Louise Matthews

Research Project Manager (WM+A Research Project)

About me

Louise has over 30 years of experience in Primary Education and her career includes:

• Research Project Manager at the University of Oxford
• Head of Every Child Counts at Edge Hill University
• School Improvement Adviser and Primary Strategy Manager
• Primary Mathematics Consultant
• Senior Leadership in Primary Schools

She has also been:

• a member of ACME Outer Circle (Advisory Committee for Mathematics Education)
• a member of the National Numeracy Forum
• a presenter at the World Association of Lesson Study Conference in 2012 and 2016

Louise is a published children’s author of the series of books about Martha the Mathemagician where stories are used to develop mathematical concepts.

Publications

  • Dunn, Matthews and Dowrick (2010), Numbers Count: developing a national approach to early intervention, in Issues in Teaching Numeracy in Primary Schools, Berkshire: Open University Press.