Turn Grade 5 into Grade 9, one mark at a time.
Adaptive practice that finds the marks you’re missing, an AI coach on every question, and mock exams graded on the boards’ real grade boundaries. Built around your exam board, not a generic syllabus.
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Exactly how many marks a grade takes
These are the boards’ own published grade boundaries from the June 2025 exams — the same ladders your mocks here are graded on. Pick your board, drag a mark, see where it lands.
June 2025 series, from the boards’ published boundary documents. Boundaries move every series — how they are set.
A tutor that teaches you to think
Most platforms hand you the answer and move on. The AI Coach works the way a good tutor does. It breaks the method into steps, explains what the mark scheme actually rewards, and checks you have understood before it lets you continue.
- Step-by-step method, not just the final answer
- Reads the mark scheme line by line with you
- Knows the exact question you are stuck on
- Voice input, so you can ask out loud
Questions that target your weak spots
Every topic is broken into precise question archetypes. The engine generates fresh variations of each one: same skill, different numbers, every time. It then serves the ones you need most, going harder while you are flying and gentler when you stall.
- Over 360 archetypes across all 84 GCSE topics
- Over 280,000 distinct questions across the bank
- Difficulty driven by spaced repetition
- Written against AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas mark schemes
Show your working, digitally
Maths needs working, so every question has a proper canvas built in. Not a text box. Sketch the diagram, draw the grid, work the algebra through, then attach it to your answer so the AI examiner can award method marks the way a real one does.
- Freehand ink with stylus, touch or mouse
- Pen, highlighter, shapes, grids and a GCSE formula sheet
- Attaches to your answer for AI marking
- Focus mode, magic eraser and palm rejection
Sit the real exam before the real exam
Pick a Mini, Full, Speed or Weakness mock, or build your own, then sit it under timed conditions. Every paper comes back graded 9–1 with a per-question breakdown, your most common error types, and a fresh grade prediction.
- Timed full papers, Foundation and Higher
- Graded 9–1 with a per-question breakdown
- Premium: the AI awards partial marks from your working
- Predicted grade recalculated after every mock
Always know what to revise next
Every question you attempt feeds a live analytics engine: predicted grade, topic-by-topic mastery, accuracy, streaks and a grade trajectory. Instead of guessing what to study tonight, you open the app and it tells you.
- Live predicted grade out of 9
- Grade trajectory and questions-per-week charts
- Mastery tracked topic by topic
- Focus areas surfaced automatically
Why students climb faster here
- Built on the real specificationEvery question, lesson and mock is written against the AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas specifications, and marked to the 9–1 scale.
- No wasted revision timeAdaptive practice and live mastery data put your weakest topics in front of you first, so the hour you have actually counts.
- Help on the question you are stuck onThe AI Coach sits on every question in the platform. It explains the method, not just the answer, whenever you need it.
Everything else you get
One subscription, every revision tool, all feeding the same picture of what you know.
Past papers archive
276 official papers with their mark schemes, across all four boards, in a clean viewer with your working canvas alongside.
Exam calendar
Every 2026 AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas exam date with live countdowns, so you always know how long you have left.
Formula drill
Drill every formula you are expected to recall using spaced repetition, across four modes: Review, 60-Second Blitz, Write-It and Name-It.
Mistake bank
Every question you get wrong is saved, tagged by error type, and queued to come back until it sticks. The same slip never costs you twice.
Learning library
A written lesson for all 84 topics, with worked examples and quick-checks, plus 456 flashcards across 84 decks that you can also drill as multiple choice.
Scheme of Learning & stage tests
The whole course as a ladder from Grade 1 to Grade 8/9. Climb stage by stage, then pass a 10-question Stage Test to prove the grade is yours.
Mark your handwritten work
Sit a past paper on paper, photograph your working, and it is marked against that paper’s own official mark scheme — told which step dropped the mark, not just whether the answer was right.
Printable worksheets
Build a worksheet on any topics you pick and get a real PDF: squared working space scaled to the marks, a board-style mark scheme, a worked example and a separate answer key.
1v1 battles
Challenge a friend, or the bot, to a timed head-to-head on a topic. Same questions, same clock, and a ranked rating that moves with the result.
Grade calculator
Enter a raw mark and see the grade it would have earned on the boards’ own published boundaries, and exactly how many marks away the next grade is.
Four steps, then just keep climbing
Set your board and target
Tell us your exam board and the grade you are aiming for. We build the plan around it.
Practise where it counts
The engine serves your weakest areas first and moves the difficulty as you improve.
Get unstuck instantly
Ask the AI Coach on any question. It walks the method and shows the exam technique.
Prove it in a mock
Sit a timed paper, get it marked, and watch your predicted grade move.
Revision that finally has a scoreboard
XP and levels, daily streaks, achievement badges, 1v1 challenges against your friends and a weekly leaderboard. This is the bit that keeps you opening the app on a wet Tuesday in February.
- A Stage Test for every grade on the Scheme of Learning
- XP, levels and rank progression
- Daily streaks with streak-risk reminders
- 1v1 friend challenges on identical question sets
Less than one hour of tutoring a month
A private GCSE Maths tutor runs £30 to £50 an hour. Both plans start with a 7-day free trial.
- Unlimited adaptive practice
- All 84 topic lessons
- 276 past papers with mark schemes
- Mock exams graded 9–1
- Progress analytics and mistake bank
- Everything in Basic
- AI Study Coach on every question
- AI examiner feedback on wrong answers
- AI marking of your written working
- Deep analytics suite
Questions people ask first
Which exam boards do you cover?
All four major boards for GCSE Maths: AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas, at both Foundation and Higher tier. You pick your board during setup and everything from question wording to mark schemes follows it. You can switch board later in settings without losing your progress.
Is this suitable for Foundation as well as Higher?
Yes. Every one of the 84 topics is available at the difficulty range that matches your tier, and mock exams come in both Foundation and Higher versions graded on the 9–1 scale.
How is this different from just doing past papers?
Past papers run out, and once you have seen one you are partly remembering it. Our 360+ question archetypes generate fresh variations every time, so you practise the skill rather than the paper. You also get 276 real past papers on top, for when you want the genuine article.
Do I need a card to start the free trial?
Yes — you pick a plan and add a card to begin, and you are charged nothing for seven days. We show you the exact date and amount of the first payment before you enter your card. Cancel any time before the trial ends and you pay nothing at all; otherwise the subscription starts on that date and we email you beforehand.
What do parents get?
A parent portal with a read-only view of progress, time spent, topic mastery and predicted grade, plus an optional weekly email summary. Parents never see the AI Coach conversations.
Can I use it on a phone or tablet?
Yes. The whole platform works in the browser on phone, tablet and desktop, and the working canvas supports stylus, touch and mouse input.
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Your next grade starts with one question
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