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Grammar school entrance exams - teaching maths

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Sus808 · 07/07/2025 00:04

Apologies I’m new to the Education pages, but this seem the most sensible place to ask.

DD10 is studying to take the grammar school entrance exams in September and is doing fine, but there are some gaps in her maths knowledge on topics they haven’t covered yet in school, but will come up in the exams. These include fractions, decimals & percentages (especially comparing them), ratio, proportion & scale, algebra, pie charts… anyway, does anyone know of any resources we can use at home to teach these please? Everything I’m finding is testing her on them, but she needs to learn it properly before she can be tested on her knowledge of it IYSWIM

I’m hoping for online tutorials or lessons, you know like Oak Academy? I just don’t know which ones specially are the right kind of thing for the maths that she needs to know for these exams. School have done some basic fraction work with them, but obviously for the exams it’s a bit of a step up.
Alternatively work books would also be fine if they teach these subjects through in stages, rather than just test.

Thanks if anyone has any tips, advice or recommendations, I appreciate it.

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marcopront · 07/07/2025 06:25

Have a look at Corbett maths

LostMySocks · 07/07/2025 08:01

Our school used white rose maths during lockdown. It's arranged into subjects and I think had short learning clips to teach the concept.
But COVID was hell with homeschooling and work so my body seems to have blocked most memories

CagneyNYPD1 · 07/07/2025 08:47

Have a look at BBC KS2 bitesize for year 6 maths.

Dido2010 · 07/07/2025 09:10

Hi @Sus808 !

I am sending you a Private Message.

Sus808 · 07/07/2025 09:28

Thank you all, I’m going to take a lot at these today.

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sherbsy · 09/07/2025 10:02

Honestly, at this point in the year, I would just go for a private tutor and throw money at the problem. They only get one shot, and it's only in two months' time.

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