| All our consultants are
mathematical experts with years of teaching experience
and are familiar with current classroom practice. When
you have decided your priorities - which may be a particular
aspect of mathematics or help with planning or management
- we will match one of our consultants to your needs.
Debra Adams
Debra is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She has worked for a number of years as a local
authority consultant after being a leading mathematics
teacher and subject leader in school. Her particular
interest is creating a classroom culture that promotes
mathematical thinking through talk.
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Caroline Ainslie
Caroline ‘Bubblz’ Ainslie is a full time
mathematical clown. She performs at primary schools
and offers giant balloon workshops at Secondary schools.
Bubblz is passionate about using clowning to impart
her love of mathematics and give a different perspective
on learning to children.
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Mike Askew
Mike is a Director of BEAM and closely involved in
BEAM's product development, professional development
and research initiatives. He has taught in London primary
schools and has written mathematics education materials
for various publishers. Mike is also a professor at
King’s College London, where he supervises PhD
candidates, researches and writes. His research work
has included commissions from the Teacher Training
Agency, Nuffield, and the Leverhulme Trust. He is particularly
interested in promoting problem solving and creative
approaches to mathematics learning and teaching, and
how to foster classroom communities of learners.
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Patti Barber
Patti works at the Institute of Education coordinating
primary mathematics. She taught for many years in a
variety of London schools and has also been a mathematics
consultant. Her particular interest is in the Early
Years and in encouraging and developing children’s
problem-solving abilities in mathematics.
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Carole Bean
Carole is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She worked for many years as an advisory teacher and
numeracy consultant for the Primary National Strategy.
She has worked with teachers and Early Years practitioners
both in the UK and abroad. She is keen to promote mathematics
as a useful, exciting and creative subject.
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Jeannie Billington
Jeannie is a freelance primary mathematics consultant
as well as a PCAME tutor and Oxford Brookes associate
teacher. She has worked in primary mathematics for
many years at many different levels: as a subject leader,
advisory teacher, headteacher, external examiner and
senior lecturer. She has written articles and books
for teachers, parents and children. Jeannie has a passion
for promoting a problem-solving approach to mathematics.
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Janine Blinko
Janine is a deputy headteacher of a large primary school
in Thurrock. She has been an advisory teacher, senior
lecturer, a writer of curriculum materials, a member
of the writing team for National Tests at Key Stage
1 and was involved in the training for the Primary
National Strategy. She is very interested in promoting
children’s self esteem and positive view of themselves
as learners.
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Alison Borthwick
Alison is currently a mathematics advisor for Norfolk.
She is also a mathematics tutor for the PGCE programme
at Cambridge University and occasionally lectures at
the University of East Anglia. She has taught in Croydon
and Norfolk primary schools and is a trained Ofsted
inspector. She is particularly interested in the use
of models and images to support mathematical learning.
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Pauline Braviner
Pauline works as a local authority and freelance mathematics
consultant. She is an experienced primary teacher and
mathematics subject leader. She has also worked as
a lecturer in further education and has been involved
in basic skills work with adults. She is particularly
interested in the use of the electronic board to promote
mathematical learning.
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Keith Brentnall
Keith is currently a headteacher. He has a wealth
of experience both as a mathematics lecturer and as
a teacher in a number of schools. He has carried out
a great deal of work on data analysis and knows first-hand
how to raise achievement in mathematics in school.
His particular interest is in helping all children
become successful learners in mathematics, particularly
those who are underachieving.
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Simon Caplan
Simon is a primary mathematics consultant. He is
an experienced teacher and trainer across the primary
phase and at adult education level. He has produced
a number of practical resources to support teachers’ and
children’s understanding of mental calculation
and is in the early stages of writing a series of
mathematical poems. He is particularly interested
in helping children access mathematical ideas through
the use of appropriate apparatus and visual imagery.
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Barbara Carr
Barbara works as a local authority and freelance mathematics
consultant. She has a varied background in business,
primary and secondary education. She has developed
a range of mathematical resources and is constantly
devising ways of making mathematics more accessible
and fun for children. She specialises in basic skills
and inclusion.
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Elizabeth Carruthers
Elizabeth is headteacher of an inner-city children’s
centre as well as a freelance mathematics consultant
and researcher. She has taught for many years in
primary schools and nurseries in the UK and the United
States. She has written peer-reviewed academic articles,
as well as publishing a highly acclaimed book on
children’s mathematics. She specialises in
children’s recording of mathematics, and mathematics
for children under three years old.
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Peter Clarke
Peter lectures on a Graduate Teacher Programme and
contributes to a parent/child project in London. He
is also a freelance mathematics consultant working
throughout the UK and abroad. He has been a mathematics
subject leader and deputy headteacher in primary schools
in Australia and London. Peter was also a mathematics
advisor for Barking & Dagenham local authority
on the ‘Improving Primary Mathematics’ initiative.
He has written and edited a range of mathematics materials
and books, where his creative approach to maths learning
is very evident. Peter has a particular interest in
supporting more able children in mathematics and in
developing children’s mathematical problem solving,
communicating and reasoning skills.
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Matthew Copping
Matthew is the headteacher of a Primary school in
Shropshire. As a Head of
a small school he still maintains a substantial teaching
commitment. Prior
to his current post he was a Local Authority Numeracy
Consultant for three
and a half years. He has also held teaching posts
in London and Cheshire.
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Karen Erskine
Karen is a freelance mathematics consultant. She
is an experienced primary mathematics consultant,
teacher, senior manager and mathematics subject leader,
who has worked in Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 and in Special
Educational Needs. She is interested in promoting
pupil voice and supporting classroom communities
of learners.
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Hilary Faust
Hilary currently runs Early Years courses at the Institute
of Education and at a range of schools, nurseries and
local authorities. She has been an Early Years advisory
teacher, deputy headteacher of a combined nursery centre
and part of the Haringey mathematics team. Hilary has
also worked at Goldsmiths College and the University
of North London. Her particular interest is in the
place of mathematics in Early Years provision.
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Gillian Foote
Gillian works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She is an experienced primary
teacher and leader of learning in mathematics She
has a particular interest in the development of young
children’s mathematical understanding, and
the application of this in practical and purposeful
problem solving.
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Rosie Foulkes
Rosie works as a local authority and freelance mathematics
consultant. She has taught for many years from the
Foundation Stage to Year 8. She has experience as
a mathematics subject leader, deputy headteacher
and acting headteacher. She is interested in promoting
mathematical learning for all through creative strategies.
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Elizabeth Gibbs
Liz works as a local authority and freelance mathematics
consultant. She is an experienced primary and Early
Years teacher and numeracy consultant. Liz worked for
the national strategy as a national whiteboard director
and ICT regional advisor. She is particularly interested
in the role ICT can play in promoting children’s
mathematical learning.
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Sue Gifford
Liz works as a local authority and freelance mathematics
consultant. She is an experienced primary and Early
Years teacher and numeracy consultant. Liz worked for
the national strategy as a national whiteboard director
and ICT regional advisor. She is particularly interested
in the role ICT can play in promoting children’s
mathematical learning.
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Michael Hall
Michael is currently working as a primary and secondary
mathematics consultant and as an associate lecturer
with the Open University for the MA in Education. He
has been an advisory teacher, PGCE tutor, and tutor
for B.Ed and M.Sc education courses, mathematics subject
leader, head of year and senior teacher. He has contributed
to numerous publications and projects including Secondary
Mathematics Individualised Learning Experience (SMILE),
National Council for Educational Technology (NCET),
National Association for Language Development in the
Curriculum (NALDIC) and the Mathematical Association.
He brings a wealth of experience to his BEAM consultant
work and a passion for supporting children explore
their mathematical thinking, through the use of open
questioning in the classroom.
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Anne Henderson
Anne is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She has many years experience of teaching mathematics
across all age ranges and has been a special needs
mathematics subject leader. Anne lectures across the
UK and internationally on both dyslexia and special
needs in mathematics. She writes extensively on dyslexia,
dyscalculia and mathematics. She uses her wealth of
experience to support teachers and teaching assistants
in developing their understanding of learners who face
specific challenges with mathematics.
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Elizabeth Hinchliffe
Elizabeth is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She has many years experience in both primary and secondary
sectors. She has worked both in school and as an advisory
teacher. She is particularly interested in developing
maths subject knowledge and pedagogy with teachers
and teaching assistants.
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Ray Huntley
Ray teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses,
and is researching mathematical content in primary
Initial Teacher Training for his EdD. He is an experienced
teacher who worked across the primary range in Essex
and Melbourne, Australia, as a subject leader, deputy
head and headteacher. He has published a number of
articles and reviews, and enjoys promoting mathematics
through games and problem-solving activities.
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Chris Ingram
Chris is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She is an experienced primary teacher, subject leader
and senior manager. She has been part of the writing
team for the National Tests at KS1 for QCA and has
also worked as a Primary National Strategy consultant.
She has a particular interest in models and images
to support the development of early number, counting
skills and calculation skills for young children.
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Denyse Irwin
Denyse is currently a lead consultant assessor for
the Basic Skills Agency and Primary Strategy Consultant
for a local authority as well as being a freelance
primary mathematics consultant. She has experience
of working with Foundation Stage, KS1, 2 and 3. She
has taught children with a range of educational needs.
She has a particular interest in both summative and
formative assessment for learning.
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Andrew Jeffrey
Andrew combines his freelance mathematics consultancy
and his passion and enthusiasm for maths with his work
as a professional magician. He is an experienced teacher,
deputy head and Independent Schools’ Inspector.
His particular interest is in improving the confidence
of both children and teachers in mathematics.
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Margaret Jones
Margaret is a freelance mathematics consultant. She
is an experienced teacher, advisory teacher and teacher-trainer
across the 3-19 age range. She is Honorary Secretary
for the General Council for Association of Teachers
of Mathematics with oversight of the journals and the
website. She is passionate about promoting thinking
skills and enquiry in maths classrooms.
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Sue Keith
Sue divides her time between working in Further Education
and Higher Education and as an local authority and
freelance mathematics consultant. She is an experienced
primary teacher who has taught across the primary range
in a number of schools. She has been a mathematics
subject leader, and an advisory mathematics teacher.
Sue is very interested in learning styles, developing
thinking skills and behaviour management.
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Janet Kelly
Janet is a freelance mathematics consultant. She has
many years experience as an advisory teacher and advisor
for several local authorities. Janet has experience
of working with both gifted and talented children and
those with special educational needs. She has written
a variety of mathematics materials for the primary
age range. With this breadth of expeirence, she is
very interested in the place of manipulatives and models
and images to support children’s mathematical
learning.
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Jennie Kerwin
Jennie is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She has extensive experience of teaching and has been
both a consultant and regional director for the Primary
National Strategy in the Southwest. She has written
mathematics materials for teachers and children. She
has developed a particular interest and expertise in
the Dutch approach to the development of calculation
skills and the progression from beadstrings to the
empty numberline.
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Penny Latham
Penny combines Educational Action Zone consultancy
with being a freelance mathematics consultant. She
has extensive experience as a mathematics advisor,
school improvement officer and mathematics subject
leader. She has taught in a range of schools in England
and also taught in Thailand. She works to promote a ‘maths
talk’ approach in the classroom to facilitate
children’s mathematical learning.
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Jill Mansergh
Jill works as a curriculum development advisor, senior
lecturer and freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She is an experienced secondary, primary and early
years teacher. She has written a variety of mathematics
materials for the primary age range. Her interests
include mathematical questioning and thinking skills.
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Lynda Maple
Lynda is the numeracy project leader for an Educational
Action Zone and a Cognitive Accleration in Mathematics
Education (CAME) tutor. She has many years experience
as a consultant advisor, helping schools with internal
audits, as well as project leading. A major curriculum
development project was the setting up of BEAM in 1987.
She has written and contributed to a range of mathematics
publications. Her interests are in creative problem
solving and the development of thinking skills.
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Lynne McClure
Lynne has taught maths in primary and secondary schools,
further education, universities and has lectured at
the Royal Institution and for the Millennium Mathematics
Project. Her favourite job was being head of a small
school in Oxfordshire. She now lives in Scotland and
works for teachers and pupils of all ages, both in
the UK and abroad. She is currently responsible for
the primary Post Graduate Diploma in Education maths
course at Edinburgh University and works with the Nrich
project in Cambridge, and with BEAM. She writes and
edits lots of maths books including the Mathematical
Association’s Primary Mathematics journal and
the termly ‘Primary Subjects’. She is particularly
interested in how teachers can meet the needs of the
most able mathematicians in inclusive classrooms. She
likes to think that her enthusiasm for the beauty and
power of mathematics is infectious.
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Liz Meenan
Liz has been a maths advisory teacher, head of department,
class teacher and more recently the Maths Education
Officer for 4Learning – the education arm of
Channel 4. She has helped produce a range of multimedia
resources for both primary and secondary mathematics.
She is now a freelance mathematics consultant working
with a range of providers.
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Sami Miller
Sami works as a local authority and freelance mathematics
consultant. She has extensive experience across the
primary age range as a teacher and has been both a
mathematics subject leader and deputy head. She is
interested in strategies to engage everyone in mathematical
learning, whether adults or children.
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Mike Ollerton
Mike is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
He has many years experience as a teacher, leading
a secondary mathematics department, and as a teacher
trainer. He has also sat on the Association of Teachers
of Mathematics (ATM) general council and is the ATM
conference officer for the 2008 conferences at Keele
University. He has contributed to many articles and
publications. His passion is for a problem-solving,
investigative approach to mathematics.
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Chris Olley
Chris is a freelance mathematics consultant and lecturer
on the secondary mathematics PGCE course at King’s
College London. He has many years experience as a classroom
teacher and head of department. Chris has developed
numerous materials for the web and printed publications
and is particularly interested in dynamic software
that offers children an open-ended mathematical experience.
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Jennie Pennant
Jennie is the Professional Development manager at
BEAM Education. She has wide experience in writing,
teaching and advising on mathematics and is a trained
Ofsted inspector. She has a particular interest in
exploring classroom cultures that promote mathematical
learning and the role of coaching in effective professional
development.
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Adrian Pinel
Adrian lectures in mathematics education at the University
of Chichester. He is an experienced teacher, consultant
and lecturer at primary, secondary and higher education
levels. He has written a range of books and magazine
articles. He invented ‘Loop Cards’ and
is the designer of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics
(ATM) mathematical activity tiles. His current interests
are number imagery, gifted and talented provision,
problem solving and creativity in primary mathematics.
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Jeni Pinel
Jeni lectures in mathematics and childhood studies
at the University of Chichester and coordinates the
Primary Flexible PGCE there. She is an experienced
advisory teacher and deputy headteacher. She has also
led mathematics curriculum projects with groups of
schools. She has written a number of books and articles
and is particularly interested in approaches to mental
maths.
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Gill Potter
Gill has been a senior lecturer in gifted and talented
education at Oxford Brookes University for many years
and is now an independent consultant and researcher,
with a national and international reputation in e-learning
and thinking skills. She is a Cognitive Acceleration
through Mathematics Education (CAME) tutor and a consultant
for the National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
and is well placed to develop whole school approaches
to kmathematics. She specialises in long-term INSET
and regularly works in a range of schools to develop
creative leading and learning initiatives which raise
the profile of mathematics.
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Janet Rees
Janet is a freelance mathematics consultant. She has
wide experience as a headteacher and advisory teacher
as well as lecturing adults and college students in
mathematics education. She has written books and games
for use by both teachers and children. Her interests
are many and varied from Early Years to Year 7 including
the assessment of learning, creative ways to engage
children in mathematics and mental calculation strategies.
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Debbie Robinson
Debbie teaches mathematics to PGCE students at St Mary’s
College, Twickenham. She has experience as a teacher
in both primary and secondary schools and has worked
as an advisory teacher for a number of research projects.
She is interested in enabling children to engage with
the maths curriculum.
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Les Staves
Les is a freelance mathematics consultant. He has been
a headteacher of an outstanding special school and
a consultant for local authorities, special schools
and support services across the country. He is the
author of Mathematics for Children with Severe or Profound
Learning Difficulties. With this wealth of experience,
Les can offer a range of consultancy support looking
at working with children with substantial learing difficulties.
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Paula Stone
In addition to her consultancy work, Paula has recently
taken up a part-time post as a senior lecturer on
a primary mathematics Initial Teacher Training programme.
Paula is also an associate consultant for the National
Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
(NCETM). Following many years teaching in the primary
age phase, Paula worked as a local authority consultant
before moving to her current role. Her special interest
is citizenship within primary education.
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Stef Sullivan
Stef is a tutor on the mathematics PGCE course at Nottingham
University and a freelance mathematics consultant.
She has taught mathematics throughout all key stages
and has spent many years providing professional development
courses for state and independent schools both in the
UK and abroad. She is currently exploring how teachers
can support each other in their professional learning.
Stef has a particular interest in problem-solving approaches
to mathematics.
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Elizabeth Thomas
Elizabeth works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She has worked in primary
mathematics at many different levels throughout her
career: as a subject leader, leading maths teacher,
consultant and advisor. Her main interests are developing
subject leaders’ skills to lead learning in
their schools and supporting schools in raising standards
in maths.
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Ian Thompson
Ian is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
He has experience in teaching children, trainees, teachers
and Primary National Strategy Consultants. He has edited
publications for Open University Press and written
many articles for a range of professional and academic
journals. He has a particular interest in strategies
that help develop children’s calculation skills.
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Margaret Travers
Margaret is a freelance Early Years advisor and trainer
with 25 years experience in working with young children,
researching developmental issues, and teaching students
to degree level. She has owned and managed a nursery
school and worked as Head of Early Years in primary
settings. Margaret also holds a Montessori teaching
diploma, and is an experienced Ofsted inspector. She
specialises in training practitioners who work with
birth to three year olds and three to five year olds.
Her particular interests are in sustaining and promoting
young children’s thinking and problem-solving
skills. She is also interested in promoting early mathematics
as a by-product of having fun through open ended resources,
appropriate adult interaction, effective observation
and planning for individual needs.
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Helen Williams
Helen is a freelance education consultant. She is an experienced advisory teacher
and has been involved in Initial Teacher Training, and consultation groups for
the Department for Children, Schools and Families and QCA. She is a member of
the Association of Teachers of Mathematics and edits their journal. She has a
particular interest in the place of role play in mathematical learning.
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Val Worcester
Val is a freelance primary mathematics consultant. She is an experienced advisory
teacher, primary headteacher and teacher trainer. She has taught throughout the
primary age range. She has been involved in developing and testing assessment
materials for QCA and in making training videos for teachers. She is passionate
about developing a problem-solving, investigative approach to maths.
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