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The Cambridge curriculum, five steps to IGCSE

Five steps from age 5 to 16 — 244 written lessons and 155 practice topics in English, Maths, Science and Reasoning, on the British Cambridge curriculum to IGCSE.

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Foundations

Ages 5–7

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

32 lessons · 26 practice topics · English, Maths, Science, Reasoning

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

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Step One

Ages 7–9

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

49 lessons · 29 practice topics · English, Maths, Science, Reasoning

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

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Step Two

Ages 9–11

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

49 lessons · 57 practice topics · English, Maths, Science, Reasoning

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

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Step Three

Ages 11–14

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

56 lessons · 42 practice topics · English, Maths, Science, Reasoning

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

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Step Four

Ages 14–16

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

58 lessons · 49 practice topics · English, Maths, Science, Reasoning

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

Every step is open

A child can work below or above their age — start where they are, revisit what wobbles, move up when ready.

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