How leaders are using the AI school tutor

One-to-one tuition is one of the most effective ways to raise attainment, but traditional school tutoring is often too expensive or difficult to implement, limiting impact to only a handful of pupils.

Third Space Learning’s flexible, voice-based AI maths tutoring is unlimited for one fixed low cost, ensuring you can reach every pupil who needs it in a range of cost-effective ways.

Below you’ll find the most common ways UK schools use Skye, our AI tutor:

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Over 4,100 UK primary and secondary schools since 2013 have trusted Third Space Learning to provide online one-to-one maths tuition for the pupils who need it most.

Simply add pupils, select programmes, and set your preferred tutoring timeslot and schedule. Choose weekly lessons or more frequent support for accelerated academic progress.

Learn more about scheduled tutoring for primary schools
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78% of Third Space Learners Achieved EXS in Maths in 2025

How does school tutoring from online tutor Skye work?

Voice-based communication: students talk to Skye and Skye talks back

Personalised: Skye uses assessments to adapt learning pathways and pace

Knowledgeable: Skye has been trained to teach even the most difficult concepts

Consistent: even the perfect tutor is absent sometimes, but never Skye

Established: built from insights from over a decade of high-quality school tutoring

78% of Third Space Learners Achieved EXS in Maths in 2025

Cost-effective school tutoring with no per-hour costs

No matter how many pupils need one-to-one support or how many sessions you run, your school will pay the same fixed low cost.

Unlimited sessions means you can deliver tutoring in a variety of ways to every single pupil who needs it without worrying about increasing per-hour costs.

Cost-effective yearly pricing starts from £3,500 per school depending on school size.

78% of Third Space Learners Achieved EXS in Maths in 2025

Flexible and easy-to-implement school tutoring

Setting up your regular school tutoring schedule takes no time at all, and on-demand sessions can be run ad-hoc at any point.

With no impact on workload and a cost-effective price, there’s no reason you can’t deliver tutoring in flexible ways to all students who need it, making a huge difference across the school for all involved - not just a select few.

78% of Third Space Learners Achieved EXS in Maths in 2025

Skye for primary schools

At primary school, Skye boosts progress and confidence in younger students, working through online programmes for Year 4-6 that focus on specific domains from Number and Place Value to Geometry.

Additional programmes are available for Year 6 SATs revision and to help prepare Year 5 for Year 6 in the summer term.

You’ll also receive premium access to our full library of primary school maths resources and video CPD.

78% of Third Space Learners Achieved EXS in Maths in 2025

Skye for secondary schools

At secondary school, Skye focuses on GCSE revision aligned to each student’s target GCSE maths grade.

Lessons provide scaffolded support through GCSE maths-style questions. Skye helps students develop familiarity with the kinds of skills and techniques they’ll need to answer them efficiently, boosting confidence ahead of exams.

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