The government's new draft curriculum for primary mathematics may have been welcomed by many educationalists, but a more detailed analysis suggests there are causes for concern. Although education ...

How should a national curriculum be drawn up? With meaningful advice from a wide sweep of experienced teachers and academics, or by a clique of advisers whose policy preferences accord with those of ...

Sir, – In recent years there has been much comment in the media about the introduction of the new Project Maths curriculum into the secondary system. However there appears to have been very little ...

The Government's plans to overhaul maths in England's primary schools are "seriously flawed", experts have warned. The proposed new primary maths curriculum could harm attempts to raise standards and ...

The new primary maths curriculum will be benchmarked against standards in high-achieving countries around the world, a senior civil servant has said. Primary maths: ministers are due to publish ...

Pupils in England's primary schools will be expected to know their 12 times table by the age of nine, in a revised national curriculum. There will be an emphasis on improving arithmetic in changes for ...

Sir, – Dr Cora Stack (August 25th) questions the quality of maths textbooks provided at primary level. Many parents of primary-age schoolchildren assume that the work in the textbook represents all of ...