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Natalie Bain

Weymouth,Dorset

Summary

NCETM Mastery Specialist with a profound understanding of teaching for mastery, adept at developing and delivering CPD plans. Demonstrates expertise in coaching and mentoring staff, effectively working across multiple schools to assess needs and implement tailored improvement plans. Committed to fostering educational excellence through strategic planning and professional development initiatives.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Work Group Lead -Multiplicative Reasoning

NCETM
Wimborne, Dorset
2025.09 - Current

Work with the NCETM national team to deliver the Developing Fluency with Multiplicative Reasoning in year 7 Work Group for the Jurrassic Maths Hub

Tailor the national resources to meet the needs of the local group, ensuring a carefully chosen pathway through the tasks to embed the learning

Foster discussion, participation, and sharing of multiple approaches and anticpated student responses

Ensure gaps tasks to focus on changing behaviour in the classroom

Director of Secondary Maths

Initio Learning Trust
Wimborne, Dorset
2025.03 - Current


Establish and lead a subject learning community across the secondary phase of the MAT.

Develop a easy to understand 1 page vision of teaching for mastery.

Plan an implement a Seconday Maths CPD programme for the MAT, including delivering INSET sessions to multiple schools and department meetings in individual schools.

Ensure our schools have active involvement with Maths hub networks, with staff training to be mastery specialists, work group participants, and though targeted support packages

Develop and implement a common assessment and curriculum that aligns with a mastery model for teaching maths.


Work with subject leaders to conduct review days and develop joint work programmes for improvement.

Ensure rigorous quality assurance of teaching standards

through targeted support, coaching, and
development initiatives.


Drive improved outcomes for all students, with a strong focus on using data to taget gaps in learning and plan effective interventions.

Freelance Maths Leadership Consultant

Mastering Maths Leadership
Weymouth
2022.09 - 2025.03

Developed and delivered tailored CPD programmes to a number of schools.

Supported heads of maths with curriculum decisions and scheme of learning development

Delivered leadership training to maths TLR holders.

Coaching and targeted support for staff.

Lead Practitoner (Maths)

Budmouth Academy
Weymouth, Dorset
2022.09 - 2025.03

Lead on the development and delivery of Maths CPD plan

Wrote KS3 and 4 calculation policy

Coached collegues

Delivered school wide CPD

Education

PGCE - Secondary Mathematics

University of Exeter
Exeter
2014.09 - 2015.07

PGDip Public Leadership - Public Leadership

Universities of Birmingham and Manchester
Birmingham
2017.09 - 2019.07

BSc Hons Mathematics with Physics - Mathematics

University of Southampton
Southampton
2004.09 - 2007.07

A-Levels - Maths, Physics and Biology

Healthfield Community College
East Sussex
2002.09 - 2004.07

GCSEs - Maths, Double Science, English Lit and Lang, Business Studies, French, Drama

Healthfield Community College
East Sussex
2000.09 - 2002.07

Skills

Developing CPD plans, writing and delivering CPD

NCETM Mastery Specialist with clear and deep understanding of teaching for mastery

Coaching and mentoring staff

Working across multiple schools to assess need and develop tailored improvement plans

Affiliations

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Certification

NCETM PD Lead

NCETM Secondary Mastery Specialist

Timeline

Work Group Lead -Multiplicative Reasoning

NCETM
2025.09 - Current

Director of Secondary Maths

Initio Learning Trust
2025.03 - Current

Freelance Maths Leadership Consultant

Mastering Maths Leadership
2022.09 - 2025.03

Lead Practitoner (Maths)

Budmouth Academy
2022.09 - 2025.03

PGDip Public Leadership - Public Leadership

Universities of Birmingham and Manchester
2017.09 - 2019.07

PGCE - Secondary Mathematics

University of Exeter
2014.09 - 2015.07

BSc Hons Mathematics with Physics - Mathematics

University of Southampton
2004.09 - 2007.07

A-Levels - Maths, Physics and Biology

Healthfield Community College
2002.09 - 2004.07

GCSEs - Maths, Double Science, English Lit and Lang, Business Studies, French, Drama

Healthfield Community College
2000.09 - 2002.07
Natalie Bain