Teachers and too much homework contribute to maths anxiety – study

Level of maths anxiety within same school or classroom found to predict individuals' maths achievement

If the thought of fractions or differential equations makes you break you out in a cold sweat, you are not alone. Maths anxiety - a negative emotional reaction to mathematics - is a global phenomenon, hampering maths achievement regardless of where people live, research has found.

It's not only a child's own maths anxiety that affects their performance but that of their peers: the largest and most culturally diverse study to date shows that in about half of countries, including England, the average level of maths anxiety within the same school or classroom predicts individual students' maths achievement, independently of their own anxiety levels.