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14 Jul 2026
National Numeracy’s Schools & Families Programme is celebrating a year of working in Wales – find out how your school can get involved.
Summer 2025 saw the launch of National Numeracy’s Schools & Families Programme in Wales and since then, over 120 primary schools in Wales have been recruited onto the programme.
The programme works to increase parents’, carers’ and school staff’s confidence with numbers for their own benefit and to be able to support children’s maths learning better.
It also aims to establish lasting approaches and strategies, which can continue in the years following the programme.
Through initiatives including the Family Maths Toolkit and scrapbooks, Numeracy Champions training, workshops for staff and parents/carers, the National Numeracy Challenge and visits from corporate volunteers, the programme aims to empower parents, carers and school staff with the skills and confidence to support children’s learning in maths.
The programme also provides all training and resources in Welsh, check out some of our National Numeracy Day Welsh resources here.
Highlights from the Schools & Families Programme in Wales so far include receiving funding from Dysgu, who oversee the Curriculum for Wales grant support programme on behalf of the Welsh government, in April 2025.
Part of the Curriculum for Wales grant support programme, the award has been enabling National Numeracy to help build number-confident school communities across Wales.
In February this year, Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour MP for Torfaen, visited Cwmffrwdoer Primary to celebrate the rollout of the Schools & Families Programme.
Nick Thomas-Symonds said:
"It was great to visit Cwmffrwdoer Primary to see the Schools and Families programme that's being rolled out here in Torfaen.
"It's delivering important lessons to young people to ensure they have the life skills to be confident dealing with numbers and finances in the future.
"Thank you to National Numeracy, Barclays LifeSkills, and the Moondance Foundation for working together to deliver this programme."
The Schools & Families Programme also supports Curriculum for Wales, with one school telling National Numeracy:
“Through the numeracy project, pupils have developed greater confidence, resilience and problem-solving skills by applying mathematics in authentic, real-life contexts. Learners have shown increased independence, creativity and willingness to tackle challenging tasks.
“The numeracy project has supported all four purposes [of the Four Purposes Framework] by helping pupils become ambitious and capable learners, enterprising and creative contributors, ethical and informed citizens, and healthy, confident individuals through authentic, collaborative and purposeful learning experiences.” St Helen's Primary School, Swansea
What better way to hear about the success of the programme than from some of the schools themselves?
“Participating in the Schools & Families Programme has had a significant positive impact on our school. It has helped to strengthen the profile of numeracy across the school while promoting a positive attitude towards maths among both pupils and families. We have seen increased pupil engagement, improved mathematical discussion and greater confidence in applying numeracy skills across the curriculum. The programme has complemented our whole-school approach to improving maths and has contributed to raising attainment where everyone feels that they can success in mathematics.” Bryn Awel Primary School, Caerphilly
“Pupils, teacher and parents have had access to more high-quality teaching and learning resources.” Cwmclydach Primary School, RCT
“It has been great to have such a wealth of activities for nursery to Year 6 and it has been great that all resources have been in Welsh too.” Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd, Newport
“Overall the programme has been great for attitudes towards maths and parental engagement. More pupils are enjoying the challenges of maths.” Nant Y Parc Primary School, Caerphilly
“Children are more willing to have a go at different activities, without viewing it as homework. Most parents have embraced the programme and enjoy engaging with the activities with their child.” Gelliswick Church in Wales
“The children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring numeracy at home, using everyday experiences to make maths both meaningful and enjoyable. They have loved working alongside their families and sharing their learning together. The children have been excited to return their homework scrapbooks and have eagerly looked forward to receiving their next home learning task.” Cwmglas Primary School, Swansea
Across the UK, the Schools & Families programme has now reached over 50,000 pupils since its launch in April 2024.
The programme is welcoming applications from all Welsh primary schools, to find out more, click here.
