Supporting teachers.
Motivating students.
For secondary schools, Sparx Maths is a complete solution that supports teachers in planning, delivering and reviewing both lessons and homework throughout Key Stage 3 and GCSE.
Benefits for school leaders, teachers and students range from personalised learning for every student, a unique bookwork check feature and incredible real-time insights into class and student progress for teachers.
Sparx Maths Homework is available as a standalone solution providing personalised learning for students at home.
40,000+
High quality questions
handwritten in-house
10,000+
Video tutorials encourage independent learning
130 million
Bespoke data points create personalised learning
Benefits for school leaders and teachers
Powerful insights:
Real-time insights into class and student progress support teachers and allow leaders to immediately identify trends.
Saves time:
With less administration, planning and marking, teachers can focus on teaching, intervention and tailored support.
In class and at home:
A complete classroom and homework solution.
Differentiation for students:
Every single student automatically receives personalised homework which includes revision and consolidation.
Improves outcomes:
Increased student engagement and additional teacher time improves learning outcomes.
Reliable, trusted content:
Written and rigorously tested by our in-house team comprising teachers, tutors, mathematicians and grammar specialists.
Teacher features
Sparx Maths Homework
- Automatically set, personalised homework for every student
- Homework aligns to the school’s scheme of learning plus revision and spaced repetition
- Students complete homework online which is marked instantly
- Real-time monitoring of students’ homework completion and progress
- Powerful insights highlighting common struggles across the class and identifying individual students who may require more support
- Unique written bookwork element helps teachers understand mistakes
Sparx Maths
Everything listed above, as well as…
- High-quality online lesson content covers the KS3 and KS4 curricula
- All lessons are supported by detailed lesson outlines and teaching resources
- Students complete classwork online which is marked instantly
- Powerful, real-time insights about where the class and students are progressing with classwork
Benefits for students
Personalises learning:
Every student has a personalised learning experience that is challenging but achievable for them.
Independent learning:
Thousands of video tutorials encourage independent learning for every topic.
Motivation and confidence:
As learning is at the right level, every student can experience success. Increased motivation and confidence in maths has a direct impact on progress and student mental health.
Supports learning and understanding:
Sparx values the importance of a student’s written workings and answers and uses a unique Bookwork Check feature.
The checks support showing workings to promote and demonstrate understanding, as well as being good preparation for written assessments.
Student features
Sparx Maths and Sparx Maths Homework
- Personalised learning path delivers the right level of challenge in every student’s homework
- Students work at their own pace – extension content available for excelling students
- Tutorial videos provide support when needed
- Unique written bookwork element aids retention
Benefits for parents/carers
Providing reassurance:
A weekly email keeps parents/carers informed about their child’s education.
Supporting parents/carers:
Emails contain a link to a topic-based help video, empowering parents/carers to help their children with homework.
Parent/carer features
Sparx Maths and Sparx Maths Homework
- Weekly email with information on their child’s homework
- Emails contain a link to a topic-based help video they can watch
A unique approach to teaching
Four key pillars underpin Sparx Maths to create a completely unique approach to teaching and learning maths.
Research and data driven
Driven by research and data
Since 2010, our Education Research and Data teams have been investigating how maths is taught and learnt in schools. Our research into the wider education sector and the effectiveness of Sparx Maths, teamed with feedback from teachers and students, informs the continuous evolution of Sparx Maths to ensure we are having the greatest possible impact for schools, learners and parents.
Unique
content
Unique content
Carefully and intricately designed content is of the utmost importance. Every single question is devised and handwritten by our Content Team which comprises mathematicians, scientists, teachers, tutors, graphic designers and grammar experts.
We have combined our individual experiences and knowledge with hours of development, classroom observation and data gathering to produce content that is high-quality, inclusive, designed to ensure maximum student engagement and that promotes genuine learning.
Questions are backed up by tutorial videos on every single topic that help explain concepts in different ways and encourage independent learning. Our Scheme of Learning maps to the English national curriculum and is aligned with every major exam board. Schools are also able to flexibly organise Sparx content to support their own Schemes of Learning.
Adaptive technology
Adaptive technology
Powerful, intelligent technology incorporating human-generated, research-based algorithms sits behind the Sparx Maths platform.
We understand that artificial intelligence (AI) can be a challenging subject, but for us it’s simple. AI is not about replacing teachers; it’s about using the very best of modern technology to work in parallel with the core skills of the teacher, supporting and augmenting what they do on a daily basis.
Whether that’s removing onerous and time consuming admin tasks, creating completely personalised homework, or providing real-time powerful insights into student progress, our adaptive technology provides teachers and learners with unparalleled support.
Support of a community
Support of a community
When schools sign up for Sparx Maths, they join a thriving community providing practical support, mentoring, training, CPD, peer engagement, access to a wealth of research and data, and some fantastic, fun community events too.
Collaboration with schools has been a core part of Sparx’ development. Our Product Team regularly visit our partner schools seeing what’s working well, looking out for anything that needs refining, and listening to Sparx Leaders, teachers and students.
