# 3 out of 5 maths challenge: Building on success

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Education and Training Foundation](/buyers/the-education-and-training-foundation/contract-awards)
- Published: 13 November 2018
- Planned start: 13 December 2018
- Planned end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 77e80af7-cffd-404d-b6c8-49ca7164b720-252156
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d619ab0c-1609-456a-b21b-2c0b33131bab

## Description

The 3 out of 5 maths challenge was developed with the prison workforce and its learners and, has been introduced to a number of prisons across England during the past two years\. The ethos of the scheme is to encourage reluctant learners to tackle and enjoy maths, in non-traditional settings - in the gym, library and gardens - in fact anywhere outside of the maths classroom\. The 3 out of 5 Pack consists of 21 Challenges grouped into 5 Topics\. Any learner who completes 3 Challenges - one from each of any 3 of the 5 Topics - receives an ETF-branded 3 out of 5 calculator, and the prison / YOI with the largest number of Completers wins8 the 3 out of 5 Challenge Shield which they retain for one year before passing on to the next winning prison\. To date, 50 English prisons/YOIs have participated in the challenge and the 2017/18 winning prison was HMP Guys Marsh\. We now want to take the 3 out of 5 maths challenge to the next level whilst retaining its spirit\. We wish for the 3 out of 5 maths challenge to become the "doorway" maths scheme of choice - comparable to the Reading Agency's 6 reads approach to literacy learning\. Many of the activities have been created by or with learners and the 3 out of 5 logo is the creation of a former prison learner\. We wish to build on this learner led approach and commission an organisation to work with us to achieve the activities listed in the tender specification\.

## Related contract awards

- [Award of technical support for the ETF Learners website](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d7167844-f96d-4502-87e1-a76499ab17ef): The Education and Training Foundation
- [Award of the Middle Leaders \(ACE\) programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-68896315-915c-4ebf-b80c-d7519280ebc6): The Education and Training Foundation
- [Award of the CPTE in Digital](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8ec3ddbc-8bcc-45ba-8c29-f7ed76c94d52): The Education and Training Foundation

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77e80af7-cffd-404d-b6c8-49ca7164b720-252156)