And for perhaps the first time there are plenty of others who share this passion, and the rest let them get on with it. “The school itself is a safe place where they can follow their passions, so they can share their love of maths, chess, dungeons and dragons and everything else. They really build up a strong feel for university life and have frequent engagement with both academics and industries. They go beyond the specification in directions that interest them and there is frequent engagement with the university for activities within the university or in our school. “The students have a challenging and engaging immersive curriculum. David tells us more about the benefit of this approach for his students: There are now eleven maths schools, either open or planned, in the UK, making it a growing part of the education system. The University of Liverpool Maths School was the third Specialist Maths School to open (September 2020), after King’s College London Maths School and Exeter Maths School in 2014. Both the academic challenge and the drive for social mobility convinced me to apply, and every step of the way from talking to the headteacher, Damian Haigh (Clare, 1990), reading the education plan that would shape the school, and the interview process left me in no doubt this was the place for me.” An innovative approach to sixth-form education Upon reading more about the school, and its objectives, it completely met all my hopes for a role in teaching. “I was an assistant headteacher and head of sixth form at a large comprehensive when I saw the assistant headteacher role advertised at the maths school. This includes projects like Mathematics Education for Social Mobility and Excellence ( MESME), maths circles that engage pupils as mathematicians from a young age and look to develop their skills alongside their studies.ĭavid has been Deputy Headteacher at the University of Liverpool Maths School since September 2020. There is also a requirement for these schools to offer outreach to the local area to develop talent and increase uptake in the mathematical STEM subjects. Each school has the support of a research-intensive university, which steers the curriculum and provides support.
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He is now Deputy Headteacher at the University of Liverpool Maths School, the third specialist maths school to be established in the UK.ĭavid says of his time in Cambridge: “I loved the community at Hughes Hall and was heavily involved in rugby, cricket and a variety of social endeavours- all whilst not living in the college! Most of my academic sessions were at Homerton College and I had teaching placements at Cottenham Village College and King Edward VII College in King’s Lynn.” Maths schools in the UK After completing A-levels in Physics, Maths and Chemistry, he studied Astrophysics at the University of Edinburgh, followed by a PGCE at Hughes Hall. David Hemsley grew up in Rhyl, North Wales.
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