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Company

Big Maths

Founded: 2010
Country: United Kingdom 

Educake

Founded: 2011
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Big Maths

Big Maths simplifies the primary maths curriculum into simple learning steps that encourage enjoyment, confidence, and mastery of maths.
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Educake

Educake is an award-winning online assessment and revision platform for science, English, geography, history, CS, PE, maths, business and KS2.
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Educational Impact

Big Maths

build student knowledge100%
improve attainment94%
reduce teacher workload94%
improve teaching efficiency88%
provide school data88%
 

Educake

build student knowledge86%
improve attainment76%
reduce teacher workload91%
improve teaching efficiency81%
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Recommended Usage

We recommend 20 minutes of Basic Skills focus at the beginning of each maths lesson if only using for fluency and basic skills.

Using Educake several times a week helps to check understanding of new topics. Setting revision of past topics enables students to actively demonstrate what they know and build stronger recall in a low-pressure environment.

Most Helpful Reviews

Big Maths

Kitty Duthie, Primary Teacher: I would recommend it as the online resources, including the CLIC, SAFE and Learn Its are very helpful. I like that data can be easily collected. Concepts are broken down well and the PowerPoints to go alongside these are helpful. I like that it is easy to see what concept to move onto next.
Carol Anderson, Acting Principal Teacher: Big Maths is a resource that can help deliver numeracy and maths. It should be used alongside supporting resources and activities but provides the progression steps that provide a clear pathway for learning and teaching.
Alan Thomas-Williams, Teacher (Junior Dept Maths Coordinator): I feel it’s invaluable in terms of formative assessment. It gives the school a strategic and developing framework of methods that graduate with comprehension from one to the next. It allows for both individual and group tracking and thus planning. It keeps skills that were previously covered once a year in the minds of pupils on a weekly basis. It helps engagement. It has improved results. The team at Big Maths are incredibly helpful and offer guidance whenever I’ve needed it.
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Educake

Luke, Head of Science: A fantastic resource that saves a large amount of teacher time, and also improves student experience - something that would not be possible without it.
Kim Poole, Deputy Head of Science: It has made our lives as teachers much easier to set homework and the students enjoy it. It makes them think as they can't guess the answers!
Ian, Head of Science: Excellent product for homework and revision which significantly reduces workload. However analytics is a little lacking compered to some other products.
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Subjects

Big Maths

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Age Range

Big Maths

0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13 

Educake

8-10, 11-13, 14-16 
Features

Big Maths

Formative And Summative AssessmentIdentification Of Learning GapsTracking Tools For Attainment, Progress EtcTeaching ResourcesPupil Practice ResourcesPersonalised Lesson Planning Detailed Teacher Notes To Complement And Supplement Subject Knowledge 

Educake

Online HomeworkAuto-marked QuizzesCurriculum Matched Reporting And Analysis Online RevisionSelf-marking HomeworkAdaptive Learning 
Languages

Big Maths

English, Welsh 

Educake

English 
Accessibility

Big Maths

Moderate features 

Educake

Robust features 
Policies

Big Maths

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

Educake

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Big Maths

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

The website works on most devices, though we don't recommend mobile phones. We provide getting started guides and support through setup. You just need an internet connection. Paper-based resources are available to send home for children to use if internet connectivity is an issue.

 

Educake

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

To use Educake you need access to the internet. For teachers desktop access is required. Students can use Educake on a mobile device, with or without our app. To log in, teachers need an email address and password. Students need a username and password. Google and Microsoft single sign-on means it's easy to get started.

 
Training

Big Maths

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

1 to 2 days of CPD to introduce the pedagogy. Videos are included in the site to provide additional support.

 

Educake

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

Teachers can book a demo to get an idea of how Educake works before committing to a subscription.

Once you subscribe to Educake, we recommend booking in a departmental training session to understand the basics of Educake so you can hit the ground running. These are usually completed online but we can also come into school is you’re local to our Educake office.

After a few months of using Educake, we offer a Top Tips training session which uses teacher feedback to share best practice to make sure you’re fully utilising all the features which will benefit your department or school. As we’re continually adding new development to Educake, this is also a good opportunity to get teacher feedback to help us continue to add value to the platform.

We also have teachers videos ready to share in your CPD sessions at school plus we’re working on videos for parents and students now.

 
Set Up

Big Maths

Within a day

Educake

Set up is quick and easy. You can add your own classes or we’ll do it for you within an hour of receiving them. All data is imported directly to Educake to ensure it’s secure. You’ll get a shareable link for your colleagues to join you on Educake. With student single sign on, the days of your students forgetting their passwords are over. We’ll liaise with your IT department at school to get this set up for you.

Your department can be set up within 24 hours so you can create quizzes and set homework as soon as you’re ready to launch with your students.

Support

Big Maths

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

Educake

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

Big Maths

Not available To parents 

Educake

Parent Access 
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Big Maths

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Pricing

Big Maths

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Big Maths pricing starts from £750 / year

Personal pricing, based on your school. Contact us to get a personal quote.

Educake

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Educake pricing starts from £550 / year

We offer discounts when a school subscribes to multiple subjects or multi-school purchases by MATs.