We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
29% of children scored full marks in their Multiplication Table Check in 2023, up from 27% in 2022.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Primary school pupils show improvement in their reading ability as attainment in this year’s reading assessment increases since last year.
Free schools achieve highest results for six and seven-year-old pupils for the fifth year in a row
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
As the world’s education leaders gather in London, a Shanghai - England teacher exchange shows the power of international collaboration.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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
Schools minister addresses delegates at the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) conference.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Schools Minister Nick Gibb speaks at Elmhurst Primary School about the importance of learning multiplication tables and number facts.
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.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Mathematics: made to measure emphasises the importance for every pupil to have the best possible mathematics education.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said the use of calculators in primary schools would be looked at as part of the national curriculum review.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).