CASE STUDY

Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) Performance for a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) in Essex

The data below is for the academic year 2022/23 and 2023/24 and pertains to a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) in an area of high deprivation in Essex, England which implemented the Tables Stick programme across its four primary schools from October 2022. The data analysed is based on the Department for Education’s Multiplication Tables Check (MTC).

The first table shows that for 2022/23 and 2023/24 all schools in the MAT scored considerably above the national average as a result of adopting the Tables Stick approach.

Data for % of eligible pupils who scored 25 marks

The second table illustrates that all four schools within the MAT achieved a high % of pupils scoring full marks compared to national data. For achieving the full 25 marks, Trust wide attainment was 53 % in 2023 and 61 % in 2024, compared to a national % of 29 % and 34 % for the corresponding years.

Both indicators show that the MAT's implementation of the Tables Stick programme positively influenced overall school performance in multiplication tables and that pupils continued to know more and remember more.

Average MTC Attainment Score