Help your child love maths, and get genuinely good at it.
Big Maths is the primary maths programme used in over 1,500 UK schools. Now parents can bring the same approach home, with Big Maths at Home and the new Big Maths Beat That! app coming soon.
Trusted by hundreds of UK schools and the families that use them
Maths anxiety drops when children stop feeling lost.
Most maths help at home goes wrong for the same reason. The work feels too big, the child gets stuck, and what was meant to build confidence ends up doing the opposite. Big Maths is built differently.
Built on small steps
Over 1,200 carefully ordered steps from Early Years to Year 6, so your child is never struggling with something the previous step did not prepare them for.
Beat That! every week
Children love it because they are racing against their own previous score, not the rest of the class. Every personal best is celebrated.
Same approach as school
If your child’s school uses Big Maths, what you do at home reinforces exactly what they are doing in class. Same language, same structure.
Find your starting point.
The right way in depends on whether your child’s school already uses Big Maths.
Your school already uses Big Maths
Your family already has free access to Big Maths at Home. Practice the same skills, in the same order, with the same language your child hears in class.
Ask your child’s teacher for the school code, or contact us and we can check for you.
Your school does not use Big Maths yet
You can subscribe to Big Maths at Home directly as a family. Multiple children, no commitment, cancel any time. Same framework, same Beat That! challenges.
You can also join the waitlist for the new Beat That! app, launching soon.
The Big Maths Beat That! App
Everything children love about Beat That! in a beautifully designed app for phone and tablet. Personal best tracking, weekly challenges, and progress your child can actually see. Designed for ages 4 to 11.
What actually helps when your child is stuck.
Most parents have been there. Homework comes home, your child is in tears, and the method they are using does not look like the maths you remember. Here is what actually works.
Start with what they can do
- If your child is struggling, the step is too big
- Drop back to what they can do confidently
- Build forward one small step at a time
- This is the principle Big Maths is built on
Practice the basics daily
- Number bonds, times tables, doubles, halves
- Five minutes a day beats an hour once a week
- Big Maths calls these Learn Its
- Fluency in basics makes everything else feel easy
Celebrate personal bests
- Never compare to siblings or classmates
- Compare your child only to themselves last week
- Beat their own score, even by one mark, is a win
- This is exactly what Beat That! does
The Big Maths approach, in plain English.
Big Maths is built on a simple idea. If a child stumbles, the step was too big. Not the child’s fault. The programme breaks every part of primary maths into over 1,200 small, ordered steps that build on each other. Children move forward only when each step is genuinely secure. Every week, they take the Beat That! challenge, racing their own previous best score. When they beat it, even by one mark, that is a win, and it gets celebrated.
What schools and parents tell us.
Over 20 years, across hundreds of schools and thousands of families.
Big Maths has provided clear progression 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
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
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
Common questions from parents.
Yes. If your child’s school subscribes to Big Maths, every family at the school gets Big Maths at Home included at no extra cost. Ask your child’s teacher for the school’s access details, or get in touch and we can help.
Big Maths covers Early Years through to the end of primary, roughly ages 4 to 11. The framework actually starts below nursery level, so even very young children have a clear starting point.
£3 per child per month if you subscribe directly as a family. There is no long-term commitment and you can cancel at any time.
The app is in final development. Join the waitlist and we will email you the moment it is available. We are not announcing a fixed date until we are certain we can hit it.
Yes. Big Maths is built around the kind of fluency in number facts and calculation that the KS2 SATs test heavily. Schools using Big Maths consistently report strong SATs results, including some in the top 2% nationally.
Almost always, yes. Children who say they are bad at maths usually mean they have been struggling with steps that were too big, for too long. Big Maths drops back to find what your child can do confidently and rebuilds from there. Confidence usually returns within a few weeks.
Mention it to your child’s teacher or to the maths lead at your school. We can send a free information pack you can pass on. Get in touch and we will sort it.
Bring Big Maths home today.
Whether your school already uses Big Maths or not, there is a way to start.
Want your school to use Big Maths? Tell us about them and we will send a free information pack.