Who Decided How Long a Metre Is? AfterMaths Summer Special 3
Who decided how long a metre should be? Why is a mile 1,760 yards? And what connects the French Revolution, an expedition from Dunkirk to Barcelona and the speed of light?In this AfterMaths Summer Spe...
7 Aug 22min
The Probability Problems That Make Your Brain Hurt - AfterMaths Summer Special 2 2026
Probability often feels as though it should be intuitive, right up until the mathematics tells us that our instincts are completely wrong.In this AfterMaths Summer Special, Jon and Becky explore the s...
31 Jul 30min
Why Do Summer Holidays Feel Shorter As We Get Older? Summer Special 1 2026
Why did the six-week summer holiday feel endless when we were children, yet now seems to disappear almost as soon as it begins?In the first of the 2026 Aftermaths Summer Specials, Jon and Becky explor...
28 Jul 29min
KS2 SATs Results, AI and Outsourcing Mathematical Thinking
What do this year’s KS2 SATs results really tell us about primary maths—and what might they be hiding?Jon and Becky examine the newly released national data, including the rise in maths attainment, th...
17 Jul 37min
World Cup Maths, Equity and Oracy in the Primary Classroom
World Cup Maths, Equity and Oracy in the Primary ClassroomIn this episode of the Primary Maths Podcast, Jon and Becky talk end-of-year school chaos, transition days, classroom moves, and the strange j...
3 Jul 33min
Escape Rooms and Problem Solving (AfterMaths)
In this episode of The Primary Maths Podcast, Jon and Becky reflect on the realities of summer term: heatwaves, report writing, and the heroic act of trying to teach when everyone is melting.They then...
26 Jun 37min
What We Can Learn from This Year’s Maths SATs?
In this aftermaths episode of The Primary Maths Podcast, Jon and Becky take a look back at this year’s KS2 maths SATs papers and ask what teachers and maths leads might learn from them.They discuss wh...
18 Jun 33min
