The Department for Education has announced that as part of the tutoring fund, it will make a one-off, ring-fenced grant to provide small group tutoring activity for disadvantaged 16-19 students whose studies have been disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has now published information on additional funding that will be available for one-year for the delivery of high value subjects to prevent young people from becoming NEET. Subjects include maths, English and digital.
The final report of the Leitch review of the UK’s long term skills needs, published in 2006, called for 95% of British adults to have basic numeracy and literacy by 2020.
This newly published report from National Numeracy and TP ICAP reveals that millions of adults lack basic numeracy skills, leaving them unprepared for the workplace and everyday life, and calls for a major new ‘Fresh Start for Adult Numeracy’ initiative.
PD North is the home of the Northern Professional Exchange, a project managed by ccConsultancy on behalf of the Education and Training Foundation. Joining PD North will enable you to share and develop your practice within your subject specialist area.
This report from National Numeracy explains what numeracy is, how it ‘hides’ behind maths, and how we can all help to make the UK numerate.
HMP Feltham has beaten off competition from 23 prisons to win the 3 out of 5 maths challenge shield for 2016/17.
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent.
Levels of low literacy and numeracy found among young adults in the UK are among the worst in Europe, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Equip yourself to teach Maths, English or LDD/SEN learners. Get recognition for your learning support role. Become an assessor or verifier. Develop your understanding of the new Maths GCSE specification. Choose a professional development programme.
This questionnaire is aimed at people with a strategic interest in teaching or supporting learners with English and maths at any level and in any context. By completing this questionnaire you will help the Education and Training Foundation refine its programme of services to better meet the needs of teachers and trainers – and their leaders – working to improve the English and maths of their students and trainees.
These programmes offer literacy, numeracy and Functional Skills teachers the opportunity to become fully qualified more quickly. Courses are delivered by the Essential Skills Resource Centre, University of Warwick, who have successfully taught programmes for the last 8 years.
