National Numeracy Chief Executive Sam Sims gave evidence to the House of Commons Education Select Committee this morning about the government’s ‘maths to 18’ proposals.
The Select Committee of 11 cross-party MPs called the session to look into the pros, cons and practicalities of the proposals the Prime Minister announced at the beginning of this year.
Mr Sims gave evidence alongside witnesses Martin Taylor, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Mathematical Education, Royal Society; Niamh Sweeney, Deputy General Secretary, National Education Union; Jack Worth, School Workforce Lead, National Foundation for Education Research; and Kevin Gilmartin, Post-16 and Colleges Specialist, Association of School and College Leaders.
In his opening statement, Mr Sims talked about the evidence gathered from a decade of supporting hundreds of thousands of adults to improve their numeracy.
