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How to Run 11+ Preparation at Home: The 20-Minute Session

A teacher's method for 11+ preparation at home: a 20-minute session, how to teach something new, proof that it stuck, and interview practice.

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11+ Past Papers by School: A Free Directory of 75 Schools and Boards

Every school and exam board with its own free 11+ past papers page, plus how to tell real papers from samples and...

21 Sep 2026 · 6 min read A brass surveying instrument on a ridge measuring the height of sixteen lantern-topped stone columns, a picture of finding your child's level in every maths topic 11+Parent Guides

What Maths Level Is My Child At? A Free 16 Topic Check

A free adaptive check across 16 maths topics that shows where your child is secure, where they are not, and what to...

21 Sep 2026 · 5 min read Four canal locks rising up a hillside towards a sunlit harbour, a picture of learning maths one school year at a time Parent GuidesPrimary

What Is Inside The Complete KS2 SATs Maths Course

All 64 lessons year by year, what the three KS2 maths papers test, and how to find where your child should start.

21 Sep 2026 · 7 min read The Complete 11+ Maths Course, 80 interactive digital lessons taught in teaching order 11+Parent Guides

What Is Inside The Complete 11+ Maths Course

Every lesson, every feature, and the parts that are easy to miss. What 80 interactive maths lessons actually look like, before you...

25 Aug 2026 · 8 min read A colossal circular stone vault door in a cliff face made of puzzle rings, a sliding tile grid, carved notches and a row of lit and dark lamps, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

11+ Reasoning Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

Your child scores well on topic tests and drops marks on the paper. The questions that catch them use no harder maths,...

25 Aug 2026 · 5 min read A vast garden where the data has grown into landscape, hedge towers of different heights, a wedge divided pond and two overlapping ponds, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

Charts and Tables Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

Your child can read a bar chart. The exam does not ask them to read one, it asks them to answer a...

25 Aug 2026 · 5 min read A city at dusk built on a glowing street grid with a lighthouse at the origin casting two beams and clock faces on the buildings, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

Coordinates, Measures and Time Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

These are the questions parents assume are free marks, and they are the ones children quietly lose most often. Here is why,...

25 Aug 2026 · 5 min read A huge brass and glass machine in a cavern with a giant four sector spinner feeding marbles down branching chutes into columns, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

Probability Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

Probability is the topic where a child's common sense works against them. Here is the one habit that fixes most of the...

25 Aug 2026 · 5 min read A mountain range of rectangular rock columns of different heights with a level plank floating at mid height and workers levelling them, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

Averages and Range Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

Mean, median, mode and range are four short rules, and most children can recite all four while still losing the marks. Here...

25 Aug 2026 · 5 min read A vast circular plaza paved as a ten by ten grid with cranes lifting slabs away and a price tag hanging from a balloon, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

Percentages Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

Your child can find 10% of anything instantly and still cannot work out the price before a 20% sale. Here is why,...

25 Aug 2026 · 5 min read A night forest where most trees branch into numbered fruit and a few glow gold with no branches at all, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

Factors, Multiples and Primes Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

Your child can define a factor and still guess at the highest common factor of 24 and 36. Here is what is...

25 Aug 2026 · 5 min read A rope bridge across a canyon acting as a number line, balloons rising above it and submarines mirroring them below, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

Decimals and Negative Numbers Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

Your child can add 47 and 26 in their head and still get 4.7 plus 0.26 wrong. Here is why more practice...

25 Aug 2026 · 6 min read