Programme Day 1
Round Table Workshop: Analysis & Discussion Workshop: Engaging in Activity Research-Practice Seminar Research Symposium
Saturday 24th October 2026

The Worcester room is located within the Orchard Hotel

Conference 1a Round Table
Round Table:
Granger, Helen; Lewis, Matt; Ford, Jennie; Turvill, Rebecca
Can research and dedicated programmes effect change to mathematics education at scale?
Conference 1b&c Interactive Workshop Double session
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Eadie, Phil; Allen, Stuart; Marsh, Natalie; Crozier, Katie; Gee, Catherine; Burke, Stefanie
Learning through talk: the use of vertical non-permanent surfaces to support exploratory talk
Conference 2a Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice Seminar:
Cull, Grainne
Same subject, different stories: Mathematics teaching and learning across three teaching roles in Irish primary schools
Oakes, Dominic
How are teachers using a national PL offering?
Conference 2b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice Seminar:
Mackle, Kieran
Great Expectations: Ten Stories of Mathematics Leadership, Challenge and Change
Birkhead, Amy
Between ideals and realities: Navigating identity tensions in early career mathematics teaching
Conference 3a Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice Seminar:
Button, Tom; Butler, Rob
Data science and AI education: The present and the future
Fu, Arya
Curriculum sensitive AI-supported mathematical modelling: developing A levelconnected modelling activities
*Bring a laptop or tablet to this session
Conference 3b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice Seminar: Crisan, Cosette; Geraniou; Eirini; Macey, Darre
Crisan, Cosette; Geraniou; Eirini; Macey, Darren
Mathematics Beyond A Level in teacher education: An undergraduate apprenticeship perspective
Inglis, Andrina
Scottish mathematics teachers conceptions of working with students on placement
Conference 4 Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice Seminar:
Jayson, Natalie
Where is our playful maths? An exploration into the use of play as a vehicle for mathematics
Rycroft-Smith, Lucy
Co-designing new mathematical songs for learning and teaching mathematics aged 3-6: What we learnt and what we created?
*This session is being presented virtually
Gallery 1 Interactive Workshop Double session
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Wake, Geoff; Trundley, Ruth; Leakey, Sarah
Learning from and through Japanese problem solving
Gallery 2&3 Interactive Workshop Double session
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Watson, Anne
Mike’s stuff
Conference Theatre Interactive Workshop Double session
Interactive workshop: Analysis & Discussion
Ingram, Jenni; Kimber, Elizabeth; Baldry, Fay; Skelton, Jo; Macmillan, Emily
Preparing a paper for the proceedings
Worcester Interactive Workshop Double session
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Biza, Irene; Nardi, Elena
Transforming the culture of the mathematics classroom through engaging teachers with MathTASK resources
Conference 1a Research Practice Seminar
Research Practice Seminar
Norris, Jennifer
The ‘mathematicalness’ of university disciplines: Alevel Maths students’ perspectives and choices
Hilliam, Rachel
A data literate society without the fear factor
Conference 1b&c Interactive Workshop
Continued from session 5
Conference 2a Research-Practice Seminar
Jagdev, Manjinder
Student teachers’ ideas on teaching critical mathematics and social justice
Research Practice seminar:n
Kasimu, Osman
From collaboration to classroom practice: Enhancing teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge for teaching algebra word problems
Conference 2b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Martin, David
Cube fun
Conference 3a Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Waterfield, Sam
A blended learning approach to introductory calculus through GeoGebra
Conference 3b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice Seminar:
Parkes, Sam; Robinson, Paula
Beyond a checklist: Transforming primary mathematics evaluation through research-practice partnerships
Townsend, Viv; Lewis, Matt
Systems to enable practitioner research to influence policy – the case of NCETM’s Research & Innovation programme
Conference 4 Research-Practice Seminar
Research-Practice Seminar
Kingston, Denise; Barrett, Judy
Teaching Effective Early Mathematics and Understanding in Primary (TEEMUP) Schools, an EEF funded CPD study – members of the Oxford University team present new quality improvement tools alongside the study’s findings and impact.
Joubert, Marie; Gripton, Cath
Lessons learned from the Counting Collections programme in 2025-26: a focus on pre-school settings
Gallery 1 Interactive Workshop
Continued from session 5
Gallery 2&3 Interactive Workshop
Continued from session 5
Conference Theatre Interactive Workshop
Continued from session 5
Worcester Interactive Workshop
Continued from session 5
10:45 to 11.15
Coffee andExhibitors
Conference 1a Research-Practice Seminar
McGill, Shauna; Oldham, Elizabeth
One task, multiple enactments:cross-border fractions reasoning in two primary classrooms
Francome, Tom
Using Games to Develop Multiplication Mathematically
Conference 1b&c Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Borthwick, Alison; Blinko, Janine; Burke, Stefanie; Williams, Helen
Tasks not tests: Understanding the different structures of multiplication and division
Conference 2a Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Nye, Zoe
Experience first, formalise later: teaching probability through experiment, simulation and inference
Conference 2b&c Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activityr
Wright, Pete; Goodland, Jane; Tierney, Nic; Jagdev, Manjinder; Parkes, Sam; Mio, Cristina; Kaur, Balbir
Socially just approaches to inclusion in mathematics classrooms
Conference 3a Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity Inglis, Andrina
Mathematical Challenge celebrating 50 years
Conference 3b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar: Thouless, Helen
Tandem conceptual progression: A case study of the importance of answer-checking for a cognitively diverse student
Southall, Ed
Increasing the accessibility of problem solving by identifying valuable problem characteristics
Conference 4 Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar: Watkins, Jo
Natural language as the bridge between pedagogy and AI: Maths as the perfect / anti-perfect test case
Foster, Colin
Teaching the BIG ideas in school mathematics
Gallery 1 Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Analysis & Discussion
McCormick, Tom
Supporting a neurodiverse classroom to engage with mathematics
Gallery 2&3 Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Gifford, Sue; Lancaster, Andrea; Taylor, Robin
Progression in blockplay from birth to seven years: A learning trajectory for educators from ECMG
Conference Theatre Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar:
Hatisaru, Vestige
Assessing creativity in mathematics Aantjes, Max “It’s not per se about the proof!”: The how and why of proving mathematical claims in low attainment groups
Aantjes, Max
“It’s not per se about the proof!”: The how and why of proving mathematical claims in low attainment groups
Worcester Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Analysis & Discussion
Hough, Sue
Teacher analysis of students learning and views of progress within a Realistic Mathematics Education context
12:10 to 13:00
Keynote by Camilla Gilmore Conference Theatre
13:00 to 14:10
Lunch, Posters, Exhibitors, Networking
13:15-14:00 Early Childhood Maths Group (Gallery 2&3); Professional Development Providers Community (Conf 3a); Inclusion Community (Conf 3b&c)
Conference 1a Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar:
Macey, Darren
Unlocking statistical reasoning: Using assessment to influence pedagogy
Nye, Zoe
Developing graph sense: Extending graph comprehension in the classroom
Conference 1b&c Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Analysis & Discussionn
Hoskyns-Staples, Lou; Hackett, Helen
Beyond attainment: Improving girls’ participation in mathematics through practitioner research
Conference 2a Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Bee, John
Dial up the depth: Exploring mathematical structure
Conference 2b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar: Kassim-Lowe, Tazreen
Stem sentences beyond over-ritualisation in primary mathematics classrooms
Sheard, Simon
Reasoned choices: Teachers’ decision-making about manipulatives through a maths mastery lens
Conference 3a Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar: Skelton, Jo; Robertson, Faye
Supporting novice EAL teachers to use oracy techniques in the maths classroom
Skelton, Jo; Barker, Nathan
Towards six stages of mathematical thinking with multilingual learners
Conference 3b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar: McIvor, Nick
Improvisation as a tool for orchestrating mini-inquiries in the mathematics classroom
Harris, Sophie
Strengthening mathematical habitus in schools: What is it and how do we do it?
Conference 4 Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar: Shah, Dr Rehan
Designing proficiency-oriented assessment inventories in undergraduate mathematics
Sagredo-Sanchez, Lucia
Flipped learning in university mathematics: An action research journey to a practical framework
Gallery 1 Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Macmillan, Emily; Ingram, Jenni
Why do two negatives make a positive?
Gallery 2&3 Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity Perring, Richard; Granger, Helen
Thinking coherently about coherence
Conference Theatre Research Symposium
Research Symposium
Chair Shearman, Jen; Townsend, Viv; Morgan, Debbie; Hayden, Eleanor; Hake, Claire
'It’s all about structure': How the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme translates into teachers’ practice and children’s mathematics.
Worcester Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Analysis & Discussion Benson, Ian; Blatherwick, Sam
From function machines to functional programming and vice versa: a classroom study
Conference 1a Round Table
Round Table:
Hawkins, Jane; Ingram, Jenni; Woollacott, Beth
Oracy in mathematics
Conference 1b&c Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Analysis & Discussion
Austin, Graeme
Addressing the biggest inequality in the secondary maths classroom
Conference 2a Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Analysis & Discussion Jacques, Laurie
Mathematical possibilities: The ‘how and why’ or the ‘why and how’ of designing tasks with variation in mind
Conference 2b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar
Dowker, Ann; Douglas, Tyra
Mathematics anxiety and enjoyment in university students: Exploring the impact of course type, mathematics A-level, biological sex & year of study
Crossman, Ric; Shah, Rehan
A landscape review into mathematical anxiety in mathematics undergraduate students
Conference 3a Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Xenidou-Dervo, Iro; Trundley, Ruth; Bahnmueller, Julia; Stefanie Burke
Stop and think. Bringing inhibitory control into your maths classroom
Conference 3b&c Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar:
Bottura de Barros, Ana Carolina
Educational resources for integrating digital technologies in the Brazilian mathematics curriculum
Vernon, Natalie; Button, Tom
From add-on to embedded: Integrating technology into mathematics teacher professional development
Conference 4 Research-Practice Seminar
Research Practice seminar
Stramel, Janet
School-embedded teacher preparation: Partnerships that connect research and practice
Tozer, Karen; Hobday, Elizabeth
Creating space for mathematical becoming in initial teacher training
Gallery 1 Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop: Engaging in mathematical activity
Hewitt, Dave; Hall, Jonny
Learning connections between numbers through Grid Number: an interactive software based on the 100 number square
Gallery 2&3 Interactive Workshop
Research Practice seminar:
Bottura de Barros, Ana Carolina
Putting Project Zero Pedagogy of Play research recommendations into practice: incorporating mathematical games into lessons and encouraging mathematical games at home
Conference Theatre Research Symposium
Research Symposium
Chair: Hodgen, Jeremy Marks, Rachel; Geraniou, Eirini; Foster, Colin
The effectiveness of teaching strategies and approaches in secondary mathematics: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Worcester Interactive Workshop
Interactive workshop Engaging in mathematical activity
Kathotia, Vinay; Rumbelow, Michael
Making mathematics
16:00 to 17:00
Closing Plenary by Emily Farran Closing Remarks by BCME Chair Conference Theatre