The prime minister has restated his pledge to make maths education up to 18 compulsory today – with parts of his speech getting lots of national media coverage again.
Rishi Sunak first underlined the “ambition” – which will not be realised during the course of this parliament – back in January. Today he reannounced the commitment alongside a few smaller scale policies linked to maths.
Let’s start with the *new* stuff. Sunak announced a new advisory group to work out what maths content students should study up to the age of 18.
The group – full details of its members and their remit here – will take evidence from countries with high rates of post-16 numeracy and UK employers.
