According to the National Numeracy website, "Poor numeracy is a huge and neglected problem. According to the most recent Skills for Life survey, almost 17 million people in the UK have numeracy skills below those needed for the lowest grade at GCSE – for literacy the comparable figure is 5 million…"
The new charity was launched this week. Their website contains sections on what numeracy is and what the issues are surrounding current attitudes to numeracy in the UK. The resources section has links for teachers/tutors, parents/carers and learners; the resources for teachers currently comprise links to government and Ofsted documents, rather than "chalkface-ready" teaching resources, but there is an invitation for users of the site to contribute in this regard.
I've signed up for regular updates, so I'll keep watch and comment on anything I deem of interest...
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