Most schemes are built around age.
Big Maths is built around learning.
Big Maths identifies what every child knows, so teachers can decide with confidence what to teach next: then provides the resources to teach it well. Less guessing. Less planning. More teaching.
* Platform data from Big Maths Online. Teacher satisfaction based on annual survey.
Built on how children actually learn. Not on policy.
Most primary maths programmes were built around curriculum statements and age-related expectations. Big Maths was built around a single observation: when a child stumbles, it means the step was too big… not that the child failed.
We call this Positive Expectation. When prerequisites are genuinely secure, success on the next step isn’t hoped for, it’s expected. Every element of Big Maths is designed to make that structurally inevitable.
“If pupils stumble or teachers have to guess, it is not the right Step!”
This principle predates the mastery agenda. It was arrived at not through policy or funding, but through patient observation of how children actually learn. It has been tested in thousands of classrooms over 20 years, without government subsidy, without Maths Hub infrastructure and has succeeded because it works!
Every Step is Easy
Not because standards are lowered, but because prerequisites are secured. Success on first attempt, every time, is the design goal.
It’s Nothing New
Every new step is explicitly connected to what a child already knows. No leaps. No assumptions. No gaps left to widen.
Start from reality, not age
Big Maths works from what each child actually knows, not what the calendar says they should know! Our framework begins before nursery so no child is unreachable.
Teachers decide. Big Maths supports.
The framework gives teachers the information and resources they need. Professional judgment stays exactly where it belongs… with the teacher.
Big Maths restores professional judgment, it doesn’t replace it.
Unlike prescriptive schemes that reduce teachers to delivery mechanisms, Big Maths tells you what each child knows and what comes next. The teaching decisions remain entirely yours.
Research consistently shows that teachers with genuine professional agency deliver better outcomes and stay in the profession longer. Big Maths is designed with that in mind.
Why schools choose Big Maths →
Everything your school needs for maths
Resources, assessment, and tracking in one clear programme, from Early Years through to the end of primary. One subscription. No bolt-ons.
Lesson Resources
Over 15,000 ready-made PowerPoints, teacher guidance notes, and pupil worksheets; all linked to clear learning steps. No planning from scratch.
Weekly Assessment
Beat That! challenges every week. Pupils love the competitive element. Teachers get instant data on exactly where each child is… not at year end, but right now.
Progress Tracking
Automatic tracking from Early Years through to the end of primary. Spot gaps instantly. Generate reports for Ofsted, governors, and parents, the data is always there.
How Big Maths Works
Four connected elements, built as a coherent whole, not bolted together from separate tools.
CLIC Structure
Counting, Learn Its, It’s Nothing New, and Calculation. A simple, repeatable lesson structure that gives every lesson clarity and purpose.
Progress Drives
Over 1,200 carefully sequenced small learning steps from Early Years to Year 6. Teachers always know exactly what to teach next.
Beat That!
A weekly challenge pupils genuinely love. Builds fluency, rewards effort, and gives teachers instant insight into every child’s progress.
Assessment & Tracking
Automatic tracking from Early Years to the end of primary. Spot gaps instantly, see progress over time, celebrate every step forward.
The difference: In most schemes, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment are separate systems bolted together. In Big Maths, they’re one. Assessment drives teaching. Teaching drives progression. Progression drives assessment. Nothing falls through the gaps because there are no gaps between the parts.
We achieved our highest ever results in the history of our school for this year’s SATs results, thanks to Big Maths. Almost 20% above national average.
— Head of Maths, London
Designed to support everyone
Big Maths works for your whole school community, from leadership to the classroom, to home.
Schools
- Meets all curriculum requirements — England, Scotland, Wales
- One subscription replaces textbooks, workbooks, tracking & CPD
- Schools judged Outstanding. Top 2% nationally for maths. See the evidence →
- Consistent approach across every year group, EYFS to Year 6
Teachers
- 15,000+ ready-made resources; open, teach, done!
- Always know what to teach each child next
- Builds subject knowledge and confidence as you teach
- Framework that starts below nursery so no child is unreachable
Pupils
- Weekly challenges they genuinely love
- Steps sized so success is expected, not hoped for
- Every improvement celebrated with weekly certificates
- Same consistent approach all the way through school
The bit children talk about at home
Every week, every child takes the Beat That! challenge, and every week, there’s something to celebrate. Full marks, a personal best, moving up a level. Big Maths prints personalised certificates for every achievement so no child goes unrecognised.
Teachers tell us Beat That! is the moment their class comes alive. Not because it’s competitive, because it’s personal! Every child targets their own previous score, and every child celebrates the success of their friends.
See What a Lesson Looks Like →Schools speak for themselves
Over 20 years, across hundreds of schools. Here’s what teachers and headteachers say.
Curtis and Bill from Big Maths have been fantastic in helping our A.S.G in getting started and set-up with Big Maths. The support is second-to-none and they are always happy to help us. Highly recommend.Principal Teacher, Aberdeen, Scotland
Big Maths has provided us with clear progression across our whole school where each step is broken down into steps that children can actually understand. Since using Big Maths the children in our school are enthused and gaining confidence.Teacher, Durham, England
As a shared headteacher of two small schools, going into our fifth year of using Big Maths, I have found it invaluable to support consistency and rigour to ensure all learners become numerate.Headteacher, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Evidence you can verify
Not just claims. Named schools, published reports, and results you can check.
Rockmount Primary School
Judged Outstanding across every category by Ofsted. Mathematics was one of four deep-dive subjects.
“Pupils achieve exceptionally well.” — Ofsted, June 2025
See the full evidence →Top 2% nationally for KS2 maths
Schools using Big Maths were recognised by the DfE for KS2 maths results in the top 2% of primary schools nationally.
100% of pupils at expected standard in KS2 mathematics.
See the full evidence →Why teachers choose Big Maths
Not because they were told to. Because it works.
Every child works from what they actually know… not what the timetable says they should know
Clear progression from Early Years to Year 6 / Primary 7, teachers always know what to teach next
Weekly data that actually drives teaching… not end-of-year reports that come too late
One subscription replaces textbooks, workbooks, tracking software, and CPD costs
Maths that children genuinely enjoy because steps designed for success feel good to take
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