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Learning at your child’s PACE, all the way to IGCSE.

A warm, playful way to learn, with Bloom’s taxonomy taking each child from remembering to mastering — on the established British Cambridge curriculum in English and Maths, from first phonics to IGCSE — with Science and Reasoning alongside, for ages 5 to 16.

written lessons across English, Maths, Science and Reasoning
244
written lessons across English, Maths, Science and Reasoning
questions in those lessons
2,035
questions in those lessons
question generators — practice that never runs out
155
question generators — practice that never runs out
of written questions ask a child to analyse, evaluate or create
53%
of written questions ask a child to analyse, evaluate or create

The PACE approach

Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy — at your child’s pace

PACE is the attitude a good teacher brings to a child. It shapes how the ladder treats every learner — and it is the other half of our name: each child climbs at their own pace, practising a skill until it sticks.

Playfulness

Learning should feel like a game worth playing.

In the app

  • 17 kinds of question — drag to match, put in order, sort into groups, build a sentence, tap the picture, talk it through.
  • A ladder to climb and badges to collect, and a 60-second sprint on facts a child already knows.

Acceptance

Every child is welcome exactly where they are, and mistakes are part of the climb.

In the app

  • Every step is open: a child starts where they are, not where their age says they should be.
  • A wrong answer shows the right one, usually with why — never a buzzer — and the Comeback badge rewards getting one wrong, then the next one right.

Curiosity

Questions that ask why, not only what.

In the app

  • Questions climb from recalling a fact to analysing, judging and creating — Bloom’s taxonomy, below.
  • Science and Reasoning sit beside English and Maths, and the youngest answer talk tasks out loud to a grown-up.

Empathy

Built around how a child feels while they learn.

In the app

  • Every lesson teaches before it asks; difficulty moves one gentle step at a time from recent answers; many Foundations questions can be read aloud.
  • No clock at Foundations, a dyslexia-friendly font and high contrast, and never a price or an advert in front of a child.

Bloom’s taxonomy

A ladder for thinking, all the way to mastery

Bloom’s taxonomy orders thinking from remembering a fact up to creating something new. Every one of the app’s 2,035 written questions is tagged with the rung it asks a child to reach — and 53% of them ask a child to analyse, evaluate or create.

Every lesson climbs
Each written lesson must reach a minimum of the upper rungs for its step, rising as the steps rise — the app is not built until every lesson does.
Practice climbs too
In most practice topics, as a child gets it right the questions move up from routine practice towards analysing and judging.
Mastery, not a lucky run
A topic counts as mastered only on sustained accuracy over many questions, and it comes back for review just before it would fade.
A certificate earns its name
A step certificate needs Create-level work actually done in that step — not just correct answers lower down.

The parent view shows the same six rungs for each child, so you can see what kind of thinking a month of practice asked for.

  1. 6. Create

    242 questions

    Write, explain or make something of their own.

    From the app: Explain to someone younger why knowing 6 × 7 = 42 also means you know 42 ÷ 7.

  2. 5. Evaluate

    334 questions

    Judge whether something is right or good, and say why.

    From the app: Obi says "run" is always a verb, because running is something you do. Is he right?

  3. 4. Analyse

    497 questions

    Look for clues, reasons and patterns.

    From the app: "My ears were making a rushing sound." What does this tell us about how Tunde felt?

  4. 3. Apply

    325 questions

    Use a rule or method on something new.

    From the app: Build the sentence in the past tense.

  5. 2. Understand

    394 questions

    Explain the meaning, put it in order, say it another way.

    From the app: "Rest them on paper to drain." What does drain mean here?

  6. 1. Remember

    243 questions

    Recall a fact or find it in the text.

    From the app: What time do the lorries arrive from the farms?

The curriculum

The British Cambridge curriculum, five steps to IGCSE

We teach an established, proven curriculum rather than inventing one: Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary build the foundations in English and Maths, and the final step prepares for Cambridge IGCSE (Mathematics at Core level). Every step is open, so a child starts where they are, not where their age says they should be.

  1. 0

    Foundations

    Ages 5–7

    First sounds and first numbers. Oral blending, single letter sounds, digraphs, and counting to twenty.

    Aligned to Cambridge Primary Stages 1–2 · English 0058 · Maths 0096

  2. 1

    Step One

    Ages 7–9

    Digraphs and suffixes, first comprehension, place value to a thousand, and times tables.

    Aligned to Cambridge Primary Stage 3 · English 0058 · Maths 0096

  3. 2

    Step Two

    Ages 9–11

    Word classes and clauses, figurative language, decimals and percentages, area and angles.

    Aligned to Cambridge Primary Stages 4–6 · English 0058 · Maths 0096

  4. 3

    Step Three

    Ages 11–14

    Writer's craft and transactional writing, algebra, sequences, Pythagoras and probability.

    Aligned to Cambridge Lower Secondary Stages 7–9 · English 0861 · Maths 0862

  5. 4

    Step Four

    Ages 14–16

    Exam command words, directed writing and summary, and topic-by-topic practice across all nine Maths topics.

    Aligned to IGCSE practice · First Language English 0500 · Mathematics 0580 (Core)

Phonics

Hear the blend

Children learn the pure sound of each letter — sss, not ess — then push the sounds together to read a word. Tap a sound, or blend the word.

Practice

Questions that never run out

155 question generators write fresh questions every time — new numbers, new names, the same skill. Word problems are set in Nigeria, with Amina, Obi and Zainab, and prices in naira.

Every question here was written by the app itself.

  • FoundationsMaths · Taking away

    Obi had 2 beads and sold 1. How many are left?

  • Step OneMaths · Money

    One bead costs ₦150. What do 5 cost altogether? Give your answer in naira.

  • Step TwoMaths · Fraction of an amount

    What is 1/2 of 10?

  • Step ThreeMaths · Sharing in a ratio

    Both work out Zainab's share of 72 in the ratio 1 : 5. Who is right, and where does the other go wrong?

  • Step TwoMaths · Percentage of an amount

    What is 50% of 80?

  • Step TwoReasoning · Words · The hidden word

    Which of these words has the small word "ant" hidden inside it?

  • Step FourMaths · Number · Percentage change

    Calculate the value of 100 after a 50% decrease.

  • FoundationsMaths · Taking away

    Funke had 6 oranges and sold 2. How many are left?

  • Step OneMaths · Money

    One plantain costs ₦150. What do 4 cost altogether? Give your answer in naira.

  • Step TwoMaths · Fraction of an amount

    What is 1/2 of 10?

  • Step ThreeMaths · Sharing in a ratio

    Both work out Emeka's share of 90 in the ratio 5 : 4. Who is right, and where does the other go wrong?

  • Step TwoReasoning · Words · The hidden word

    Which of these words has the small word "one" hidden inside it?

  • Step OneMaths · Money

    One plantain costs ₦850. What do 4 cost altogether? Give your answer in naira.

Teaching

Taught first, then practised

Drill never explains a method. So a new topic opens with a worked example — the steps in order, revealed one at a time — and ends with the mistake that method usually causes. The practice that follows is built from that same mistake, so a child meets the warning before the trap.

How to subtract 18 from 42.

  1. Try the units first.

    2 − 8

  2. You cannot take 8 from 2, so exchange a ten.

    4 tens → 3 tens and 10 units

  3. Now the units work.

    12 − 8 = 4

  4. Subtract the tens, remembering one has gone.

    3 − 1 = 2

42 − 18 = 24

Watch out: After exchanging, the tens digit is one smaller. Subtracting from the original tens is the classic error.

For parents

See where each child is

Up to four children on one family account, each with their own profile. The parent view shows questions answered, accuracy, time on task and streak, the last two weeks of activity, the topics worth another look, and the writing your child has done — to read in their own words.

More for parents →
Illustration · sample data

Amina

Step One

Questions answered
412
Accuracy
84%
Time on task
6h 20m
Streak
9 days

Last 14 days

Worth another look

  • · Column subtraction
  • · Apostrophes

Tunde

Foundations

Questions answered
188
Accuracy
79%
Time on task
3h 05m
Streak
4 days

Last 14 days

Worth another look

  • · The “oa” sound

One plan for the whole family

₦2,500 a month for up to 4 children, or ₦25,000 a year — ₦5,000 less than paying monthly.