We teach children to visualise the abacus in their heads, then use their fingers to manipulate the imaginary beads" ...

Unions are calling for tests on times tables and grammar to be scaled back at primary schools. Ministers are facing pressure to make the compulsory basic maths checks in year four optional as they ...

Times tables tests should be scrapped and grammar exams “stripped back”, teaching unions are urging the Government. Ministers are being urged to cut down the number of tests in primary schools ...

“We are not saying let’s abandon knowledge,” insists a source from the teaching unions urging the Government to “scrap times ...

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A union source told the Telegraph: “The times table tests should become optional. "We are not saying children shouldn’t learn times tables. They are really helpful. "But the need to have the times ...

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READ MORE Martin Lewis issues seven-day warning with people at risk of losing £3,900 “The times tables tests should become optional. We are not saying children shouldn’t learn times tables. They are ...

“The times tables tests should become optional. We are not saying children shouldn’t learn times tables. They are really helpful. But the need to have the times table check is a bit of an ...