Camden School 
                       Improvement
   Context
                       Success for 
   •                   all
    Camden sought to develop Lesson Study 
    approach across primary schools
   • Keen to improve progress in mathematics 
    across Years 2, 3 and 4
   • Invited group of 7 schools to participate
   • Importance of head teachers’ involvement
   • Schools meet half-termly, self funded
   • Develop case studies to share practice 
                     Camden School 
  Progress           Improvement
                     Success for 
  •                  all
   First meeting with heads and teachers
  • Schools identified focus on learning from
    –Core Skills of Number
    –Language, dialogue
    –Problem Solving
  • Ongoing input of ideas to explore
  • Updates on learning and practices
  • Focus on writing case study
  • Phase 2 schools about to be invited
                          Camden School 
                          Improvement
                          Success for 
                          all
    How Lesson Study has helped 
         to improve learning in 
             mathematics
      Beckford Primary School 
              Inner-city school
              453 pupils on roll 
         42% eligible for FSM/ Pupil Premium
     67% of pupils do not have English as a first language
        19% of pupils are on the SEND register  
             Attainment low on entry
           Progress over KS2 is improving
                 Focus and Aims for lesson study
                            Talk in Mathematics
      Our aims were that our children would be able to:
      •   talk confidently about learning and explain thinking.
      •  make links across learning and derive new facts from 
         know secure facts.
      We wanted to use the project to:
      •  generate resources and ideas that best supported 
         children with EAL. 
      •  explore the way pupils learn, thorough discussion and 
         explanation of their mathematical thinking and reasoning.