Maths plays a central role within the curriculum at The Good Shepherd and is fundamental to our mission of creating an aspirational, knowledge-rich curriculum for our pupils. We provide a high-quality mathematics education which will provide a foundation for understanding the world, to develop an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject. Maths at The Good Shepherd is underpinned by methodical, coherent, curriculum design created by Effective Maths and supported by carefully crafted lessons and resources to foster deep conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge. The curriculum design enables children to build on their previous learning at each new step in their learning journey. As a result of the of the accumulation of essential knowledge and skills our pupils will leave our school as confident, resilient mathematicians, demonstrating conceptual and procedural fluency, with the ability to reason mathematically and efficiently solve problems. We use a Teaching for Mastery approach to support learning of mathematics. Mastery in mathematics is: achievable for all, deep and sustainable learning, the ability to build on something that has already been sufficiently mastered, the ability to reason about a concept and make connections and develop conceptual and procedural fluency.