Nick Gibb, minister for schools standards, has confirmed two new ‘hubs’ to improve children’s knowledge of maths will be set up in the region with £1.75m of funding.
They will be in Central Lancashire and Cheshire.
The remaining funding will be used to expand a south Asian ‘mastery’ approach to teaching maths - a method used in places including Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Gibb said: “Poor numeracy still costs the UK a staggering £20bn every year and we want more pupils to feel confident using numbers as it can open up a wide range of options for future study, training and work.
“[This] announcement will help ensure more children in the North have access to a world-class maths education.”