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  • More children score full marks in their times tables check

    29% of children scored full marks in their Multiplication Table Check in 2023, up from 27% in 2022.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • More primary school pupils meet reading standards

    Primary school pupils show improvement in their reading ability as attainment in this year’s reading assessment increases since last year.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Free schools leading the way with top primary school results

    Free schools achieve highest results for six and seven-year-old pupils for the fifth year in a row

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Shanghai maths exchange shows power of international partnership

    As the world’s education leaders gather in London, a Shanghai - England teacher exchange shows the power of international collaboration.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More children on track to be fluent readers in primary school

    Official figures show 163,000 more six-year-olds are on track to become fluent readers than in 2012 thanks to our focus on phonics

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Nick Gibb: building a renaissance in mathematics teaching

    Schools minister addresses delegates at the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) conference.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Getting the basics right in mathematics

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb speaks at Elmhurst Primary School about the importance of learning multiplication tables and number facts.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Elizabeth Truss calls for a renaissance in maths

    The Education Minister calls for a renaissance in maths to help meet the demand of UK employers, and announces the removal of calculators from key stage 2 tests.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Every pupil needs a good mathematics education

    Mathematics: made to measure emphasises the importance for every pupil to have the best possible mathematics education.

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  • Use of calculators in primary schools to be reviewed

    Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said the use of calculators in primary schools would be looked at as part of the national curriculum review.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government