This indicator shows the Early years foundation stage profile outcomes of five year olds. Percentage at 'expected level' across all mathematics early learning goals, in England (state-funded schools), ...

And children with lower maths skills in their early years still had lower maths attainment when they were eight. These findings are surprising, as one may expect the strong influence of school ...

The main issue relates to the narrowness of early years maths. A focus on numbers, numerical patterns and spatial reasoning is not sufficiently equipping children with strong number sense, which ...

Consider a pencil lying on your desk. Try to spin it around so that it points once in every direction, but make sure it sweeps over as little of the desk’s surface as possible. You might twirl the ...

I was fourteen when my journey with vulva anxiety began. Sitting in maths class, a boy handed me a note with a question that would haunt me for years: 'Do you have an innie or an outie?' ...

A ten-year-old schoolboy has delighted his family with the news that he passed his GCSE Maths some four marks off an A* - before even having taken his SATs. Zafar Awan, who is homeschooled by his ...

The government is spending $2 million on a trial of catch-up maths lessons for children in Years 7 and 8 next year. About two thousand students will take part in the programme which runs for the first ...

Children eligible for the early years pupil premium (EYPP) are most likely to benefit from a maths programme provided by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), analysis has found. The ...

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The early years ‘maths champions’ programme run by the National Day Nurseries Association is being expanded nationally with funding from the Education Endowment Foundation. PHOTO Adobe Stock The ...

Dr Rachel Oughton from our department of Mathematical Sciences has been working with early years educators to expand the reach of maths among children. Here she talks about the Young Minds Big Maths ...