Round Table
Workshop: Analysis & Discussion
Workshop: Engaging in Activity
Research-Practice Seminar
Research Symposium
Friday 23rd October 2026
The Brailsford and Worcester rooms are located within the Orchard Hotel
9:00 to 10:00
Arrival and Registration
10:00 to 10:50
Welcome by BCME10 chairs Opening Plenary by Andy Noyes Conference Theatre
Conference 1a
Round Table
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - A vehicle for maths teacher professionalism?
Conference 1b&c
Interactive Workshop
Awareness of Mathematical Activity: How paying attention to our mathematical actions can improve learners’ experiences.
Conference 2a
Interactive Workshop
Supporting the mathematical learning of children in care
Conference 2b&c
Research-Practice Seminar
Lesson design as the missing link between curriculum intent and problem solving in mathematics lessons
Developing a framework for analysing sets of mathematical practice questions
Conference 3a
Interactive Workshop
Beyond the numbers: Addressing inhibitory control and word problem barriers for ADHD learners
Conference 3b&c
Research-Practice Seminar
The trouble with tacit knowledge and teaching: An exploration of the complexities of teaching young children mathematics
Young Minds Big Maths: collaboration of early years experts and university mathematicians
Conference 4
Research Symposium
Socially just mathematics teaching
Gallery 1
Interactive Workshop
Beyond favourite pets: choosing meaningful data for secondary maths
Gallery 2&3
Interactive Workshop
Engaging in mathematical activity
Same maths, different voices: Using oracy to deepen mathematical thinking
Conference Theatre
Research Symposium
Mathematics education in Year 8 in England: insights from RoME 26
Worcester
Research-Practice Seminar
Critical mathematical dispositions: It matters what we communicate about maths and being mathematical.
Multiplicative reasoning through measurement: insights, affordances and implications
Brailsford
Interactive Workshop
Engaging in mathematical activity
Developing communication in maths classrooms
12:00 to 13:00
Lunch, Posters, Exhibitors, Networking
AMiE MIC meetings to be confirmed
12:15-12:55 Technology for Learning Community (Conference 2a); FE & Lifelong Learning Community meeting (Conference 4); Learners and Learning Community meeting (Gallery 2&3)
AMiE MIC meetings to be confirmed
12:15-12:55 Technology for Learning Community (Conference 2a); FE & Lifelong Learning Community meeting (Conference 4); Learners and Learning Community meeting (Gallery 2&3)
Conference 1a
Research Practice Seminar
Talking about symbols: Connecting talk, symbols and meaning
Articulating the complexity of relationships in motion graphs
Conference 1b&c
Interactive Workshop
Double session
Finding the familiar in the unfamiliar
Conference 2a
Interactive Workshop
Double session
Engaging in mathematical activity
Using extended reality (XR) to support 3D and embodied mathematical sense-making in the classroom
*Bring a tablet or smartphone
*Bring a tablet or smartphone
Conference 2b&c
Research-Practice Seminar
Working inside large scale trials: What the NCETM learned from two EEF funded RCTs
Conference 3a
Interactive Workshop
Analysis & Discussion
Final report of a research study in England and Jersey: The impact of the teaching of multiplication and the multiplication tables check (MTC)
Conference 3b&c
Research Symposium
How history can enrich maths lessons
Conference 4
Interactive Workshop
A workshop on codesign in secondary mathematics: limits, co-creation, emotion and chaos
Gallery 1
Interactive Workshop
Double session
Playfully learning mathematics
Gallery 2&3
Interactive Workshop
Double session
Multicolour Maths - How art and creativity can impact students' relationship to mathematics
Conference Theatre
Research Symposium
A level mathematics education in England: Insights from RoME 26
Worcester
Interactive Workshop
Double session
Liberator: Visual functional programming as a bridge between secondary mathematics and computer science
*Bring your own laptop to this session
*Bring your own laptop to this session
Brailsford
Interactive Workshop
Double session
Using origami in the mathematics classroom
Conference 1a
Research-Practice Seminar
Some thoughts on inclusive practice in mathematics
Supporting multilingual (EAL) learners in the primary TfM mathematics classroom
Conference 1b&c
Interactive Workshop
Conference 2a
Interactive Workshop
Conference 2b&c
Research-Practice Seminar
Making it real: The use of research and practice in partnership to understand and develop the teaching of mathematics using real-life context
Understanding ‘representational activities’: How teachers move between multiple representations to facilitate mathematical thinking
Conference 3a
Interactive Workshop
Teaching maths and science - A collaborative approach
Conference 3b&c
Research-Practice Seminar
Developing teaching competencies for mathematical resilience in GCSE resit learners in Further Education
Measuring the unmeasurable? Aligning TIMSS 2023 survey Items with the NCETM mastery framework
Conference 4
Research-Practice Seminar
Students' experiences of collaborative design research in lower secondary
Mathematics and belonging in Key Stage 3
Gallery 1
Interactive Workshop
Gallery 2&3
Interactive Workshop
Conference Theatre
Research Symposium
Trends and developments in mathematics education in England: insights from RoME 26
Worcester
Interactive Workshop
Brailsford
Interactive Workshop
14:50 to 15:40
Coffee, Posters, Exhibitors AMiE MIC meetings to be confirmed
14:55-15:35 ITE Community meeting (Conference 1a); Post 16 (Level 3) Education Community meeting (Conference 4)
14:55-15:35 ITE Community meeting (Conference 1a); Post 16 (Level 3) Education Community meeting (Conference 4)
Conference 1a
Round Table
Fostering student teacher agency: ITE or ITT?
Conference 1b&c
Interactive Workshop
Writing for professional journals
Conference 2a
Interactive Workshop
Embedding problem solving strategies
Conference 2b&c
Research Practice Seminar
Sustained shared thinking for all
Researching early numeracy in Myanmar: Methodological reflections on research instruments adaptation
*This session is being presented virtually
*This session is being presented virtually
Conference 3a
Research-Practice Seminar
“Generative AI is evil”: (Re)Learning to teach maths in the age of GenAI
When AI meets the department: the tailoring debate and the change dynamics from an NCETM work group
Conference 3b&c
Research-Practice Seminar
On various tensions related to the notion of absolute value in schooling
A study of the teaching and learning of effective and efficient numeracy methods in a post-16 learning environment
Conference 4
Interactive Workshop
Enabling equitable access to Advanced Mathematics
Gallery 1
Interactive Workshop
Testing, testing, testing, when less is more. A different view of progress
Gallery 2&3
Interactive Workshop
Factors First: Experiencing the Multiplicative Architecture of Number
Conference Theatre
Research Symposium
Mathematics education in Year 1 in England: insights from RoME 26
Worcester
Research-Practice Seminar
Using case study data to better understand the teaching and learning of A level maths in three sixth form colleges
Win-win-win: lessons from student-led mathematics enrichment
Brailsford
Research-Practice Seminar
Maths and Oracy: developing teacher skills in running dialogues at KS3 through video clubs
Supporting mathematics classroom communication practices through a short online professional development programme
16:40 to 17:30
Day 1 Closing Plenary by Andy Brown Conference Theatre
18:00 to 19:30
BSRLM Early Years and Primary Working Group invite delegates to a social get-together in the Atrium
19:30 to 23:00
Conference Dinner and Activities Conference Theatre