Under the Maths Champions project, which is in its third year, senior nursery staff receive training to build the confidence and numeracy skills of their colleagues with the aim of improving children’s outcomes through maths. It is supported by the Department for Education.
In 2014/15, a total of 91 Maths Champions signed up to the project and 469 practitioners were supported with maths.
To determine whether the project is successful in developing early numeracy skills in disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds in particular, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has announced a new trial it is to test its impact across 120 nurseries in England.
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