Weak maths students receive the worst teaching, an Ofsted report has revealed. The publication, released on Tuesday, found pupils in lower ability ...

An increasing number of children are unable to cope with the academic demands of starting school because of poor parenting, according to the schools c...

Nursery staff and childminders are allowed to work at pre-school groups without displaying basic literacy or numeracy skills, according to a Governmen...

Nearly 17 million people in England - almost half the working-age population - have the numeracy skills expected of children at primary school. That means they may not be able to check pay and deductions on a wage slip, understand bus timetables or pay household bills.

Numeracy skills are "blighting" millions of people's lives, as they struggle to understand their payslips or calculate money in shops, education campa...

A Norfolk maths teacher has been the subject of a furore on social networking site Twitter after he told a student to "just enjoy being 17" instead of...

Homework causes arguments in a third of families, parents have admitted, with some confessing to avoiding helping their children altogether. A shoc...

Nearly two thirds of UK children puzzle their parents with complex science questions, leaving them "frustrated and embarrassed", a report championed b...

Primary school pupils could be banned from using calculators until they have learned basic sums, ministers have said. The move comes amid concerns ...

I think, if the government is serious about rebalancing the economy towards manufacturing then focus needs to be provided to ensure apprenticeship funding is targeted on this sector. There needs to be a higher proportion of apprenticeships offered in the STEM subjects. We must see more apprenticeships in the subjects that will help to get our economy moving again.

A selected group of trainee teachers will be eligible for bursaries of up to £20,000 under a new scheme unveiled by education secretary Michael Gove....

A maths teacher who called pupils "spastics", "morons" and "idiots", was dismissed by his school but is allowed to teach again, a committee has ruled...

Scores of schoolchildren are falling behind in their three Rs - reading, writing and arithmetic - after just three years of school. Key stage one f...

Primary school children can make great tutors for their peers or younger pupils, according to new research. Results from a project in Scotland show...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Many children could be finding their school work is not challenging enough, research suggests. A study concludes a fifth of yo...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- All pupils in English schools should study maths up to the age of 18, a report commissioned by David Cameron and Education Secret...