GAYNOR BAHAN AND CHRIS DALE, PROJECT COORDINATION TEAM, MATHS HUB LLME COMMUNITIES PROJECT, NCETM, UK
This article explores the role of professional learning communities (PLCs) in improving retention rates and career progression opportunities for teachers of maths. The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) coordinates the Maths Hubs programme, which brings together mathematics education professionals in a collaborative national network, with a view to supporting maths-specific professional development and sustaining teachers. This is particularly important due to the rate at which teachers are leaving the profession. Exit rates are especially high for early career teachers, with research from the Education Policy Institute finding that five years after starting training, only 60 per cent of teachers remain working in a state-funded school in England, and this retention rate is just 50 per cent for high-priority subjects like physics and maths (Sibieta,
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