Schools & Families Programme
National Numeracy have launched a new Schools & Families Programme, supporting primary schools across the UK.
The programme works with primary schools to support families, so that pupils feel more positive about maths, and have greater awareness of the value of numeracy outside the classroom.
We also work with schools to increase parents’, carers’ and school staff’s own confidence with numbers, aiming to establish lasting approaches and strategies which can continue in the years following the programme.
The programme aims to:
- Increase pupils' confidence with numbers, positive feelings about maths, and awareness of its value outside the classroom
- Enhance parents', carers' and school staff's confidence in supporting children with maths
- Establish a legacy of approach that continues beyond the end of the programme
If your school wants to take part:
The programme is open to primary schools across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and we are regularly recruiting schools.
Please contact schoolsandfamilies@nationalnumeracy.org.uk if you would like further information.
All schools are welcome to apply. We prioritise inclusion based on each school’s level of free school meals.
Each participating school receives a free package of support across a full year including:
- Numeracy Champion CPD training for up to three members of staff
- Family Maths activities and scrapbooks for all pupils
- Parental engagement webinar and related resources
- Materials to deliver ‘Help Your Child Love Maths!’ parent workshops
- Access to the National Numeracy Challenge for all staff and parents
- Termly online Forums to share successes and challenges with National Numeracy and other schools
- Participation in National Numeracy’s two main annual campaigns: National Numeracy Day and Number Confidence Week
- Materials to communicate with parents about the programme
- Access to an online resource hub
- Ongoing support from National Numeracy during the programme
- Termly webinars on a range of subjects
- Where available, assemblies and lessons from our volunteers
- At the end of the programme, a report summarising engagement and impact
Want to support this programme?
Our work wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our partners. Your support will enable us to work with schools to make a real difference to the lives of staff, parents, carers and the children who they support.
If you would like to work with us to improve numeracy locally across the UK with this exciting approach, please contact partnerships@nationalnumeracy.org.uk for further information.
What our funders say...
"The CISI Future Foundation is proud to support National Numeracy through grant funding to expand this impactful initiative to schools in Greater Manchester/the North-West. It is a delight to see that this initiative is making a meaningful impact on numeracy skills in communities where it is most needed and we look forward to National Numeracy's continued success in this vital work across the UK." – CISI Future Foundation Board of Trustees
“Capital One UK is very proud to support National Numeracy’s new and improved Schools & Families Programme in the East Midlands. Through our partnership we are working together to build number confidence in teachers, parents, carers and children in our local communities, and I am excited to see the impact this work has” – Dave Richards, Head of CSR and DIB, Capital One UK
