Why You Should Join The 90,000 Teachers and School Leaders Using The Free Resources in Our Maths Hub

At Third Space Learning, we aim to help schools transform KS2 maths attainment by equipping teachers with tools and resources to do their jobs more effectively and efficiently.

That’s why, as well as our one-to-one interventions, we’ve created the Third Space Maths Hub. Newly updated, and even easier to use, the Maths Hub is an online library of hundreds of top-quality maths resources, support guides and CPD videos. 

The Maths Hub is included at no additional cost with all of our intervention programmes but it’s also available separately, in both free and premium subscriptions.

If you’ve just signed up for the Maths Hub (or are already quite familiar with it), you might be interested in reading this guide to using the Maths Hub to help you make the most of the resources available.

What is the Third Space Maths Hub? 

Put simply, it is a resource library that offers maths support to the whole school, not just your target pupils. 

Our interventions are fantastic for developing the learning of pupils who need extra support, but no school has the budget or resources to get interventions for entire year groups.  

The Maths Hub bridges that gap, providing resources that can be used for whole classes. It also includes resources aimed at teachers, including CPD videos and guides for topics e.g. effective diagnostic assessment. 

Think of the Maths Hub as a complementary part of your teaching; it aligns with lessons and interventions to further improve pupils’ maths abilities.

What resources are available in the Maths Hub?

The Third Space Maths Hub contains a library of hundreds of ready-to-go resources alongside the Daily Maths Challenge – a different maths challenge for every day of the year! 

Daily Maths Challenges

Daily Maths Challenge is available to everyone. It’s an ever-changing daily activity to use with your class. 

You can use it as a maths starter, a morning activity, or a way to help your pupils learn more about the world. 

Third Space Learning’s Maths Hub resource library

To download a resource, you either need premium access or to sign up for a free account. Luckily, registering for an account is free and easy to do!

There are hundreds of resources available for your school, including: 

• Fluent in Five
• Rapid Reasoning
• Diagnostic Assessments
• Ready-to-Go Lesson Slides
• Word Problems
• Year 6 Specific Resources
• Video CPD

We’ll explain each of them a little below, but if you want to see them for yourself, visit the Maths Hub now. 

Fluent in Five

Our most popular download, Fluent in Five, is a frequently updated series of short daily activities to improve maths fluency for Years 1 to 6. 

Each Fluent in Five activity comes with a usage guide, a progression document explaining how and why it helps pupils, and both question and answer slides. 

Download Weeks 1 to 6 of our Fluent in Five activities for your year group for free:

Year 3: Fluent in Five Weeks 1 to 6

Year 4: Fluent in Five Weeks 1 to 6

Year 5: Fluent in Five Weeks 1 to 6

Year 6: Fluent in Five Weeks 1 to 6

Rapid Reasoning

This daily practice resource is designed to help overcome pupils’ barriers to reasoning and problem solving. Rapid Reasoning helps Year 3-6 pupils develop confidence in tackling the varied and complex questions they may encounter in KS2.

As well as 3-4 questions and answers per Rapid Reasoning, this resource includes modelled questions that worked examples to show how they might be answered. 

Like Fluent in Five, Rapid Reasoning comes with a clear progression document to explain how it helps pupils. 

Free Maths Hub users can download Rapid Reasoning Weeks 1 to 6 for their years 3-6. 

Diagnostic assessments

Diagnostic assessments are a great way to identify strengths and areas for improvement both before and after teaching a topic. These low-stakes assessments help inform your planning and better understand your class.  

Free Maths Hub users can download the first set of assessments – Place Value Diagnostic Assessments – for years 3-6. Premium uses can download the full collection. 

Ready-to-go lesson slides

Our pre-prepared, White Rose Maths-aligned Ready-to-go lessons are a great way to relieve some of the pressure during those hectic weeks when you might not have time to design your lesson slides. 

Lessons are available for Key Stages 1 and 2. Lesson PowerPoints can be easily modified to best suit your class. 

The Autumn term Place Value block of Ready-to-go lessons is available to download free. Keep an eye out via email for other selected Ready-to-go lesson blocks made free throughout the year.

All kinds of word problems

Word problems are an excellent resource for pupils working at or towards Greater Depth level. They cover a variety of math curriculum topics throughout the year. 

You can find word problems for Years 3 to 6, each with 10 standard questions and one challenge question at the end. 

A selection of Place Value worksheets for Year 3 to 6 are available for free Maths Hub members to download. 

Year 3: Place Value Word Problems

Year 4: Place Value Word Problems

Year 5: Place Value Word Problems

Year 6: Place Value Word Problems

Year 6 specific resources

Ensure your Year 6 pupils feel prepared for their SATs with the array of Year 6 specific resources in the Maths Hub. 

All practice papers are based on exams from previous years. Each pack contains three SATs practice papers; one arithmetic paper and two reasoning papers, plus a detailed mark scheme. 

Free Maths Hub users can download the first set of 6 maths SATs practice papers (two arithmetic papers and four reasoning papers). Premium users can access all six sets of practice papers. 

Video CPD

Explore over 100 videos covering a variety of CPD topics on our Maths Hub. 

‘Maths in Minutes’ videos are flexible, bite-sized chunks of CPD; perfect for quickly familiarising yourself with a new year or topic. 

Led by experienced maths teachers, ‘Maths Masterclasses’ offer deep dives into particular topics, a great way to develop your department’s collective knowledge. 

‘SATs Masterclasses’ provide both ECTs and teachers new to Key Stage 2 an easy way to familiarise themselves with what to expect from SATs. 

Discover free Maths Masterclass videos – on Fractions, Multiplication and Lesson Observation.

What are the top 4 benefits of joining the Third Space Maths Hub?

Of course, the measure of our Maths Hub isn’t just the resources available – it’s what makes them better than similar resources from other sites (or that you might already have in school). 

1. Quality

We pride ourselves on the quality of our resources. From creation to upload (and afterwards) they’re constantly refined and improved. 

All our resources are made by maths teachers, for maths teachers. They’re built from the ground up to the highest quality and expertly reviewed before they’re uploaded to the Maths Hub. 

Once resources are on the Maths Hub, they’re regularly checked and updated to match curriculum changes, new teaching techniques and methods. 

2. Consistency

Because we take the time to edit our resources centrally, they’re internally consistent. Each resource in a series has the same format, style and structure. 

This has two benefits: 

1. Firstly, you always know what to expect; there are no unexpected activities, or images thrown in without explanations. 
2. Secondly, it’s less work for you. Some websites provide plenty of resources but from different authors in different styles and formats. Using a consistent maths expert means resources are all the same high-quality and standard, ready to use.

3. Flexibility

Sometimes you might find a fantastic starter resource for your class and wish it could be modified easily to become a plenary. 

With resources in the Third Space Maths Hub, you can do exactly that. All our activities are intended to be flexible, taken out of their context and used where they best fit your class – whether it’s as a starter, for consolidation, or in a revision lesson.

4. Guides

The best resource in the world is useless if you or your pupils are unsure of how to use it. 

That’s why Third Space Learning provides guides with all our resources which explain how to use the activity, how it helps your pupils and any possible misconceptions. 

Each resource intends to prepare you for any possible pupil questions!

What do other teachers think about Third Space Learning’s Maths Hub?

I have found Fluent in Five and Rapid Reasoning invaluable! Thank you for making the resources so accessible and easy to use!

Tess Rose, Year 6 Teacher, The Brow CP School

These are professional practice papers that schools and teachers want and need. The fact that they are free is a real cherry on top!

Pete Richardson, Walton-Le-Dale Primary School

How do I create my free account? 

Register to join the Third Space Maths Hub for FREE using your name, job title and school name or postcode.  

With a free account, you can download and use a selection of resources from the Maths Hub and access the Daily Maths Challenge. 

Schools can also choose a Premium Maths Hub subscription which makes the full range of resources in the Maths Hub available to all school staff. 

If you sign up for the one to one maths intervention programme, your school will receive a Premium Maths Hub subscription at no additional cost. 

For those looking for secondary maths resources, you can find hundreds of KS3 and KS4 maths resources in the Resource Library. 

The best way to know is to try it!

Hopefully, this guide has provided a better understanding of how your pupils can benefit from the hundreds of resources in the Maths Hub! 

Like our one to one interventions, the best way to find outhow the Maths Hub can work best for you is to try yourself.