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OECD finds ‘significant improvements’ in young adults English and maths

Younger adults drive improvements in literacy and numeracy rates over the last decade in England

Adult literacy must be top of the new PM’s despatch box

Changes in government policy and funding in the last decade have reversed previous positive trends, writes Robert Glick We should acknowledge the chronic low levels of adult literacy, which ranks the UK below average in the OECD – especially since Friday was international literacy day. Resolving this challenge offers the new prime minister a way […]

Focus on vocabulary, and you improve attainment across subjects

Staff can prevent ESOL learners from needing to stay an extra year if they get targeted vocabulary interventions early, writes Saqib Brook Vocabulary and attainment are tightly linked in education. We know this – the research proves it. As far back as 1995, Hart and Risley showed that the size of learner vocabulary related to […]

Levelling up will only happen if maths and English improve

The country is still not getting the basics right on literacy and numeracy, writes Fiona Aldridge Getting the basics right is fundamental, but as recent research from the Learning and Work Institute shows, we are clearly not doing well enough. An estimated nine million working-age adults in England have low basic skills in literacy or […]