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An online learning programme to help maths teaching in early years settings has been praised for achieving academic progress particularly among disadvantaged groups of children.
The Maths Champions programme, designed by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), was trialled in 108 nurseries mainly in areas of deprivation over a 15-month period from May 2016.
An independent evaluation carried out by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), which funded the programme, found it had improved the mathematical abilities of both children and nursery staff.
Stella Ziolkowski, NDNA's director of quality and training, says the programme was developed in response to the government's drive for level 3 practitioners to achieve GCSE maths grade C or above before they could be counted in level 3 Early Years Educator ratios.
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