Shot to nothing after a late resignation for promotion - but my amazing school are looking for a head of science if anyone in the South West is interested in a move and/or promotion. Deadline is, erm, tomorrow! RT appreciated... www.eteach.com/job/curricul...

Here's something I've been working quite hard on recently: classduels.com/maths/ A Maths game featuring: - two-player (split screen, can be done on a interactive whiteboard) and single-player modes - 50+ topics across KS3-KS5 - a version for the Australian curriculum: classduels.com/maths/au/ 😉

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Poisonwood Bible At Swim Two Birds Brazzaville Beach The Little Drummer Girl The Heart in Winter Nervous Conditions Things Fall Apart The Wizard of the Crow Demon Copperhead

Another Ukrainian NMT question, in a similar vein to the last one I shared. Find the largest value of a such that the equation has a root.

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A nice bit of history from 'Designing with Type' (Craig, 1999)

"Find the largest value of a such that this equation has no real roots." [With the war, Ukraine has moved to online school-leaving exams and this is a question from a Maths practice paper. It was multiple choice but I've only taken a screenshot of the question.]

TLTR? The answer is no.

Happy International Day of Women in Mathematics!! Here is our webpage with lots of info about encouraging girls to continue with maths post-16 so they can be the future women in maths! Also see my pinned post on diversifying the curriculum which has lots of resources. amsp.org.uk/teachers/equ...

Following @themathsbazaar.bsky.social ‘s advice here is a pinned post with the link to my 2026 exam series resources. blog.drbennisonmaths.com/blog/2026/05... As a rule of thumb there will be warmup grids, Practice Papers for AQA Post 16 exams and some extra revision tasks eg revision clocks.

Utter drivel from BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Here are the published “command words”: www.maths.scot/pdf/h/sqa/NQ... Here is the relevant exam paper: www.maths.scot/pdf/h/past-p... Every command word in the paper is listed in the command words document.

In #ALevelMaths #Mathstoday we looked at when a cardioid isn't a cardioid and if it has a 'dimple'. A lot to show in one file, but in case it's useful to anyone else here's a Desmos sheet with constant slider www.desmos.com/calculator/d...

I'm speaking at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail in London on 15th June! Come along to hear me and several interesting people sharing their favourite unnecessary details: www.universe.com/events/an-ev...

We’ve got a vacancy due to relocation. Years 9-13, great colleagues, approachable and sensible leadership, great location for Derby/Notts. We’re small and close-knit, but not in a cloying way! (It’s great.) 1/2 www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

Vacancy for #ALevelMaths Trainers; to run professional development courses in 2026/2027 academic year. Do you want to share your subject knowledge and teaching experience? For more details: assessors.cambridge.org?tag=mathstra... #UKMathsChat @cambridgeocr.bsky.social

Ooh, interesting UKMT update! 👀 Seems like a sensible system, which is already used for the whole of the Senior Kangaroo... 🦘

Very proud of our year 7s and 8s in #MathsToday: 8 JMO qualifiers, 90 for the Kangaroo and a further 33 golds, 104 silvers and 53 bronze

The #UKMT Maths Challenge dates are out for 2026-27. Get planning the Girls events in September, and the SMC in early October. And don't forget the venues for the Senior Team Maths Challenge will be out soon, with booking from 1st September, so put that in your diary too! @ukmathstrust.bsky.social

Chatbots make things up - not news. So... why do we believe them anyway? as.ft.com/r/2c698440-7...

Hello—The Book of Birds by me & the artist Jackie Morris is published…today A re-imagining of the field guide/bird book for our age of wonder & loss, from Avocet to Yellowhammer. Jackie has painted over 300 original artworks for it; I’ve tried to let language soar, glide & plunge. For the birds!

Lower sixth will be starting research for their statistics project in #FurtherMaths #ALevelMaths #MathsToday, with presentations to come before half term. Brief here: www.paddymacmahon.com/resources/a-...

My 21st book of 2026 (I'm aiming for a half century this year...) and one of the best so far. A saga of three generations of women in Donegal and New York. Highly recommended!

Equilateral triangle and a rectangle. What is the ratio of yellow area and blue area?

Does school mathematics sometimes feel like a checklist of disconnected procedures? What if instead we focused on five BIG IDEAS? Explore this brand new, comprehensive and completely free website for teachers: bigmathematicalideas.org #MathEd #MathTeacher #BigMathematicalIdeas

📣 New to teaching A level Mathematics? Join our four-day residential summer school this August. Build confidence, strengthen pedagogy, and connect A level concepts across pure, mechanics and statistics. 📍 Birmingham | 17-20 August 2026 🔗 buff.ly/HmxJSW9 #ALevelMaths #MathsTeachers #PD

🎓 Teaching A level Maths for the first time in England this September? So excited to say our New to Teaching A level Mathematics Summer School now open — 4‑day residential, practical strategies, deep conceptual understanding. First time in Birmingham 🙌 👉 buff.ly/HmxJSW9 #ALevelMaths #MathsTeachers

Maths timetable looking a lot sparser in #MathsToday since year 11 and upper sixth have left for study leave!

Come and work with me! I work at Barton Peveril in Eastleigh, Hampshire (near Southampton). Fantastic sixth form college, fantastic team! barton-peveril.ac.uk/careers/vaca... #ALevelMaths

Looking forward to the A Level Further Maths Teacher Network next week. I've been looking through #Mechanics papers #MathsToday in preparation. Sign up: teach.ocr.org.uk/teacher-netw... On-line Wednesday 6 May 4pm - 5pm #UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths @cambridgeocr.bsky.social

We're hiring! 🎉 We're looking for a subject specialist to join our wonderful team of mathematics development leads. You'd be supporting trainees and ECTs on our programmes to develop their subject and pedagogical knowledge #MathsToday www.teachfirst.org.uk/working-teac...

Lovely message from one of my upper sixth in #MathsToday!

Poisson distributions in L6 #FurtherMaths #ALevelMaths #MathsToday, so time to use the Prussian cavalry horse kick deaths data. datarepository.wolframcloud.com/resources/Pr...

New research from the Institute shows that setting > mixed-ability in maths. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Two squares. The length of the red line is 4. What is the yellow area?

It's been a little while... Find the exact value of the green area. #MathsToday #ALevelMathd #FurtherMaths

This is great if you get the chance to go!

In #MathsToday we have our #ALevelMaths #FurtherMaths #Statistics Teacher Network. Register here: teach.ocr.org.uk/teacher-netw... Taking a look some interesting questions across both Cambridge OCR specification and an opportunity to share ideas. @cambridgeocr.bsky.social

Here's my credit card number. First come, first serve.

In #MathsToday Oxford Mathematics have opened school applications for the pilot of our new free GCSE Maths mentoring scheme aimed at getting pupils from grade 7 up to grade 8 or 9 (or equiv.), with Oxford students as mentors. Now we just need schools to sign up! www.maths.ox.ac.uk/outreach/oxf...

#MathsOnHoliday #MathsToday Circles and sectors in the desert in Egypt, seen from the plane. Presumably a crop of some sort, but I'm intrigued...!

Pages from Geometria (1543) by German artist, mathematician, and cartographer Augustin Hirschvogel. In this version from the Deutsche Fotothek, amid the rigid lines of the geometrical sketches appear the chaotic forms of stains: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hirschvogel-s-geometria-1543

#AttemptedMurder.

Every Year 13 tutor should tell their students about Child Trust Funds Ask me if you need a powerpoint to show them

Child trust funds: a windfall at 18 – but what should you do next?

Art and maths in #MathsToday at the Hargeisa Cultural Centre, Somaliland.

Signed up!

A shining sunbird in #WildlifeToday #birds #naturalists, seen in Sheikh, Somaliland.