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Written Question
Mathematics: Primary Education
Monday 6th February 2017

Asked by: Andrew Bingham (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve the quality of maths teaching in primary schools.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The government is committed to raising standards in primary mathematics teaching.

We have established Maths Hubs - 35 school-led centres of excellence with a role in leading transformation of teaching based on best practice internationally. We are investing £41m to enable primary schools to introduce highly effective south-east Asian mastery teaching methods.

We are also investing in primary mathematics initial teacher training (ITT) courses, to allow trainee primary teachers to specialise in the subject.

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Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

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