Bar Modelling, Problem Solving and Heuristics

Lou Hoskyns-Staples is Maths Subject Specialist at Maths — No Problem! and the author of the Maths — No Problem! Insights Assessment Papers. She is a former researcher for the Department for Education, where she focused on finding methods of assessment that enabled children to demonstrate their understanding. She has worked as an executive headteacher and head of School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT). She led the primary mathematics team at the University of Worcester and has a strong background in continuing professional development. Lou was a lead evaluator for NCETM and an Assistant Maths Hub lead for SHaW Maths Hub.

She has a particular interest in girls’ attainment in mathematics and worked with teachers to research effective teaching methods for girls. In her spare time, Lou enjoys walking her two dogs over the Malvern Hills and is learning Italian.