About Us
The Matrix Herts Maths Hub supports schools and colleges to achieve excellence in mathematics education from Early Years to post-16.
The hub is based in Bishop’s Stortford at The Hertfordshire and Essex High School serving education establishments across the whole of Hertfordshire and some of Bedfordshire. Our strategic partners include representatives from a range of primary and secondary schools, FE Colleges and Universities and are listed in full below.
Our Strategic Partners are:
Chairperson
Cathy Tooze
Executive Head at The Herts and Essex High School
NCETM Representative
Matt Lewis
Regional Lead
Matrix Maths Hub Team
Jane O’Hagan
Senior Matrix Maths Hub Lead
David Grant
Matrix Hub Lead
Helen Mason-Smith
Matrix Maths Hub Project Manager (Administrator)
Joan Ashley
Independent Advisor
Roger Billings
Headteacher at Wroxham School and Lead of the Wroxham TSA
David Cook
Herts for Learning – Primary Maths Advisor
Martyn Henson
Head at Nobel School
Ems Lord
NRICH Director
Lucy Parker
ACORNS Teaching School Alliance (Early Years Lead)
Liz Shapland
Herts for Learning, Deputy Education Services Director (Secondary)
Sue Sissling
Director, Centre of STEM Education, University of Hertfordshire
William Thallon
Herts for Learning – Secondary Maths Advisor
We are part of a collaborative national network of hubs, each locally lead by excellent mathematics practitioners in outstanding schools, academies or colleges. The maths hub programme is funded by the department of education (DfE) and coordinated centrally by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM).
At Matrix we aim to:
