With Susan Okereke
Welcome to The Future of Maths Education series. This is the first article in a 4-part series exploring the biggest takeaways from my summer reflections. You can find Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here. At the start of the summer I was immersed in this exact question across four incredible events and over the next four blog posts, I’m... Continue Reading →
This is the fourth and final post in my series, The Future of Maths Education. To see how this journey evolved, catch up on the previous posts by reading Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. In this post, we look at why foundational numeracy is the ultimate, non-negotiable tool for navigating an AI-driven economy safely and equitably. To... Continue Reading →
To mark National Numeracy Day 2026, I was delighted to join Rotimi Merriman-Johnson for a special Mr MoneyJar podcast episode focused on numeracy and maths confidence. National Numeracy Day is a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of the impact that improving numeracy can have on individuals, families, and communities across the UK and beyond. In this episode, we explored something that... Continue Reading →
I’m excited to say I’m one of the authors of the new Oxford University Press Financial Literacy workbook series out now. It’s a comprehensive series for years 1-9 (ages 4-14) that helps students develop key financial literacy skills through primary and lower secondary, with year-on-year progression. Through the course, students will explore age-appropriate, real-world topics,... Continue Reading →
National Numeracy Day 2025 was on the 21st May and this year’s theme was money and improving our money management. As part of the campaign my Maths Appeal podcast co-host, Bobby Seagull and I put together a ‘Maths and Money’ lesson to be part of the National Numeracy Day Toolkit for Schools. The toolkit for schools offers a fantastic selection of activities... Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Prof. Nira Chamberlain – President of the Mathematical Association – for the vlog series he host, which asks the question 'What is the point of mathematics?'. We discussed the issue of poor numeracy in the UK and the impact this is having on individuals, society and the... Continue Reading →
The book ‘If I could tell you another thing’ is the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Mathematical Association’s popular 2022 publication ‘If I could tell you one thing’. For this second instalment, chapters have been commissioned from a new group of mathematics educators who have collectively accumulated hundreds of years of professional expertise in secondary and post-16... Continue Reading →
The MEI (Mathematics, Education, Innovation) conference took place on the 30th June and 1st July 2022 at the University of Keele. The event was an opportunity for maths teachers and enthusiasts at all stages of their careers to share, explore, discuss and evaluate ideas for the classroom. The workshops covered a wide variety of topics and sessions were led... Continue Reading →
Earlier this month I shared some tips in the National Numeracy's  Number confidence Week campaign. Number Confidence Week is an opportunity to deal with the powerful and largely unseen issue of low confidence with numbers. Low confidence with numbers can hold us back in our own lives, and can even affect how our children feel about maths. I appeared on the 'Grown-ups! You CAN get confident to help with maths homework’ discussion panel with Tom... Continue Reading →
It was a pleasure and privilege to be involved in the Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference for the second year running. In this year’s conference I presented a talk explaining why being numerate is so important and I shone a light on the hidden problem of poor numeracy in the UK. Here is the video of my talk about Numeracy in the UK: https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_w0dcpq5a... Continue Reading →
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