11+ and GCSE Maths, explained for parents

Straight answers on exams, revision and where marks actually get lost. Written by a practising maths teacher.

The Complete 11+ Maths Course, 80 interactive digital lessons taught in teaching order Latest

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 spend anything.

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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 · 4 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 · 4 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 · 5 min read GCSE June 2026 grade boundaries: 165 went up, 73 came down, 26 stayed the same GCSEGrades & Boundaries

GCSE grade boundaries 2026: what actually moved

Most June 2026 GCSE boundaries went up, and grade 4 moved more than any other grade. Here are the numbers for every...

20 Aug 2026 · 8 min read Child setting out a column calculation in a squared notebook, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

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

Slow, error-prone arithmetic slows down every other topic. Here is why more practice alone doesn't fix it, and what actually closes the...

8 Aug 2026 · 5 min read Young child with a place value counter frame at a home desk, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

KS2 Place Value Help: Why Your Child Keeps Getting Stuck (And What Actually Works)

A child who guesses at place value in Year 3 is still guessing at it in Year 7. Here is why worksheets...

8 Aug 2026 · 5 min read Child splitting a compound L-shape into rectangles at a home desk, cartoon illustration 11+Maths Topics

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

Your child knows the formulas and still loses the marks. Here is why worksheets alone don't fix it, and what actually closes...

8 Aug 2026 · 5 min read