WHAT IS NUMERACY?
Numeracy is a life skill – vital for you to make
informed decisions in your everyday life and vital
for the UK to build a strong economy and compete globally...
Numeracy is a life skill – vital for you to make
informed decisions in your everyday life and vital
for the UK to build a strong economy and compete globally...
Poor numeracy skills are a huge and neglected problem.
According to the most recent Skills for Life survey,
almost 17 million people in the UK have numeracy skills
below those needed for the lowest grade at GCSE
– for literacy the comparable figure is 5 million...
We want every person in the UK to reach a level of numeracy
skills that allow them to meet their full potential. We believe
that this is possible but that it will require sustained
and coordinated effort from teachers, organisations,
government – and learners themselves…
We challenge negative attitudes, put research into practice
by supporting projects that deliver direct benefit to learners
and work with others to scale up effective approaches for those
who need most support with numeracy skills and maths…
Through the Challenge, National Numeracy aims to reduce the number of adults with low levels of numeracy by over 1 million in the next five years...
We have drawn together some useful books, songs, games and websites to help support your child's numeracy learning...
These attracted a lot of interest at launch - so here they all are including some updates...
We are currently recruiting for two new paid interns...