Henry Smith
Main Page: Henry Smith (Conservative - Crawley)(12 years, 9 months ago)
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Vince Cable
The hon. Lady is quite right that that is one of the major problems. As I recall, under the last Government, a report was commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills from Professor Smith, which looked specifically at mathematics teaching in schools, as a result of which I think that there has been a significant increase in the recruitment of maths teachers and the level at which maths is now taught.
Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
Will the Secretary of State consider establishing an advisory body for OFFA so that a range of opinions can be considered?
Vince Cable
Yes, we will do that. As I understand it, this does not require legislation, and we are looking at the feasibility of doing that and how to get the best advantage from it.