Ever-envious of Singapore’s much-heralded success in teaching maths, politicians are keen to see its methodology arriving in UK classrooms. Education minister Elizabeth Truss explained some of the ...

The predominantly Asian approach to teaching mathematics in schools, called the "mastery approach," is spreading, largely due to the fact these countries are high-performers on international tests.

England’s top performing maths pupils achieve a very high standard but the bottom performers lag far behind. shutterstock When it comes to maths, many primary school children in the UK are struggling ...