The NNS: The second year

Audience:	Parents, Local authority advisors, Key Stage 2 teachers, Key Stage 1 teachers, Heads and deputies, Governors
Date of issue:	Nov. 2001
Reference number:	HMI333

What is it?

The implementation of the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) began in English primary schools at the start of the autumn term of 1999. The purpose of the strategy is to improve standards in mathematics. The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) inspects the implementation and impact of the NNS, through the work of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) and Additional Inspectors (AIs), in a nationally representative sample of 300 primary schools. The size of this sample was reduced to 200 schools in the second year of implementation. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has established an annual testing programme to provide data on pupils’ attainment and progress in mathematics in Years 3, 4 and 5 in all 300 of the sample schools. This is the third report on the National Numeracy Strategy published by Ofsted. It provides a detailed account of the implementation and impact of the strategy in primary classrooms in England.

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