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Company

Learning By Questions

Founded: 2016
Country: United Kingdom 

Sparx Maths

Founded: 2010
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Learning By Questions

Curriculum-aligned Question Sets and immediate feedback to super-charge learning.
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Sparx Maths

A complete solution that improves students’ progress in maths through personalised learning and reduces teacher workload.
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Educational Impact

Learning By Questions

reduce teacher workload95%
improve attainment88%
reduce attainment gap84%
build student knowledge92%
provide school data92%
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Sparx Maths

reduce teacher workload80%
improve attainment78%
reduce attainment gap55%
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improve teaching efficiency78%
improve parent engagement68%
 
Recommended Usage

At least 3 times a week

40 minutes per week minimum

Most Helpful Reviews

Learning By Questions

Eilish Hanworth, Class Teacher: Just brilliant - children and teachers love it and the results are evident.
Mark Stephenson, STEM Lead and Y3 Teacher: Such a great resource to use. Thousands of question sets at the click of a button that our children from Y1-Y6 love using.
John Coombs, Teacher/ Maths Coordinator: The use of Learning by Questions has changed my teaching, changed the attitude towards learning of my pupils, has significantly helped to reduce the time I spend as a teacher planning and marking and most importantly has had a positive impact on the attainment of all the pupils that use it.
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Sparx Maths

Bob.bob, Parent: TERRIBLE! She has been stuck here, on 1 question for 3 hours trying every answer, we've watched the video, googled it, I don't know what to do! SO disappointed! My child has cried 10+ times because of this!
Ccted, Parent: Don't often recommend apps etc but feel that the set up with the emails, parent portal, the bookwork checks and videos work well.
Parent, Self employed: Really unhappy with this ap and hope the school will reconsider it, my son is really good at math and enjoys his lessons, since the introduction of this app my son dreads maths and the automatic homework he’s spending hours frustrated trying to get it correct and the videos are no help at all please bring back hegarty maths, this app denotivates students and my son has gone from enjoying maths to dreading it. This is not how it should be.
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Age Range

Learning By Questions

5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 

Sparx Maths

11-13, 14-16 
Features

Learning By Questions

Marking And FeedbackBuild FluencyBuilds Confidence And A Love For LearningAutomatic MarkingTeaching And Learning PlatformIdentifies Strengths And GapsEvidence-based InsightsReal-time Lesson AnalysisIn-field SupportTeacher DataFormative AssessmentStudent DataPersonalised LearningTeacher DashboardLearning ResourcesNational Curriculum 

Sparx Maths

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Accessibility

Learning By Questions

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Policies

Learning By Questions

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

Sparx Maths

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Learning By Questions

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

No client software installation is required for teachers using LbQ because it is cloud based and runs in a browser. The system requires internet connected pupil devices.

 

Sparx Maths

Students will need an internet connection for homework. If you plan to use Sparx Maths in school, you will also need access to the internet and devices for each student.

 
Training

Learning By Questions

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

Getting started with LbQ is a relaxed session, held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, where we walk you through the platform and show you how to run a Question Set with your class. Feel free to ask questions - that's what we're all about.

If you have been running LbQ in your classroom, saving yourself valuable time and seeing your pupils rocket, then you might want to step things up with our 'Beyond the Basics' course.

These sessions are held every other Monday and involve tailoring LbQ to your class and advanced interventions (not as scary as it sounds!). This is an informal session where we hope you will join in and have a chat with us. 'Beyond the Basics' also acts as a clinic, so if you have any questions then please book on and we'll give you all the assistance you need.

 

Sparx Maths

Customers on the four week trial will be provided with two informational handouts – one for the teacher and one for the student – which will explain how the system works.

 
Set Up

Learning By Questions

You will be contacted, registered and set up within 48 hours

Sparx Maths

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Support

Learning By Questions

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

Sparx Maths

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Home Learning

Learning By Questions

Not available To parents 

Sparx Maths

Not available To parents 
Video

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Pricing

Learning By Questions

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Learning By Questions pricing starts from £250 / year

Free account provides access to 80,000 high-quality questions for teaching front of class.

Paid account provides high quality mastery Question Sets, advanced feedback and transformational teaching pedagogy.

Sparx Maths

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

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