Specialist Mathematics Teaching. University of Bedfordshire

The course has been developed with DCSF funding. In early 2009, the DCSF invited tenders from individual HEIs or newly formed consortia to develop and deliver professional development courses for primary school teachers for initially a 3 year period. The Northamptonshire consortium, one of the successful bidders, is composed of The University of Northampton (lead institution), The University of Bedfordshire, Nottingham Trent University, The University of Derby, The University of Hertfordshire and Bishop Gosseteste University College Lincoln. As a consortium it serves the needs of a large number of LAs, including Rutland, Northamptonshire, Lincoln, Derby, Bedfordshire, Leicestershire, Milton Keynes and Nottingham, a geographical region that is only currently served by the newly formed consortium. The course also requires the formation of new and effective partnerships between HEIs and LAs.