Maths and physics teachers that are early in their career in the North East, Yorkshire & the Humber and Opportunity Areas will receive £2,000 to encourage them to stay in the profession.

Teaching primary pupils ways to support their working memory and getting them to practise these by playing online games can boost their maths results by three months, according to new trial.

A survey has found that the easiest times table to recall perfectly was the two times table, with 76 per cent of the British population being able to do so.