Can-Do Maths
This programme, delivered by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), provides professional development for educators and aims to improve engagement and mathematical resilience amongst learners resitting their maths GCSE in further education colleges. Over the year of the programme, teachers will receive a mixture of support to help them implement the programme. This will include professional development training, lesson resources, group planning sessions and individual support.
A minimum of 16 colleges across England can take part in the EEF-funded pilot, to understand how Can-Do Maths could support learners taking their maths resits.
Get Further’s GCSE Resit Tuition Programme
This programme supports post-16 students resitting GCSE English and maths to build their confidence and close gaps in knowledge through small-group tuition. Trained tutors will go into colleges and deliver weekly tutoring sessions covering a bespoke curriculum prepared by Get Further, a tutoring charity focused on supporting the post-16 sector.
The programme will be tested through a randomised controlled trial, which means half of the learners at each of the 40 participating colleges will be allocated to receive tutoring and half will carry on with their usual learning. This trial will find out the effectiveness of the programme in supporting GCSE English and maths resits.
Post-16 colleges in England can register to take part in these projects from today. Colleges can find further details of the projects on EEF’s project page, including the eligibility criteria, and register interest to take part in either programme.
The two projects are part of the EEF’s increased focus on building and supporting evidence-based practice in the post-16 sector.
Commenting on the programmes, Emily Yeomans, co- Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: