Primary school maths lessons are being toughened up, with children as young as five expected to learn about fractions. The initiative is part of government plans to make the curriculum more demanding ...

Half of primary schools will adopt the traditional Chinese method of maths teaching in a Government drive to stop British youngsters falling behind their Asian counterparts. They will ditch ...

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When Nathan Forbes took on the role of principal at Budgewoi Public School in 2020, he recognised an opportunity to enhance the school's maths program. The school had room for improvement in maths ...

The prescriptive way of teaching primary maths in Shanghai and Singapore might help when it comes to international league tables, but there’s no proof it will work in England The Department for ...

Maths strikes a bad chord in the collective memory of a generation brought up on rules, drill and exercises. Christine Morgan, deputy head of Heathfield junior school in Richmond upon Thames, who runs ...

Mitcham Primary School maths co-ordinator Laura Scriven is on a mission to inspire students and create valuable life skills. For maths co-ordinator and Year 6 teacher Laura Scriven understands a ...

WATCHING your child progress to primary school can be a big step. While their time at nursery will have prepared them for starting school, seeing your child in their new uniform joining the academic ...

Maths anxiety is a pervasive phenomenon globally that not only affects students but can also impact those that teach maths. Hawke’s Bay grandmother Julie Whyte graduated with her Doctor of Education ...

A campaign group promoting maths has attacked plans to overhaul maths teaching in primary schools in England as "undeliverable". In a letter to the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, National Numeracy ...