Tens of thousands of students a year in England are being left with little or no maths education after the age of 16, a report has warned. The take-up of core maths – which offers an opportunity for ...

Sir, I think that most of your readers must have heard of the Monty Hall problem many times (“Stick-or-switch inspires an onion of a puzzle”, Tim Harford, October 7). Here is a somewhat subtler puzzle ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government is to cut back a hugely successful programme designed to encourage teenagers to take up ...

Chris Brignell is Deputy Director of the Observatory for Mathematical Education, which is supported by a founding grant from XTX Markets Ltd. Stephen Lee is a Senior Research Fellow at the Observatory ...

Rishi Sunak wants all pupils to continue studying maths until they are 18, partly to raise UK standards to meet those of similar nations and partly to boost people’s financial literacy. But the ...

Higher level students faced a wordy exam and are being negatively impacted by a lack of choice on the paper, teachers have said. Stephen Begley, Studyclix.ie subject expert and a maths teacher at ...