All staff in all schools are responsible for numeracy skills. As a result, the level of detail provided within the cover papers for numeracy is more specific than for science.
The paper is for staff in all sectors of education. It is relevant to early years establishments, schools, colleges and providers of out-of-school learning. It invites staff to consider how they might review and develop approaches to learning and teaching in numeracy across the curriculum, and why this is important. The new draft numeracy experiences and outcomes can act as a focal point for this joint activity. The approach should also be relevant to other themes which need to be planned for across the curriculum, including literacy.
This paper explains some of the thinking behind the draft experiences and outcomes in numeracy. It is intended to support discussion in early years centres, schools and local authorities. It provides questions to support professional reflection and engagement.
Staff in all sectors can use the accompanying paper on numeracy across the curriculum with the draft experiences and outcomes to plan together for improvements in learning in numeracy.