Prime minister Rishi Sunak has outlined vague plans for all pupils to study maths until the age of 18. But can he honour an ambitious promise that Labour calls “a reheated pledge”?
Schools Week takes a closer look…
What’s being proposed?
Rishi Sunak’s “ambition” is for all school pupils to study “some form of maths” until the age of 18.
He “does not envisage” making maths A-level compulsory, instead “exploring existing routes” – such as core maths and T-levels – or “more innovative” choices.
This would make numeracy a “central objective of our education system”, giving people the ability to do their jobs better and “get paid more”, he said.
But that was it for details.
