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Plain-English guides to help you support your child with KS2 maths, whether they love it, find it hard, or have dyslexia. Written by me, Dave, a dad who’s been through it with my own daughter, and checked against official guidance.
What is the Multiplication Tables Check? A parent’s guide
What happens in the Year 4 check in June, how it works, and calm ways to help at home.
Read the guide (5 minutes) →How to help a dyslexic child learn their times tables
Why times tables are often hard for dyslexic children, and what actually helps.
Read the guide (6 minutes) →KS2 SATs access arrangements: extra time, readers and rest breaks explained
Extra time, readers, rest breaks and the 2027 deadlines, in plain English.
Read the guide (6 minutes) →Why timed maths games can make maths anxiety worse
What research says about time pressure and maths anxiety, and how to build speed calmly.
Read the guide (5 minutes) →Column subtraction step by step, for parents who learnt it differently
How schools teach column subtraction today, including those tricky zeros.
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