SUPPORTING NORFOLK’S NEXT GENERATION OF MATHEMATICIANS: Inspiration Trust helps 350 students from all across Norfolk harvest their love of Maths

With a focus on academic excellence, September 2022 saw us launch our dedicated Maths Programme to support secondary school students from all across Norfolk explore and deepen their love of Mathematics.

Led by our expert teachers from the Ofsted Outstanding Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form, the online programme has been set up to support Year 10 and 11 students that would like to study GCSE Further Maths. The programme was open to any GCSE student living in Norfolk, from any school or trust in order to help deepen their understanding beyond their normal Maths lessons, and to date, we have had a whopping 350 students sign-up for the course!

The initiative has led to supporting GCSE students from 17 different schools and trusts from across all of Norfolk and aligns with our core values of providing ‘outstanding support’ and ‘the best learning opportunities’, with everyone involved so proud to be able to offer this beyond those that attend our trust schools.

Participating students have greatly appreciated the challenging content of the sessions, which is designed to be excellent preparation for those who are interested in studying A-Level Maths or Further Maths helping them to develop their understanding of the depth of Maths topics.

Staff alike have also enjoyed revisiting aspects of Mathematics that they haven’t had the opportunity to teach, and have paid particular attention to the approach taken by our excellent teaching team, noting that “the sessions have been clear and the quality of teaching has been fantastic”.

The programme is continuing to grow, adapt and improve as we look to promote the sessions to the next cohort of Year 10 students toward the end of this academic year. We are really excited to be developing our Outreach Programme. Schools have been really supportive of the courses and events we are offering and we hope they are helping increase students’ love and enjoyment of these subjects.

CHRIS JENNINGS, PRINCIPAL, SIR ISAAC NEWTON SIXTH FORM