A Review of Specialist Mathematics Schools in England

This paper supplements a presentation on Specialist Mathematics Schools in England given at the Research Students’ Education Conference (RSEC) conference, was held on 18th July 2024. In 2023, Kings College London Mathematics School (KCLMS) obtained the highest A-Level grades of any school for the third year in a row (Bellos; 2023). Successes such as these have seen the number of mathematics schools grow. With new approaches to pedagogy and curriculum, it is important to understand what they offer to students and how a mathematics school education will impact students currently and beyond. This paper will provide a review of mathematics schools, their place in the English education system as well as the curricular and pedagogical practices they employ to support advanced level mathematics through my ongoing PhD research.