National Numeracy Strategy

The National Numeracy Strategy was designed to facilitate a sound grounding in maths for all primary school pupils. It arose out of the National Numeracy Project in 1996, led by a Numeracy Task Force in England, and was launched in 1998 and implemented in schools in 1999. The strategy included an outline of expected teaching in mathematics for all pupils from Reception to Year 6.

In 2003, the strategy, including the framework for teaching, was absorbed into the broader Primary National Strategy. The framework for teaching was then updated in 2006, but ceased to operate in 2011.

See also

• National Curriculum (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
• Key Stage
• Chunking (division)
• Grid method multiplication
• Number bond

Further reading

• Department for Education and Employment (1998), The implementation of the National Numeracy Strategy: The final report of the Numeracy Task Force, London: DfEE
• Department for Education and Employment (1999), The National Numeracy Strategy: framework for teaching mathematics from reception to Year 6, London: DfEE. ISBN 0-85522-922-5
• QCA (1999), Standards in mathematics: exemplification of key learning objectives from reception to year 6
• Rob Eastaway, Why parents can't do maths today, BBC News, 10 September 2010
• Ian Thompson (2000), Is the National Numeracy Strategy evidence based?, Mathematics Teaching, 171, 23–27
• Dylan V. Jones (2002), National numeracy initiatives in England and Wales: a comparative study of policy, The Curriculum Journal, 13 (1), 5–23.
• Chris Kyriacou and Maria Goulding (2004), A systematic review of the impact of the Daily Mathematics Lesson in enhancing pupil confidence and competence in early mathematics, Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI), Institute of Education, London.

External links

• Government Primary Frameworks website (Archived, via the National Archives)