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Strong early maths shapes a child’s whole relationship with the subject. Get number sense right in the early years and Key Stage 1, and later maths has firm foundations; get it wrong, and gaps follow pupils for years. This training helps your staff build secure number sense and confident early maths.
Below, we explain what our early number and primary maths training involves, and how it helps you build strong foundations.
What Is Early Number & Primary Maths Training?
It’s practical training that helps early years and primary staff teach number and early maths well. We cover building number sense, using concrete and pictorial representations, developing fluency, teaching place value and calculation, and spotting and closing gaps early.
We ground it in how children learn maths and tailor it to your phase, from early number in reception through Key Stage 1 and 2.
Who Is This Training For?
It’s designed for all primary education settings: maintained schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts, and early years and primary phases. It suits whole-school INSET, maths leads, and class teachers. Trusts often run it across schools for a consistent maths foundation.
Many schools ask for it to strengthen early maths, build number sense, or close gaps before they widen.
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What Does the Training Cover?
We shape the content around your priorities. You can book a whole-school INSET, a group session, or focused one-to-one support. Our most common areas include:
- Building secure number sense
- Concrete, pictorial, and abstract in early maths
- Developing fluency and recall
- Teaching place value and calculation
- Spotting and closing gaps early
- Making maths concrete and visual
- Supporting pupils who struggle with number
- A consistent approach to early maths
How This Training Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
1
Build strong foundations
Your staff learn to build secure number sense, so later maths has firm foundations.
2
Close gaps early
Staff learn to spot and fix gaps in number before they follow pupils for years.
3
Make maths concrete
We show staff how to use representations that make abstract maths make sense.
4
Develop fluency
Pupils build the fluency and recall that free up thinking for harder maths.
5
Build confidence
Strong early maths helps pupils see themselves as capable mathematicians.
6
Support strugglers
Staff learn to help the pupils who find early number hard.
7
Build consistency
A shared approach means pupils experience coherent maths from the start.
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How the Training Works
- 1We talk with you to understand your context, your staff, and what you want to change.
- 2We tailor the content to your setting, your phase, and your improvement priorities.
- 3We model the teaching live and use your resources, so staff see how to build number sense well.
- 4We deliver the training in person or online, in a way that fits your calendar.
- 5We give you practical resources and tools your staff can use straight away.
- 6We follow up to help you embed the learning, so it sticks and changes classroom practice.
What Your Staff Get
Every participant comes away with more than notes. They get:
- Clear, practical strategies they can use in the next lesson
- A shared language and consistent approach across the team
- Ready-to-use resources, tools, and templates
- The confidence to put the training into practice
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Key Features of Our Training
Evidence-informed
We build on how children actually learn early maths.
Tailored to your phase
We shape the training around your pupils, from reception through KS2.
Whole-school, group, or individual
Book an INSET, a maths team session, or coaching. We adapt to you.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We know early maths shapes everything that follows, and how to get it right. Our training helps you build strong foundations, with every decision staying focused on children.
Want to know how this training could work for your school? Just get in touch.
Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to one of our experts. We’ll explain how we work, answer your questions, and help you shape the right training for your staff.
- We agree dates and delivery that suit your calendar, in person or online, and confirm everything in writing.
- Contact us today to discuss how we can support your school, academy, trust, and alternative provision.
- We’re ready to help and support you.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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