A guide to Maths home education: resources, advice and support
Maths is one of the subjects home educating parents can feel anxious about teaching.
But, the good news is the anxiety tends to be worse than the reality and there are a variety of free, structured resources available to help your child get the best possible Maths tuition.
To help you get started, this guide walks you through how to approach teaching Maths at home by age and stage - from primary foundations right through to A-level, with resources at each level and practical advice.
Maths is also the subject where specialist teaching makes a measurable difference, particularly from Year 9 onwards when content starts covering the algebraic and geometric concepts that underpin higher-tier performance. The results speak for themselves. In 2025 alone, 3x more MyEdSpace GCSE Maths students achieved a grade 9.
For home educated families who want to see how other families have approached Maths at home, Krista and Hugo's story is a good read - they're a home educating family who found that even parents who teach professionally benefit from specialist subject support.
Finally, if you're still considering whether home education is right for you and your family, our guide to getting started with home education and our guide to home education on a budget are useful sources of information.
Primary Maths (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, ages 5-11)
At primary level, a key skill to develop is number fluency - things like times tables, place value, fractions, decimals, and the four operations - before layering more abstract concepts on top.
Mastering times tables stands out as one of the most useful skills a child can develop in Key Stage 1 and 2, forming the foundation for almost everything that follows in secondary Maths.
Some free resources which can help include:
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BBC Bitesize - Early years, curriculum-aligned Maths content including interactive quizzes, video tutorials and activities
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Oak National Academy - Government-funded, early years curriculum-aligned video lessons, worksheets and quizzes aligned to the UK national curriculum and includes a starter quiz, a video explanation, a worksheet, and a final quiz
If you don’t want to go it alone, we also offer courses covering the full Year 5 Maths and Year 6 Maths curriculums. Each course includes two live lessons per week, taught by our team of expert teachers, and come complete with bespoke workbooks and practice questions.
Secondary Maths (Key Stage 3, ages 11-14)
Key Stage 3 (KS3) is often the stage where home educating parents start to feel less confident, as algebra, geometry, and data handling all make their first appearance. The good news is that this is also where free structured resources are strongest. BBC Bitesize and Oak National Academy both cover KS3 Maths content comprehensively - and free of charge.
The most important thing to build at KS3 is a solid foundation in the concepts children will need to grasp ahead of stepping up to GCSE, because they will be built on and there is little time to revisit areas where individuals are shaky.
This is also a good stage to consider introducing expert live teaching. We offer KS3 Maths courses covering the full Year 7 (Nick Featherstone), Year 8 (Guy Maycock) and Year 9 (Nick and Neil Trivedi) curriculums - which will ensure students are in the best possible place ahead of starting their GCSES.
GCSE Maths (Years 10-11, ages 14-16)
GCSE Maths is one of the most important qualifications a student can hold: it’s required for most college courses, apprenticeships, and jobs - therefore structure, planning, and the right support matter.
Before getting started, there are few things you need to consider ahead of starting GCSE Maths tuition at home:
Choosing an exam board
Home educated students sitting GCSE Maths as private candidates can choose their exam board, from: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, and Eduqas. The content of each specification is the same, but it is worth checking which exam boards are available at your local exam centre before committing, since availability varies.
Our Year 10 and Year 11 GCSE Maths courses and free revision resources are aligned to the Edexcel specification, but are still useful for students who chose AQA, OCR or Eduqas.
Choosing the Foundation or Higher tier
The GCSE Maths Foundation tier only covers grades 1-5, with the Higher tier then covering grades 4-9. Students targeting a grade 6 or above must sit the Higher tier, as these grades are not available on Foundation.
A grade 4 or 5 achieved on the Higher tier is also generally more useful for sixth form applications than the equivalent grade achieved via the Foundation tier, because it demonstrates a student has studied - or at least had access to - more complicated material.
For more information on what GCSE Maths covers, check out our guide, ‘What to expect from GCSE Maths’.
Free resources for GCSE Maths
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@MyEdSpace_Maths - Hundreds of step-by-step GCSE Maths topic explanation videos from our team of expert Maths teachers
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MyResources: GCSE Maths (Edexcel) - A comprehensive library of revision resources, step-by-step video explanations and practice questions
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Corbett Maths - videos, worksheets, 5-a-day exercises, and worked solutions covering the full GCSE curriculum. Particularly strong for exam-style practice
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BBC Bitesize GCSE Maths - Topic-by-topic revision materials and quizzes, aligned to all the main GCSE Maths exam boards
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Past papers - AQA, Edexcel and OCT all offer free access to past exam papers. We’d recommend attempting paper under simulated exam conditions to help get a sense of both the types of questions and the time pressures that the exam brings
Sitting GCSE Maths as a private candidate
Home educated students sit GCSE Maths at a registered exam centre as private candidates. For everything you need to know about the process - finding a centre, understanding the fees, and what to expect - our complete guide to sitting GCSEs privately covers it all.
Taking on A-level Maths
A-level Maths is a significant step up from GCSE, and one that home educated students can absolutely achieve with the right planning and support.
Compared to GCSE Maths, A-level Maths content is more abstract, the exam technique more demanding, and the jump from GCSE to A-level is one that catches many students off guard. Our guide on ‘What to expect from A-level Further Maths’ covers the step-up in more detail.
MyResources: free A-level Maths revision notes
Alongside our dedicated A-level Maths and Further Maths courses, MyResources is worth knowing about. It's a free, publicly available revision hub built specifically for Edexcel A-level Maths, written and produced by Neil and the MyEdSpace Maths team.
Expert support can again be crucial, as evidenced by the fact that recently 100% of our A-level Maths students who completed 15 or more homework assignments achieved an A or A*. 100%.
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