Special Focus
National priorities
'To raise standards of educational attainment for all in schools, especially in the core skills of literacy and numeracy, and to achieve better levels in national measures of achievement including examination results.'
SEED, 2001
This section of the Mathematics 5-14 special focus considers recent inspection and assessment findings in relation to mathematics. Specific consideration is given to mental mathematics and problem solving and enquiry.
Throughout this feature, exemplar material from national, local authority and school sources is given. Other schools and local authorities who might wish to add to these contributions can do this by contacting the Content Editor 5-14 Online.
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