Question 1

How does MathsMakers work?

Accepted Answer

MathsMakers works with schools to help students reach their full potential in maths. We offer small group maths tuition sessions, either in person in school or online from home. 
See ‘Working with Schools’ for more information.

Question 2

How many students are in a tutor group?

Accepted Answer

Our maths intervention groups are very small to allow for lots of individual support. Generally our online groups consist of no more that 4 students and our in-person groups contain no more than 10 students, but are sometimes smaller than this depending on whether we have support from Y12 mentors.

Question 3

What areas do you cover?

Accepted Answer

Currently most of our schools are in North London and this is where we can offer in-school tuition. If you are interested in an online intervention programme we are able to offer this to schools based anywhere in England.

Question 4

Do you have any accreditation?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we have a Quality Mark accreditation from the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education (NRCSE) which was renewed in 2024. We also have accreditation from the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), which was received in August 2024.

Question 5

Do you have any criteria for the students you can tutor?

Accepted Answer

We can tutor any students from Y6 to 11, however we do have a focus on disadvantaged students (pupil premium, EAL and SEND).

Question 6

How do you track pupil progress?

Accepted Answer

We take a rounded approach to progress tracking, adopting a number of different methods including: 
Observations during the tutorials
Level of completion of work
Engagement/confidence 
Homework completion
End of topic quiz results compared to start of topic quiz results
End of programme feedback from students, parents and schools.
Schools are kept up to date with progress on a regular basis.

Question 7

What impact do your maths intervention programmes have?

Accepted Answer

In our maths intervention programmes where we test students' knowledge at the start/end of topic blocks, we generally see a 20 percentage point increase in their test scores. 
At the end of each programme we ask students for feedback. In 2023/24 94% of students reported making progress in their maths after attending one of our programmes and lots reported an increase in confidence around maths.

Question 8

Who are your tutors and what qualifications do they have?

Accepted Answer

We have a strong team of highly qualified, experienced maths teachers and tutors. More information can be found here.

Question 9

What feedback do you provide to schools and parents?

Accepted Answer

Schools have real time access to our shared drive where you will be able to see student attendance. We also provide regular feedback throughout an intervention programme, either via email or on our shared drive if preferred. At the end of the school year the school will receive a programme report covering full details of all of the programmes that were run during the year. This will include student progress and future recommendations.
 
We encourage schools to provide us with parent contact details so that we can also regularly communicate with parents. Where we have these details, parents will receive weekly reminders of their child's session. They may also receive some progress updates throughout the programme and a student report at the end of the programme.

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