Schools and colleges will receive a funding uplift of up to £600 for every 16-19 year old studying academic Level 3 maths qualifications.

This announcement, in support of increasing participation in A Level maths and Core Maths post-16, came as part of the Chancellor, Philip Hammond’s autumn budget, which promised further investment in maths education, including:

• Additional investment in maths post-16, including piloting approaches to improve GCSE maths resit results, and establishing FE Centres of Excellence to train maths teachers and spread good practice
• Increased funding for schools and colleges when students achieve a grade C rather than, as previously, a grade B in Further Maths A Level
• Additional funding for every 16-19 maths school, enabling more to open across England.
  

Other highlights for education and skills in the Autumn budget were:

• £84m over the next 5 years to improve the teaching of GCSE Computer Science, including upskilling 8,000 computer science teachers, creating a new National Centre for Computing Education, establishing an online platform to support A Level teaching, and improving girls’ participation in computing
• An additional £20m to help Further Education prepare to implement T Levels
• A national re-training scheme to determine areas of the economy where new skills are needed, initially focussing on construction and digital skills.