The Government is increasing support for reading and mathematics to more schools

All state schools will be required to teach reading using a structured literacy approach from term 1 next year.

The number of schools with access to trained structured literacy teachers will be increased from 770 to 970.

The Government is also expanding a maths acceleration trial for Year 7 and 8 students, starting next year.

The number of students taking part, who need extra maths help, will rise from two-thousand to three-thousand.