• Primary maths tips for remote learning

    Simon Holden-White, Senior Product Manager in the Primary Maths team at Pearson, reflects on new research into teachers' views on maths education amidst COVID-19 and shares some top tips for primary schools when teaching maths remotely this lockdown and beyond.

  • The challenge of teaching maths remotely

    Here the NRICH Primary Team, one of our Power of Maths partners, share their top tips for primary teachers when it comes to remote maths teaching and learning.

  • Children’s Mental Health Week: Q and A with Avani Bhalla

    In Children’s Mental Health Week, we spoke to 16-year-old mental health campaigner and one of the winners of the Pearson World Changer Awards, Avani Bhalla, for her view on young people’s wellbeing today and what more can be done in education to help.

  • A third of primary teachers say they are confident teaching maths remotely

    With as many as 650,000 students off school and a growing number of schools facing closures in the new year due to Covid-19, digital learning has a significant role to play in education. And yet new research reveals the need for schools to receive greater support so that teachers can confidently and effectively deliver core subjects like maths remotely.

  • TIMSS 2019 results
    TIMSS 2019 results: Well done to our Primary Maths teachers!

    The results of the TIMSS 2019 study have been announced, as you may have seen, with Year 5 children in England scoring 10 points higher in maths than in 2015. This feels like a moment to say a big ‘congratulations!’ to all our Primary teachers, as well as the children themselves.

  • Black Power: Hidden Histories

    In November 2020, Steve McQueen’s BBC Small Axe brought the story of the Mangrove Nine to primetime television.

  • What about the teachers?

    By Isla Billett. This article was originally featured in SENCo Magazine.


    With schools closed for a long period of time it would be easy for those outside of education to think teachers have had an easier time this year.