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...

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WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

Poor numeracy is 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...

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WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE?

We want every person in the UK to reach a level of numeracy
that allows 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…

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HOW ARE WE DOING IT?

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 and maths…

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WHAT IS NUMERACY?
WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE?
HOW ARE WE DOING IT?

Numeracy in the News

Numbers are all around us, and you need to make sense of them to engage fully in society - here is an example from a particular Radio 4 Today programme.

Numeracy - hidden behind literacy?

There have been great improvements in literacy across the UK in the past 10 years. We think that it is now time to really focus on numeracy...

National Numeracy Facts and Figures

These attracted a lot of interest at launch - so here they all are including a pdf if you want to print out...

Why attitudes are important

Why we think that 'I can't do maths' is so damaging; and why we want to avoid this becoming a self-
fulfilling prophesy.