Mathematics

Curriculum Intent

Mathematics at Paxman Academy is about enabling our students to become outstanding mathematicians. We believe that all students, regardless of background, deserve a creative and ambitious mathematics curriculum that ignites curiosity and prepares them for a future outside the world of education, not just further education. We seek to develop our learners as mathematicians through a greater understanding of how and why mathematics works. As a STEM school, we fully understand the importance mathematics has within science, technology, and engineering as well as its necessity in the financial world and most forms of employment. Therefore, we know it is critical that our students leave us with a high level of mathematical literacy. At Paxman Academy we do not see mathematics as a series of independent processes but as a highly interconnected discipline that has been developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing problems. High-quality mathematics education is therefore essential in understanding how the world that we live in has been built as well as gaining an appreciation for the power and beauty of the subject. 

Our curriculum offer in mathematics creates students who can think, talk, read, and write like a mathematician as demonstrated through their ability to:

• Work fluently in the fundamentals of mathematics
• Solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems
• Reason mathematically 
• Communicate, justify, and prove using mathematical vocabulary
• Develop their character, including resilience, aspiration, confidence, and independence