Once a child’s confidence is unlocked, everything else follows: their school results improve, their thirst to learn increases, and their options expand.

Good maths skills are essential to so many different A-Levels, to so many different degree courses, and to so many different careers. Maths has never been so important in society, and mastery of the subject starts at Primary age.

So does The Maths Factor succeed in unlocking children’s confidence?
Answer: yes.

Don’t take my word for it – read what parents tell us. Our Maths Factor families regularly write to us with life changing stories. On this page you will also see the data:

• 74% of parents report their children's confidence in maths has improved or improved significantly since using The Maths Factor.
• 77% report their results have improved.

If you haven't already, we hope you join us!

The heart of The Maths Factor are short sessions designed for daily use. Each session starts with a lively video tutorial by Carol, followed by a fun warm-up and then a practice. There are over 1,000 of these sessions, arranged into 32 topics.

Find out more:

• - You can view a sample Maths Factor session here.
• - Take our Guided tour.
• - Click on Course topics to get a quick overview of the 32 topics in The Maths Factor course.

For example, all 12 times tables now have to be covered by the end of Year 4, whereas previously schools only had to teach 1-10 by the end of Year 5. Long division is now introduced in Year 5, whereas previously it was taught in secondary school.

We've updated The Maths Factor to cover these topics at the appropriate age. Click here to view our brief curriculum update, which summarises the changes. Or click here to download our more detailed Maths Factor Topic guide.

Take the daily approach, avoid 'binge homework' sessions, and before you know it, your child could easily be answering 1,500 questions a month. It’s about practice, practice, practice. And you know what that amount of maths practice makes? Children who are confident with numbers for the rest of their lives.

2. Keep it fun!

This is the greatest challenge for maths educators and for parents. But we think we've cracked it.

Every session comes with a fun 'warm up', which gets children into gear with more light-hearted questions before the formal practice. Every session ends with your child earning rewards – new marbles and a sums counter that can only go up.

Meantime, games unlock in our brand new Games Centre, as your child progresses through the Course. The games are colourful, fun and maths-based, and they provide a fantastic incentive to make progress.

3. Time is the greatest gift

The Maths Factor is designed to bring families together.

Homework sessions can be one of the few times in the day when a child feels they're getting 100% attention from a parent - particularly important in the younger age groups. So be patient and supervise your child through the early days.

Start to decrease the supervision as they become more confident. Warning - you may be pleasantly surprised at how quickly this happens!

4. Use a combination of online and offline

Online maths tutoring is remarkably effective. Children love the instant feedback, and they thrive on the rewards and excitement that The Maths Factor provides.

In particular, use a tablet if you have one. Children love the instant interaction that comes with touchscreen technology. It allows them to engage all of their cognitive skills with the on-screen problem, without distraction.

But digital is not the only solution. Sometimes children also need the reassurance of working on paper and the learning that comes with physically writing out notes or an answer.

The Maths Factor, we offer 'printables' with every topic – games and learning tricks that you can download and print. Just browse Print and play.

5. Build your own confidence with Maths

Many parents are unsure about arithmetic and maths themselves. If that’s not you, ignore this section! But if it is...

Changes in methodology have been introduced by different political and educational ideologies and this can be confusing to parents. We have ended up with a system of subtraction, multiplication, long division and other algorithms (methods), which you may not have been taught in school. This has become a huge problem as children naturally say "Can you help me?" and sometimes the parent can’t – so everybody ends up in a muddle. It has become so marked that schools have had to introduce introductory lessons for parents and give them a quick whistle-through what is taught now.

At The Maths Factor we take parent engagement seriously. Very seriously. Every parent not only gets a complete overview of every question answered and the progress being made, but I teach the parents too. For every module in the Course (there are about a half dozen modules in each topic), I have produced a special parent video, giving advice and tricks on supporting your child. We email these out to you when your child reaches the relevant module, along with written advice. Just as useful, you can watch any of my video lessons before your child does, so you are up to speed and slightly ahead of their learning curve.