Event details 

Date	26 June 2025
Time	09:00 to 15:30
Venue	The Pavilion, Cheltenham, GL53 6PN

Let’s talk maths! Keynote: Victoria Osbourne - Maths Area Lead, Meridian Trust 

The theme of this year’s MathsFest is ‘Let’s talk maths’ – bringing a voice to the topic of oracy. Our keynote speaker is Victoria Osbourne, Maths Area Lead for Meridian Trust and a Secondary Mastery Specialist for the Cambridge Maths Hub. Victoria has been part of the NCETM‘s national research group for oracy in maths and will be sharing her insights and learnings from this important work. 

About Victoria 

Victoria (pictured left) has taught maths in primary, middle and secondary schools; more recently, supporting special schools to develop a student-led mathematics curriculum. She trained as a Maths Hubs Secondary Mastery Specialist (SMS) in 2016 and currently leads Teaching for Mastery (TfM) Work Groups for Cambridge Maths Hub. In her role as Maths Area Lead, Victoria’s responsibilities include trust-wide shared curriculum, subject-specific professional development and in-school support. A particular area of interest is the overlap between disciplinary talk and developing problem-solving skills at key stages 3 and 4.   

Workshop sessions 

During the event, we’ll also be running a range of practical workshops for you to get involved in – led by our Local Leaders of Maths Education (LLMEs)/Mastery Specialists and national leaders from across the maths education landscape. Please see a summary of the sessions, listed below.  

• Grid algebra. Sam Brace, Christopher Whitehead Language College (GLOW LLME)

• Intelligent practice. Tom Harper, North Bromsgrove High School (GLOW LLME)

• A Level classroom culture. Rob Southern and Susan Whitehouse, co-authors 'Teaching A level maths'

• Algebra tiles. Tom Harper, North Bromsgrove High School (GLOW LLME)

• Meeting the needs of SEND learners in a TfM context. Louise Langford, Boolean Maths Hub

• Ratio tables. Tom Holden, Haybridge High School (GLOW LLME)

• Maths in context. Cat Van Saarloos, Mathematics Education Innovation

Full details of each workshop, including session content and presenters, are available in our Workshop Information sheet.

Register your free place today! 

This event is open to any secondary school* within the GLOW region - whether your school is currently working with GLOW Maths Hub or is yet to get involved. This event is free to attend with all sessions/workshops and refreshments, including lunch, provided at no cost to your school.  

To secure your school’s free place, complete our registration form by close of play on Thursday, 12 June 2025.

After this time, places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. 

^{*Places are free to state schools only. Late cancellation of your place, or failure to turn up on the day, will incur a charge of £12.50 to meet the unrecoverable event costs incurred by GLOW Maths Hub. Please refer to the cancellation policy in the registration form.}