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A solution to the teacher shortage in mathematics

With the shortage in maths teachers starting to bite, one academy trust has come up with its own innovative solution to ensuring a steady supply of maths specialists. Tarun Kapur explains

Ashton on Mersey School, a Teaching School at the heart of the Dean Trust family of schools, has only ever achieved “outstanding” status with Ofsted (five in total). It also runs a successful School Centred Initial Teacher Training programme (SCITT), with up to 100 students per year.

Results at GCSE are remarkable given that Ashton on Mersey School is technically a secondary modern working in the fully selective borough of Trafford. It achieved 65 per cent A* to C in English and maths (and 73 per cent in maths).

The Trust works across the areas of Trafford, Manchester and Knowsley. Ashton on Mersey School has, for the past 20 years, successfully educated all of the Manchester United young professionals, including Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba, to name just two. The Dean Trust also leads and runs a Maths Hub in the North West.

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