Lynne McClure
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Catherine Lynne McClure OBE (born 1952) is a British mathematics educator. From 2014 to 2022 she was director of Cambridge Mathematics, a program at the University of Cambridge that spans the university's mathematics and education faculties, Cambridge Assessment, and the Cambridge University Press, and is aimed at developing a flexible tool to inform new mathematics curricula for primary and secondary mathematics education.[1] Between 2022 and 2024 she was Head of Mathematics Solutions within the Cambridge Partnership for Education at the University of Cambridge.
McClure has a psychology degree from University College London, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Oxford, and Masters degrees from both the Open University and the University of Cambridge. McClure has taught in secondary schools and as a head teacher in primary, before moving into teacher education. She became principal lecturer in education at Oxford Brookes University and then at the University of Edinburgh, during which time she ran her own international education consultancy. Whilst at Cambridge, she directed the NRICH and Underground Maths Projects before being appointed to direct Cambridge Mathematics.[1]
McClure was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to education.[2]
