Posted on 13 January 2025
National Numeracy is recruiting primary schools to join the schools and families programme to tackle low number confidence in pupils, parents/carers and staff.
A staggering 49% of adults in the UK struggle with numeracy, severely impacting disadvantaged communities where anxieties about numbers are often passed down through generations. Research shows that a child’s attitude towards maths is heavily influenced by the adults around them. However, many parents, carers, and primary school staff lack confidence in their numeracy skills, perpetuating a negative cycle.
The schools and families programme aims to break this intergenerational cycle by boosting numeracy confidence among adults and children alike. The programme’s goals include:
- Increasing pupils’ confidence with numbers, positive feelings about maths, and awareness of its value outside the classroom.
- Enhancing parents’, carers’, and school staff’s confidence in supporting children with maths.
- Establishing lasting approaches and strategies that will continue in schools beyond the end of the programme.
National Numeracy is recruiting primary schools across the UK to participate in this fully funded programme from April 2025. With over 80 places available, schools are encouraged to apply by 2 February 2025. Interested schools can apply via an online form.
Alternatively contact National Numeracy with any questions via email: schoolsandfamilies@nationalnumeracy.org.uk.
Each school will receive a comprehensive support package from April 2025 to March 2026, including online Numeracy Champions training, Family Maths Toolkit scrapbooks and activities for all pupils, online Parental Engagement and Feeling Better About Maths CPD training and much more. Further details are available from the National Numeracy website.
A webinar with more detailed information about the programme will be hosted on Thursday, 16th January 2025 at 12.30pm.