Rishi Sunak is set to announce on Wednesday that he wants all pupils to study maths until the age of 18 in a major speech aimed at setting out his big picture vision for Britain.

The Prime Minister will argue that too many of the country’s children are being “let down” by leaving school without the numeracy skills to prosper in the workplace.

“This is personal for me”, Mr Sunak is expected to say, as he makes a shake-up of education beyond the age of 16 one of the defining priorities of his early tenure in Number 10.

The speech will go beyond maths, however, and is likely to be seen as an attempt to answer questions about what is driving the Sunak premiership beyond fire-fighting crises.

Continue reading the full article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/01/03/rishi-sunak-puts-maths-heart-vision-britain/

Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube

Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.