Target Audience: Students from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset who stand out for their achievement in and/or enthusiasm for maths.
Format: Three face-to-face and two online enrichment sessions led by EMS spread throughout the year.
Aim: To provide students, who might otherwise be isolated, with a community of like-minded peers to explore challenging and interesting mathematics.
How to get involved: Nominations for year 7 students in the 2022-23 academic year are now open – details of how to nominate students have been sent to Maths Teachers across the South West.
Our Maths Student Community (MSC) is a rolling programme; once enrolled, student remain members of the Community until Year 11, if they would like to.
Our aim is to bring together and inspire able mathematics students from across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, forming a community of learners who will work together, share ideas, attend master-classes and receive mentoring.
Teachers frequently identify students within their settings who stand out from the crowd and who can find themselves working in isolation on mathematics that is beyond that of their peers. Our aim is to bring these students together, to enable them to work with others who are similarly able, to provide stimuli which will deepen and broaden their appreciation of mathematics and its related fields, and to support and encourage their development as problem-solving mathematicians.
It is our intention to support students throughout their secondary school career, regardless of whether or not they decide to apply for a place in our sixth form.
Students joining the MSC participate in a series of enrichment days at Exeter Maths School, supplemented by a couple of online sessions!
During the enrichment days students will take part in masterclasses and workshops. They will be introduced to mathematics beyond the normal curriculum and will have the opportunity to develop their problem solving.
This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly. Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk to make an enquiry about a late nomination.
If you are already part of the MSC, you will automatically be moved up into the next year group, year on year.
Date | Time | Location |
Saturday 24 September | 1000-1400 | Exeter Maths School |
Wednesday 23 November | 1730-1830 | Online |
Saturday 7 January | 1000-1400 | Exeter Maths School |
Saturday 29 April | 1000-1400 | Exeter Maths School |
Wednesday 14 June | 1730-1830 | Online |
Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students who are not yet working at their highest level (i.e. working at a 6/7, but capable of achieving an 8/9).
Format: Weekly hour-long online after-school lessons delivered by EMS teachers, starting in the autumn term for Year 11 and the spring term for Year 10. The Year 11 programme concludes at February half-term, when the Year 10 programme commences. Year 10 students remain on the programme into Year 11. Recruitment for Year 10 takes place annually in the first half of the Spring term.
Aim: To enable students to achieve better GCSE grades than initially predicted and to therefore have greater opportunities in Further and Higher education.
How to get involved: Applications to join from March 2023 are now closed. Please get in touch if you missed the deadline: events@exeterms.ac.uk
Capacity: Unlimited.
During a series of online workshops and group sessions, students will have the opportunity to develop a deeper and more connected understanding of GCSE content. Supported by EMS staff, students will be provided with the stimuli to broaden their application of Maths and its related fields.
Our intention is to support their development as problem-solving mathematicians in order to increase their proficiency at tackling new style GCSE assessments, whilst encouraging the progression of further study of Maths beyond GCSE.
Students will participate in online sessions during the spring-summer (Year 10 cohort) and autumn (Year 11 cohort) terms.
Programme schedule for Year 10 Students starting the programme in February 2023:
Date | Student Time |
1 March | 1630-1730 |
8 March | 1630-1730 |
15 March | 1630-1730 |
22 March | 1630-1730 |
29 March | 1630-1730 |
26 April | 1630-1730 |
3 May | 1630-1730 |
10 May | 1630-1730 |
17 May | 1630-1730 |
24 May | 1630-1730 |
Target Audience: Students from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset who love Maths and have the potential to study the subject at postgraduate level. The programme has a particular focus on ensuring that students from all backgrounds can participate
Format: Weekly online sessions in which groups of no more than 6 students collaborate with a mentor
Aim: To support able Maths students to develop their mathematical thinking and reasoning skills as well as problem-solving. The objective of the programme is to encourage more students into Maths at university and beyond
How to get involved: Nominations to join from January 2022 are now closed. Please get in touch if you missed the deadline: events@exeterms.ac.uk
MESME stands for: Mathematics Education for Social Mobility and Excellence. MESME exists to support students from all backgrounds to achieve mathematical excellence, so that they can go on to have a greater and richer range of future personal, employment and economic choice.
MESME is launching Maths Circles across the country for students aged 11-16 and is working in partnership with Exeter Maths School to support the South West region.
MESME’s target is that by 2035 there will be double the number of PhD students in the mathematical sciences at a UK University. They intend for this to increase to include a representative proportion, at the minimum, of students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds who went to school in the UK.
Along the way MESME intends to enrich the mathematical experiences of everyone who participates in the programme, enabling them to enjoy mathematics and identify as a mathematician.
Maths Circles are designed to support able Maths students to develop their mathematical thinking, reasoning skills and problem-solving. Expect a selection of problems/tasks and co-operative activities from across the KS3 curriculum and beyond!
That students can:
Working in a group of 6, students will be assigned a mentor who will work with the group online for an hour a week, over 20 weeks (dates can be found in the attached document or online overview below).
Within this 20 week period, we are aiming to host 3 face-to-face days (also noted). On these days students will meet and get to know others who are taking part, along with some of the mentors. They’ll be helped to get setup on Microsoft Teams, ready for the online sessions. Most importantly, they’ll work on some exciting maths together!
We would like to invite you to nominate up to four Year 7 students to attend this programme, with a particular emphasis on students who are eligible for FSM or Pupil Premium. The funding for this programme is dependant upon at least one third of participants coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and we are seeking your support in meeting this quota with your teacher nominations
Though every effort is made to accommodate all student nominations, the programme is likely to be over-subscribed and so not all nominated students will gain a place.
Our current oversubscription criteria is (in priority order):
Please note that it is our intention that students join us in Year 7 and remain on the programme until Year 11.
This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly. Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk to make an enquiry about a late nomination.
Session | Date | Student Time | Location |
1 | Tuesday 13 September | 1030-1430 | FACE TO FACE – Exeter Maths School |
2 | Tuesday 20 September | 1630-1730 | Online |
3 | Tuesday 27 September | 1630-1730 | Online |
4 | Tuesday 4 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
5 | Tuesday 11 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
6 | Tuesday 18 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
7 | Tuesday 1 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
8 | Tuesday 8 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
9 | Tuesday 15 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
10 | Tuesday 22 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
11 | Tuesday 29 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
12 | Tuesday 6 December | 1630-1730 | Online |
13 | Tuesday 3 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
14 | Tuesday 10 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
15 | Tuesday 17 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
16 | Tuesday 24 January | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School |
17 | Tuesday 31 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
18 | Tuesday 7 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
19 | Tuesday 21 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
20 | Tuesday 28 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
21 | Tuesday 7 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
22 | Tuesday 14 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
23 | Tuesday 21 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
24 | Tuesday 28 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
25 | Tuesday 18 April | 1630-1730 | Online |
26 | Tuesday 25 April | 1630-1730 | Online |
27 | Tuesday 2 May | 1630-1730 | Online |
28 | Tuesday 6 June | 1630-1730 | Online |
29 | Tuesday 13 June | 1630-1730 | Online |
30 | Tuesday 20 June | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – TBC |
Session | Date | Student Time | Location |
1 | Tuesday 13 September | 1630-1730 | Online |
2 | Tuesday 20 September | 1630-1730 | Online |
3 | Tuesday 27 September | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School |
4 | Tuesday 4 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
5 | Tuesday 11 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
6 | Tuesday 18 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
7 | Tuesday 1 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
8 | Tuesday 8 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
9 | Tuesday 15 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
10 | Tuesday 22 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
11 | Tuesday 29 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
12 | Tuesday 6 December | 1630-1730 | Online |
13 | Tuesday 3 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
14 | Tuesday 10 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
15 | Tuesday 17 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
16 | Tuesday 24 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
17 | Tuesday 31 January | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School |
18 | Tuesday 7 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
19 | Tuesday 21 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
20 | Tuesday 28 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
21 | Tuesday 7 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
22 | Tuesday 14 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
23 | Tuesday 21 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
24 | Tuesday 28 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
25 | Tuesday 18 April | 1630-1730 | Online |
26 | Tuesday 25 April | 1630-1730 | Online |
27 | Tuesday 2 May | 1630-1730 | Online |
28 | Tuesday 6 June | 1630-1730 | Online |
29 | Tuesday 13 June | 1630-1730 | Online |
30 | Tuesday 27 June | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – Studio 1, Exeter Phoenix |
Session | Date | Student Time | Location |
1 | Thursday 15 September | 1630-1730 | Online |
2 | Thursday 22 September | 1630-1730 | Online |
3 | Thursday 29 September | 1630-1730 | Online |
4 | Tuesday 4 October | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School |
5 | Thursday 13 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
6 | Thursday 20 October | 1630-1730 | Online |
7 | Thursday 3 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
8 | Thursday 10 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
9 | Thursday 17 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
10 | Thursday 24 November | 1630-1730 | Online |
11 | Thursday 1 December | 1630-1730 | Online |
12 | Thursday 8 December | 1630-1730 | Online |
13 | Thursday 5 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
14 | Thursday 12 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
15 | Thursday 19 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
16 | Thursday 26 January | 1630-1730 | Online |
17 | Thursday 2 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
18 | Tuesday 7 February | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School |
19 | Thursday 23 February | 1630-1730 | Online |
20 | Thursday 2 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
21 | Thursday 9 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
22 | Thursday 16 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
23 | Thursday 23 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
24 | Thursday 30 March | 1630-1730 | Online |
25 | Thursday 20 April | 1630-1730 | Online |
26 | Thursday 27 April | 1630-1730 | Online |
27 | Thursday 4 May | 1630-1730 | Online |
28 | Thursday 8 June | 1630-1730 | Online |
29 | Thursday 15 June | 1630-1730 | Online |
30 | Tuesday 4 July | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE – Studio 1, Exeter Phoenix |
Session | Date | Student Time | Location |
1 | Tuesday 10 January | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE -AUDITORIUM, Exeter Phoenix |
2 | Wednesday 18 January | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
3 | Wednesday 25 January | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
4 | Wednesday 1 February | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
5 | Wednesday 8 February | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
6 | Wednesday 22 February | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
8 | Wednesday 1 March | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
8 | Wednesday 8 March | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
9 | Wednesday 15 March | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
10 | Wednesday 22 March | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
11 | Wednesday 29 March | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
12 | Wednesday 19 April | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
13 | Wednesday 26 April | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
14 | Wednesday 3 May | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
15 | Wednesday 7 June | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
16 | Wednesday 14 June | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
17 | Wednesday 21 June | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
18 | Wednesday 28 June | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
19 | Wednesday 5 July | 1630-1730 | ONLINE |
20 | Monday 10 July | 1030-1430 | FACE-TO-FACE -AUDITORIUM, Exeter Phoenix |
Session | Date | Student Time | Location |
Launch | Monday 9 January | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
1 | Monday 16 January | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
2 | Monday 23 January | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
3 | Monday 30 January | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
4 | Monday 6 February | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
5 | Monday 20 February | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
6 | Monday 27 February | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
7 | Monday 6 March | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
8 | Monday 13 March | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
9 | Monday 20 March | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
10 | Monday 27 March | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
11 | Monday 17 April | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
12 | Monday 24 April | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
14 | Monday 15 May | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
15 | Monday 5 June | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
16 | Monday 12 June | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
17 | Monday 19 June | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
18 | Monday 26 June | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
19 | Monday 3 July | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
20 | Monday 10 July | 1630-1730 | Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School |
Target Audience: Year 10 students from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset that are able and interested in maths.
Format: 3-day residential held at EMS that includes workshops, social activities and university experience.
Aim: To provide students with inspiration and challenge in a supportive setting, giving insight into applications of maths at university and beyond.
Information to Students: Applications for our Maths Summer Residential are now open – details of how to nominate students have been sent to Maths Teachers across the South West.
Capacity: 78
Target Audience: Year 9 students who are able and interested in maths. Catchment area is approximately east of Torbay, excluding North Devon (similar masterclasses are run in Cornwall, Plymouth and North Devon).
Format: 7 Saturday mornings, approximately fortnightly, over the spring and summer terms.
Aim: To encourage, inspire and engage students in the art and practice of mathematics.
How to get involved: Details of the 2024 programme will be posted here at the start of the next academic year.
Capacity: 40
Ri Masterclasses are a series of workshops which are led by enthusiastic speakers from industry, academia and education. They offer students in-depth investigations of topic areas outside of the school curriculum, combining theory with interactive exploration.
We aim to challenge students who are curious about maths and we are keen to reach students for whom other opportunities may not be readily available. Participants need enthusiasm as well as mathematical ability, along with a determination to explore!
Participation is free for all state-school students. Please note that students are expected to attend the entire series of masterclasses.
This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly. Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk to make an enquiry about this programme.