The Mathematics curriculum at Macmillan Academy is currently being designed by our team of experts to encourage challenging learning with a heightened focus on depth of understanding. Problem solving is not an optional extra and many opportunities will be used to contextualise the learning utilising our own problems solving toolbox shared with feeder schools. All students should be fluent with the problem solving toolbox and are encouraged to use it when breaking down barriers to any mathematical problem might pose.

The aim of improving problem solving is to ensure that we are developing students who can tackle all problems inside and outside of the maths classroom and assess the validity of answers – after all life doesn’t have an answer booklet! Our curriculum enables our learners to continuously build on their prior learning and ensure a solid foundation of fundamental mathematical concepts that empowers students with the skills to achieve in the classroom and post school life.

Department Staff

Staff	Role
Mr J Syed	Head of Department
Mrs B Ashton	Teacher of Mathematics / KS4 Co-ordinator
Miss L Binks	Teacher of Mathematics
Mrs T Brown	Teacher of Mathematics
Mr J Foster	Teacher of Mathematics
Mrs V Freer	Teacher of Mathematics
Mr O Gillbank	Teacher of Mathematics
Mr T Morris	Teacher of Mathematics
Miss R Pink	Teacher of Mathematics
Mrs A Smallwood	Teacher of Mathematics
Mrs H Smith	Teacher of Mathematics / KS3 Co-ordinator
Mr N Stott	Teacher of Mathematics / Deputy Headteacher
Mr A Taylor	Teacher of Mathematics / KS5 Co-ordinator
Mr S Tombling	Teacher of Mathematics
Mrs R Welford	Teacher of Mathematics
Mr W Wilkinson	Teacher of Mathematics
Mrs L Yeoman	Teacher of Mathematics
Mrs A Cane	Learning Support