematical vocabulary and use this to develop their resilience, confidence and independence both in and outside of the classroom. We want our learners to understand how mathematical skills are useful in the wider world and leave our academies as confident, enthusiastic and inquisitive learners.