Oxford University Press to collaborate with Craig Barton and Eedi on the Oxford Smart Curriculum for Maths

Oxford University Press (OUP) has joined forces with Craig Barton and Eedi to develop the Oxford Smart Curriculum for Maths, a brand-new, innovative 11-16 curriculum. Drawing on a mixture of data and expert teaching insight, together they have created a carefully-sequenced curriculum pathway that gives students the greatest chance of success in their maths learning. The curriculum pathway is based on the latest guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) and National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCTEM), and enhanced with key learning data from Eedi. A range of teaching and learning resources, assessment, CPD and research material is being developed in tandem with the curriculum as part of a wider curriculum service that will support schools to deliver the most aspirational and impactful maths experience for their students.

Craig Barton is the Series Editor for the Oxford Smart Curriculum for Maths. A leading figure in Secondary Maths education in the UK and Head of Education at Eedi, Craig Barton is also the creator of mrbartonmaths.com, host of the Mr Barton Maths podcast, and the best-selling author of How I Wish I’d Taught Maths (2018) and Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain (2020). Drawing on his expertise and experience in the classroom and following his unique learning episode model, Craig is working closely with OUP to help develop a rich and data-driven curriculum, designed to evolve with the needs of teachers and their students and to enable every child to succeed in maths.

The Oxford Smart Curriculum has been created by an expert group of key stakeholders who have used their insight and experiences to help inform and shape the curriculum. Members include awarding body representatives, curriculum and assessment experts, and practicing teachers such as Charlotte Hawthorne, Helen Konstantine, Jemma Sherwood, Dan Draper, Katie Wood, Ian Bettison, and Julia Smith. Craig Barton is a member of the Curriculum Group for Maths. Additionally, OUP has been able to draw on Eedi’s extensive insights about learning to inform the best possible product design for the Oxford Smart Curriculum for Maths.

Amie Hewish, Head of STEM Education at Oxford University Press said: "Every classroom is unique, as is every child. It’s really important therefore that we draw on the best available evidence about how children learn to inform our approach to Maths teaching and curriculum. Working with Eedi and Craig has given us an incredible opportunity to bring together research-evidence, data insights, and teaching expertise with our own subject teams to create an impactful maths product. We’ll be working with schools as we continue to develop Oxford Smart and learning as the curriculum is used even more about what works.”

Craig Barton, Series Editor of the new Oxford Smart Curriculum for Maths said: “I am really excited to be working with OUP and an expert team of teacher-authors to create an innovative, engaging, challenging maths product suitable for all students. The quality of material the authors have written so far has blown my mind, and I look forward to sharing some of this with you in the coming weeks!”

Ben Caulfield, CEO and Co-Founder at Eedi said: “We’re on a mission to scale great teaching to make the world smarter and content is an important element of that equation. The partnership with OUP combines one of the world’s most prestigious publishers of educational materials with Eedi’s award-winning dataset and one of the UK’s most-respected teachers of maths, Craig Barton. Eedi’s diagnostics and data will provide unrivalled insights to help improve instruction, the efficacy of content, and deeper personalization for students.”