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| National Numeracy | |
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| Name | National Numeracy |
| Type | Non-profit advocacy and research |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Mission | Improve numeracy skills among adults and children |
National Numeracy is a United Kingdom–based campaign and charity focused on improving numeracy among adults and children. It collaborates with academic institutions, corporations, and public agencies to promote evidence-based interventions and public awareness. The organisation engages with policy makers, educators, and community groups to address numeracy deficits and their effects on workforce readiness and social inclusion.
The organisation defines numeracy as practical competence with numbers within everyday contexts and workplace tasks, drawing on research from Human Development, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Psychology, Adult Learning, and Applied Statistics. Its scope includes adult learning programmes, school partnerships, workplace training, public awareness campaigns, and research synthesis involving institutions such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, London School of Economics, University College London, and University of Edinburgh. It liaises with funders and partners including Wellcome Trust, Economic and Social Research Council, Big Lottery Fund, Nesta, and corporate partners like Barclays, HSBC, and PwC.
Founded in 2012, the organisation emerged amid policy debates involving figures and institutions linked to numeracy advocacy, such as Gordon Brown-era initiatives and reviews influenced by work from Sir Michael Barber and think tanks like Institute for Public Policy Research and Policy Exchange. Early projects referenced studies from OECD and collaborations with universities including University of Nottingham, University of Manchester, and King's College London. It developed tools and campaigns in dialogue with ministers and officials associated with Department for Education and advisory groups connected to House of Commons committees and reports by National Audit Office.
Assessment frameworks promoted draw on international surveys and psychometric traditions exemplified by Programme for International Student Assessment, International Adult Literacy Survey, Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, and PISA instruments alongside methodologies from Item Response Theory and standards used by Ofsted and Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. The organisation utilises online diagnostics influenced by practice at institutions like City, University of London and evaluation standards from What Works Network and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Assessment outcomes are compared with benchmarks from Department for Work and Pensions labour surveys and cross-checked against datasets from Office for National Statistics.
Engagement with curriculum policy references stakeholders such as Department for Education, curriculum designers from Academies Enterprise Trust, and examination boards like OCR, AQA, and Edexcel. It contributes to discussions linked to standards set by bodies including Ofsted and qualifications frameworks such as Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), and interacts with initiatives from Teach First, Education Endowment Foundation, and universities including University of Cambridge Faculty of Education. The organisation’s recommendations intersect with apprenticeship frameworks administered alongside Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
Research emphasises associations between numeracy and outcomes tracked by agencies including Office for National Statistics, Department for Work and Pensions, Health and Safety Executive, and analyses by Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Resolution Foundation. Studies cited involve cohorts and longitudinal data from projects connected to Nuffield Foundation, British Cohort Study, and Understanding Society and explore links with employment patterns in sectors represented by Confederation of British Industry, Trade Union Congress, and labour market analyses by Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Recommended interventions draw on randomized evaluations and trials conducted in partnership with organisations such as Education Endowment Foundation, Nesta, Nesta Centre for Social Innovation, and universities including University of Bristol and University of Warwick. Programmes include workplace numeracy curricula modelled with employers like Tesco and Sainsbury's and adult learning delivered through providers such as City and Guilds and National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Pedagogical approaches reference research by scholars affiliated with Institute of Education (University College London), University of Oxford Department of Education, and evaluation frameworks from What Works Centre for Education.
Comparative work situates UK performance against international benchmarks from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Commission, PISA, and national studies from United States Department of Education, Statistics Canada, Australian Bureau of Statistics, and assessments in countries with notable numeracy policy like Finland, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. Collaborations and exchanges involve partners including UNESCO, World Bank, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills, and research networks such as European Educational Research Association.
Category:Educational charities based in the United Kingdom