Primed for Success
Primed for Success comes under the Welsh Government’s priority area for Mathematics and Numeracy. Professional learning in the project is built upon the recognised and peer-reviewed approaches of Bruner, Vygotsky, Skemp, Dienes et al. and is based on the Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract (CPA) approach, sometime referred to as Singapore Maths. Primed for Success supports and enables a more strategic and impactful way of developing evidenced-based mathematical pedagogy – the CPA approach. Following the recent announcement from the cabinet Secretary for Education, Lynne Neagle, on 8th October 2025, there are now three strands to the project, Primed for Success, they are;

• Primed for Success (Transition) (Awarded June 2025)
• Primed for Success (Primary) (Awarded October 2025)
• Primed for Success (Train the Trainer) (Awarded October 2025)

All three strands will be delivered throughout the project from June 2025 – March 2028. Details of each strand are found below.

Aims of the Project
• Improve the shared understanding of progression in mathematics.
• Increase confidence and competence in teaching using the five interdependent mathematical proficiencies.
• A deep dive into conceptual development in mathematics.
• Professional Inquiry and collaboration within and between clusters with a focus on learning and teaching in Year 6 and Year 7 (Primed for Success – Transition) and throughout the primary school (Primed for Success – Primary).
• Develop a shared understanding of the CPA approach in the teaching of mathematics to ensure opportunities and high standards for all.

Over several months, teachers participate in professional inquiry based on the Schools as Learning Organisations model (the SLO model). With support comprising of worldrenowned expert input from Prof. Yeap Ban Har, action research, regular touchpoints with The Learning Partnership and local authority and regional maths leads in Wales, school clusters explore, develop and implement the CPA approach, and teachers subsequently implement the approach in their mathematics teaching.

Primed for Success (Transition)
The Transition project is based on a cluster model, with teachers and leaders from the secondary school and their feeder primaries forming one group within each cohort for professional inquiry. All schools in the cluster participate.
Membership of the Transition project is based on the following:

• Primary – Leaders of Mathematics/SLT and Year 6 teachers (2 teachers per school)
• Secondary – Head of Mathematics/SLT and Year 7 teachers (2 teachers per school)
• The Learning Partnership and partner consultants
• Associate Expert Consultant – Professor Yeap Ban Har for expert input
• Local Authority/Consortia Maths Leads

Primed for Success (Primary)
The Primary project is similarly based on a cluster model but does not include colleagues from secondary schools. The intention is to empower those involved in Primed for Success (Primary) to develop, deliver and cascade consentient pedagogy and key messages about the evidenced-based CPA mathematical pedagogy. Membership of the Primary project is based on the following:
• Primary teachers (2 teachers per school, lower and upper primary, can be the maths lead as appropriate)
• The Learning Partnership and partner consultants
• Associate Expert Consultant – Professor Yeap Ban Har for expert input
• Local Authority/Consortia Maths Leads
Please note, it is expected that different clusters of schools will participate in each of the above strands, Transition and Primary, to maximise the reach of the project across Wales. Nominations will be accepted from January 2026.

For Primed for Success (Transition and Primary), teachers participate in seven days of paid professional learning over a six-month period (approx.) aligned to the plan below:
Structure of the Programme

Day 1 (Half a day) Intro to the project
Day 2 and 3 Expert input with Prof. Yeap Ban Har
Day 4 Inquiry Planning – Cluster plan for the inquiry
Day 5 and 6 Cluster based project days – School cluster arrangement
Touchpoint (Half a day) Online check-in with The Learning Partnership for further support, information sharing and any further clarifications needed.
Day 7 Market Place Event where all clusters in the cohort come together to share their professional inquiries.
Project Write-up Each cluster produces a summary report of their professional inquiry. They should also add any case studies/resources/diagnostic tools that have been created.
Expanding and developing professional learning Each school is expected to share their learning with colleagues both within and beyond their school as part of their on-going cluster relationships.

 

Primed for Success (Train the Trainer)
The Learning Partnership offers a Train the Trainer model within Primed for Success aimed at local authority and regional maths leads, policy advisors (Welsh Government and local authority), NMS leaders, colleagues from Estyn and from Initial Teacher Education Universities, other CfW grant holders, and others as appropriate. We aim for as wide a net as possible. The Train the Trainer aspect offers an opportunity for colleagues to participate in online networking throughout the year. Colleagues working in local authorities supporting schools are also strongly encouraged to join their clusters when involved in both the Primary and Secondary Projects, to further develop their understanding of the approaches used and to optimise assistance for the schools involved. It is anticipated that a bespoke two-day annual conference is offered each year. In this cycle it is planned for 10th and 11th March 2026, led by Prof Yeap Ban Har. During the conference, there will be a focus on pedagogy and the strategic leadership of mathematics teaching taking account of the roles of colleagues participating in the event. The venue for this year’s event is The Towers Hotel, Swansea. It is likely that the Train the Trainer element of Primed for Success will evolve in response to the needs of the sector over the duration of the project.

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Parod am Lwyddiant
Mae Parod am Lwyddiant yn dod o dan faes blaenoriaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer Mathemateg a Rhifedd. Mae dysgu profesiynol yn y prosiect wedi’i seilio ar ddulliau Bruner, Vygotsky, Skemp, Dienes ac eraill a gydnabyddir ac adolygir gan gydweithwyr. Fe’u seilir ar y dull ‘Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract’ (CPA), a elwir weithiau’n Fathemateg Singapôr. Mae Parod am Lwyddiant yn cefnogi ac yn galluogi dull mwy strategol a thrawiadol o ddatblygu addysgeg mathemategol wedi’i seilio ar dystiolaeth – y dull CPA. Yn dilyn y cyhoeddiad diweddar gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg, Lynne Neagle, ar Hydref 8fed, 2025, mae yna bellach dair elfen i’r prosiect, Parod am Lwyddiant, sef:

• Parod am Lwyddiant (Trosglwyddo) (Dyfarniwyd Mehefin 2025)
• Parod am Lwyddiant (Cynradd) (Dyfarniwyd Hydref 2025)
• Parod am Lwyddiant (Hyforddi’r Hyforddwr) (Dyfarniwyd Hydref 2025)

Bydd y dair elfen yn cael eu cyflwyno trwy’r prosiect o Fehefin 2025 – Mawrth 2028. Ceir manylion pob elfen isod. Amcanion y Prosiect

• Gwella’r ddealltwriaeth ar y cyd o gynnydd mewn mathemateg
• Cynyddu hyder a chymhwysedd mewn addysgu gan ddefnyddio’r pum medr mathemategol rhyngweithiol.
• Ymchwiliad i ddatblygiad cysyniadol mewn mathemateg.
• Ymchwiliad brofesiynol a chydweithio o fewn, a rhwng clystyrau gyda focws ar ddysgu ac addysgu ym Mlwyddyn 6 a Blwyddyn 7 (Parod am Lwyddiant –Trosglwyddo) a thrwy’r ysgol gynradd gyfan (Parod am Lwyddiant – Cynradd).
• Datblygu dealltwriaeth ar y cyd o’r dull CPA mewn addysgu mathemateg i sicrhau cyfleoedd a safonau uchel i bawb.

Dros nifer o fisoedd, mae athrawon yn cymryd rhan mewn ymchwil brofesiynol yn seiliedig ar fodel Ysgolion fel Sefydliadau Dysgu (y model SLO). Gyda chefnogaeth sy’n cynnwys mewnbwn arbenigol byd enwog gan yr Athro Yeap Ban Har, ymchwil weithredu,‘touchpoints’ rheolaidd gyda’r ‘Learning Partnership’ ac arweinyddion mathemateg awdurdodau lleol a rhanbarthol yng Nghymru, bydd clystyrau ysgolion yn ymchwilio, yn datblygu ac yn gweithredu’r dull CPA, ac, yn dilyn hynny, bydd athrawon yn rhoi’r dull hwn ar waith yn eu dysgu mathemateg.

Parod am Lwyddiant (Trosglwyddo)
Mae prosiect Trosglwyddo wedi ei seilio ar fodel clwstwr, gydag athrawon ac arweinyddion o’r ysgol uwchradd a’r ysgolion cynradd sydd yn eu bwydo yn furfio un grŵp o fewn pob carfan ar gyfer ymchwiliad profesiynol. Mae pob ysgol yn y clwstwr yn cymryd rhan.
Mae aelodaeth o brosiect Trawsnewid yn seiliedig ar y canlynol:

• Cynradd – Arweinwyr Mathemateg/Tîm Uwchreoli ac athrawon Blwyddyn 6 (2 athro i bob ysgol)
• Uwchradd – Pennaeth Mathemateg/Tîm Uwchreoli ac athrawon Blwyddyn 7 (2 athro i bob ysgol
• Y ‘Learning Partnership’ ac ymgynghorwyr partner
• Ymgynghorydd Arbenigol Cyswllt – yr Athro Yeap Ban Har ar gyfer mewnbwn arbenigol
• Arweinwyddion Mathemateg Awdurdodau Lleol/Consortia

Parod am Lwyddiant (Cynradd)
Mae’r prosiect Cynradd yn seiliedig ar fodel clwstwr yn yr un modd ond nid yw’n cynnwys cydweithwyr o ysgolion uwchradd. Y bwriad yw galluogi’r rhai sydd wedi’u cynnwys yn Parod am Lwyddiant (Cynradd) i ddatblygu, cyflwyno a throsglwyddo addysgeg cydsyniol a negeseuon allweddol am addysgeg mathemategol CPA sy’n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth.
Mae aelodaeth o’r prosiect Cynradd yn seiliedig ar y canlynol:

• Athrawon Cynradd (2 athro i bob ysgol, cynradd is ac uwch, gallai fod yn arweinydd mathemateg os yn briodol)
• Y ’Learning Partnership’ ac ymgynghorwyr partner
• Ymgynghorydd Arbenigol Cyswllt – yr Athro Yeap Ban Har am fewnbwn arbenigol
• Arweinydion Mathemateg Awdurdodau Lleol/Consortia

Nodwch y disgwylir y bydd gwahanol glystyrau o ysgolion yn cymryd rhan ymhob un o’r elfennau uchod, Trosglwyddo a Chynradd, er mwyn mwyhau cyrhaeddiad y prosiect ledled Cymru. Bydd enwebiadau yn cael eu derbyn o Ionawr 2026.

Ar gyfer Parod am Lwyddiant (Trosglwyddo a Chynradd), mae athrawon yn cymryd rhan mewn saith diwrnod o ddysgu profesiynol a dalwyd amdano dros gyfnod o tua chwe
mis wedi’i gysylltu â’r cynllun isod:
Diwrnod Pwrpas

Diwrnod 1 (Hanner diwrnod) Cyflwyniad i’r prosiect.
Diwrnodau 2 and 3 Mewnbwn gan yr arbenigwr arweiniol, yr Athro Yeap
Ban Har.
Diwrnod 4 Myfyrio a chynllunio ar gyfer ymchwiliad profesiynol.
Diwrnodau 5 and 6 Clystyrau yn gweithio ar eu hymchwiliad profesiynol (2
ddiwrnod).
‘Touchpoint’ (Hanner diwrnod) ‘Touchpoint’ gyda’r ‘ Learning Partnership’ (cyfarfod arlein)
Diwrnod 7 Marchnadfa – myfyrio, gwerthuso a rhannu canlyniadau’r ymchwliadau profesiynol.
Ysgrifennu Prosiect Cynhyrchu adroddiad ysgrifenedig, fesul clwstwr, sy’n nodi amcanion, gweithredoedd a chanlyniadau ymchwiliad profesiynol y clwstwr..
Wedi Parod am Lwyddiant Mae athrawon yn rhannu eu harbenigedd yn y dull CPA gyda cydweithwyr profesiynol eraill, ysgolion a chlystyrau yn ôl yr angen.

 

Parod am Lwyddiant (Hyfforddi’r Hyfforddwr)
Mae’r ‘Learning Partnership’ yn cynnig model Hyforddi’r Hyforddwr o fewn Parod am Lwyddiant sydd wedi’i anelu at arweinyddion mathemateg awdurdodau lleol a rhanbarthol, ymgynghorwyr polisi (Llywodraeth Cymru ac awdurdodau lleol), arweinyddion lleoliadau nas cynhelir, cydweithwyr o Estyn ac o Brifysgolion Addysg Athrawon Cychwynnol, dalwyr grantiau CiG eraill, ac eraill fel yn briodol. Mae agwedd Hyforddi’r Hyforddwr yn cynnig cyfle i gydweithwyr gymryd rhan mewn rhwydweithio ar-lein trwy gydol y flwyddyn. Yn ogystal, annogir cydweithwyr sy’n gweithio mewn awdurdodau lleol sy’n cefnogi ysgolion i ymuno â’u clwstwr pan fyddant yn cymryd rhan yn y Prosiectau Cynradd ac Uwchradd, er mwyn datblygu eu dealltwriaeth o’r dulliau a ddefnyddir a gwneud y gorau o’r cymorth a ddarperir i’r ysgolion dan sylw. Disgwylir y cynhelir cynhadledd flynyddol dau ddiwrnod pwrpasol bob blwyddyn. Yn y cylch hwn, fe’i gynllunir ar gyfer Mawrth 10fed a 11eg 2026, dan arweiniad yr Athro Yeap Ban Har. (Cofiwch nodi hyn yn eich dyddiaduron.) Yn ystod y gynhadledd, bydd focws ar addysgeg a’r arweinyddiaeth strategol mewn dysgu mathemateg gan ystyried rôl cydweithwyr sy’n cymryd rhan yn y digwyddiad. Y lleoliad ar gyfer digwyddiad eleni yw Gwesty’r Towers, Abertawe.