Testimonials – Andrew Jeffrey

I know from my own personal experience that as teachers we are more likely to trust the views of fellow professionals, so here is some genuine feedback we have received following visits to schools.

Anonymous comments are always suspicious, of course, so I always include the full name of the commenter, so you can be sure that these are 100% genuine testimonials!

Thank you so much for a fantastic INSET day today Andrew. It is always so inspiring and a lot of fun working with you. I know that everyone enjoyed today and there was a real "buzz" with the planning session.

We look forward to working with you again in the future.

Emma Murphy

Y6 teacher and Maths Lead, Sneyd Academy, SPolegate School

Hi Andrew, I just wanted to drop you an email to thank you for the CPD sessions you delivered today.I absolutely loved the way you delivered your sessions, so engaging, thought provoking and honest. I'll certainly be looking out for more. Thanks again.

Laura Brown

Maths Lead, Sneyd Academy, Stoke on Trent

Good afternoon, I just wanted to say thank you again for such an inspiring maths twilight session yesterday. There was such a buzz in the staffroom at lunchtime today with staff recounting all the different strategies.

One of the TAs said she was annoyed she couldn’t have stayed for the whole session as it was so interesting and our ECT said she learnt more about maths in those 2 hours than she did at Uni doing her teaching degree!

We have all taken a lot away from the session and I am sure it will inspire future practice. Looking forward to your next visit!

Emily Ellis

Deputy Head, Birdham CE Primary School

Hi Andrew, I wanted to write to say ‘thank you’ first and foremost. I followed a few links and ended up reading your story. I’ve been a fan of your maths stuff for years, especially the way it’s all done with a generous nature, love of teaching maths and friendliness. Not every site/organisation feels like this!

Ceri Rushent

Primary Teacher, Berkshire

I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you for running the AIM Higher workshop before half term. I apologise for not being able to say goodbye to you at the end of the day. The children and staff had a wonderful time and really enjoyed the experience you offered.Thanks again for joining us.

Jo Matthews

Maths Lead, Thorpedene Primary, Southend

Thank you so much for coming to inspire our staff on Friday with an amazing inset training! It was so easy to listen to & we learnt so much. We now can’t wait for the children to return to have a go. We hope you are able to return again & meet the children too.

Maths Team

Ravensbury Community Primary School, Manchester

Hi Andrew Thank you so much for your work with the children today. The children had a fantastic day and came out keen to share their new tricks and skills with the rest of the Year group. I look forward to trying some of the activities in my maths club and perhaps making some changes to future homework!

Emma Simpkin

Maths Lead, Cardinal Newman Primary, Hersham

Hi Andrew, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for coming in last week. The girls really enjoyed it and are talking about the tricks today!

Hannah Grabiner

Maths Lead, St Christopher's School, Hampstead

Hi Andrew, Thank you ever so much for delivering such a fantastic show. All our staff were extremely impressed and most importantly the pupils really enjoyed it. Very much looking forward to working together in the future. Thanks again! Take care and best wishes,

Tim Jackson

Pupil Experience Coordinator, Roundhay Secondary School, Leeds

Dear Andrew, Thank you so much for today. Everyone enjoyed listening to you so much. You are so engaging - usually staff meetings drag a bit but 5 o'clock came around much too quickly today! It was brilliant how you managed to include everyone and it's wonderful to have some new approaches introduced. I loved your ten ways to enrich greater depth. All your ideas will be put to great use and I'm glad those Numicon boards are out of the back of the maths cupboard! Many thanks again. Very best wishes,

Liz Martin

Lindfield Primary Academy

Hi Andrew, Just wanted to say a huge thank you for yesterday- it was very inspiring!

Imogen Culliford

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School, Ramsgate

Thank you so much for today and yesterday. Feedback has been excellent and we all really enjoyed the training.

Nicola Ryan

Depty Head and Maths Lead, St Mary's Catholic Primary, Porstlade

"We watched lots and lots of Rekenrek videos and webinars and yours is by far the best we've seen."

Liz Thomas and Deb Ferris

South Gloucestershire LA Maths Advisors

Dear Andrew, Thank you for leading our LLME session yesterday. I particularly appreciated the way you focused on the thinking and attitudes of the PD lead themselves - for example not focusing on the one participant who gives negative feedback, not yielding to imposter syndrome etc. I thought that was very helpful and something we don't talk enough about. Our LLME both enjoyed the session and had room to think. Thank you.

Cordelia Myers

Cambridge Maths Hub Lead and Trust Director for Maths Outreach

Hi Andrew, Thank you so very much again for the great magic show you did for us at Kids Church on Sunday and for all your help too!! I was really amazed by it and the message it gave to the children. You were great.

Millie Avard

Kids Church Coordinator, St Matthias Church, Brighton

Thank you so, so much-this morning was absolutely brilliant. You covered everything we had asked for and much more too and there was definitely plenty for every phase-thank you.

You really covered so many important messages, e.g. same -day interventions, importance of mathematical language, exploring relationships and how all our children must be given opportunities to go deeper with their learning. It was so relevant and felt so bespoke for Acklam Whin.

I have had lots of positive feedback from staff already- here is just one of them: “Thoroughly enjoyed our PD from Andrew Jeffrey, he was excellent. Lots of great discussion and teaching tips to take away and implement.”

Suzie Prince

Acklam Whin Primary School

Dear Andrew, it was a pleasure to have you! You were fantastic and the children loved the show. Lots of the children told me that they went home and did some of the tricks on their parents, what more could we ask for!

Jack O'Sullivan

Garden House School, Chelsea

Andrew’s show was a fantastic experience for both the students and the teachers who supervised. The students were in left awe of the magic and very eager to understand the maths. Without doubt the best maths speaker we’ve had to visit our school and a fantastic way to help transition students from primary to secondary. We’ll definitely be booking Andrew again and I can’t recommend him enough!

Allan Nugent

Archbishop Beck College

Dear Andrew On behalf of the S4L Executive Committee we would like to offer our heartfelt thanks for your inspiring and dynamic presentation at our 22nd annual conference. Everyone who attended went away with a wealth of information that they can use to the full in their own schools. With professionals like yourself travelling to Botswana, we are able to offer our members the latest and best in strategies for teaching and learning. Once again, a very big thank you.

Pat Walls

Special Needs Association of Botswana

Hi Andrew, Thanks so much for the fun lesson! The kids really enjoyed it - the Zoom feedback is super positive ("'It was super fun", " It was very interesting and fun at the same time!"

Jonathan Ellis

Atom Learning

Hi Andrew Thank you so much for all of the hard work and effort you put in to make all of our lives easier. I absolutely love the Leitner Flashcard Project.

Paul Charlton

St Joseph's School, Jarrow

Hi Andrew, Thank you for the training you provided yesterday, we have received many positive comments. Lots of staff have said they particularly enjoyed the maths talk regarding different types of learners and the two strategies you discussed. This was so useful. We look forward to seeing you again in two weeks time.

Hazel Moore

Maths Lead, Wellstead Primary School

What a lovely lecture, so glad we got you to do it!! thank you and a Very Merry Christmas Andrew!

Snezana Lawrence

Middlesex University Maths Department

Hi Andrew, We got cut off rather abruptly so I didn’t get the chance to say thank you for a really fun and interesting talk. I very much enjoyed it.

Matthew Jones

Associate Professor, Middlesex University

Dear Andrew, I have just watched the webinar (I was unavailable yesterday). It was really good and really informative.

Mel Redman

Teacher

Hi Andrew, I just wanted to drop you a line to say how much I enjoyed the webinar today, very relatable content for me as an educator of post 16 college students and as a parent of a 13 year old young man about to be diagnosed. My wife was listening along in the background nodding along vigorously to so much of what you talked about.

Paul Allard

Parent

Clearly written and I would imagine would be very helpful indeed. I’d like to see this as essential reading for every hub mastery work group in the country.

Dr Helen Williams

Teacher

Hi Andrew, just a quick note to say a big, big thank you for your Maths presentation/session at Charleston yesterday morning. I had to rush away just before the end to teach my Advanced Highers, so sorry for not being able to have a word with you at the end. Suffice to say, I – and all the other staff present – really enjoyed the talk and were very taken with the key messages you were putting across, both about Maths and learning in general.

Dave Cummins

Teacher, Charleston Academy

Hi Andrew, I'd just like to say thank you for putting on the show yesterday, the children really enjoyed it and I had asking me about see patterns in their numbers today, which made my life a lot easier – long may it continue.

Simon Stannard

Teacher, Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School

Dear Andrew, Thank you so much for this afternoon. The children absolutely loved it! The children that had books have been studying it carefully – I am sure they will be demonstrating their new skills by tomorrow morning.

Michelle Hannaford

Derby High School

Hi Andrew, I I thoroughly enjoyed your algebra session at Brighton last week (never thought I'd say the words 'enjoy' and 'algebra' in the same sentence!!!)

Caroline Maynard

St Andrews School, Furness Green

Hi Andrew, Thank you soo much for your an amazing inset day! Everyone has said how beneficial they’ve found it.

Beatrice Young

Nyewood Junior Scool, Bognor

Hi Andrew, Thank you very much for yesterday…really inspiring. I have taken so many useful things away from it.

Belinda Groves

Hampton Prep School

Hi Andrew, Thank you so much for all your hard work this morning. I always find your sessions very helpful because they are so well informed and highly applicable to daily teaching. The range of activities for problem solving and multiplication/division will hugely benefit our children. I hope we can host you for a training session in Singapore again soon!

Matthew Slade

Dulwich College, Singapore

Hello, We were wondering about booking you for a maths magician show. You taught me for my NQT course for maths and I was amazed at how you made maths so exciting.

Sam Slydell

Mill Primary

I think it was testament to how good the session was that they all stayed! Loved every minute of it Andrew – thank you 😊

Sarah Carpenter

The Education People

Hi Andrew, thank you so much for yesterday’s CPD session with our network group. Super-engaging and some wonderful takeaways for the teachers.

Fiona McNeile DTSA Business Manager

Dartmouth Teaching School Alliance