Every Third Space Learning tutoring lesson uses specially-created scaffolded teaching slides designed to encourage conceptual understanding.
Lessons follow an ‘I do, we do, you do’ approach to help pupils move from guided to independent practice.
Maths specialist tutors use insights from diagnostic and formative assessments to adjust the pitch and pace of each lesson for each pupil.
“In all honesty, the sessions are excellent and the structure and pace means the children progress well. Most importantly, they love them! Having the additional one to one tutoring each week has greatly helped. It gave children the opportunity to ask questions and develop their learning. And in times of budget cuts and uncertainty, it’s something which we had no problem funding again this year.”
Robin Morrell, Assistant Headteacher
The Cathedral School of St Saviour & St Mary Overy
450+ specially created tutoring lessons designed to help tutors respond to pupils’ needs in real-time:
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
SATs Revision
KS3
GCSE Revision
Subtracting using the column method with exchanging
View Year 3-5 Programmes
Let’s learn
The first question introduces each concept and helps pupils feel ready to learn
Follow me + your turn
Pupils work through a scaffolded example with their tutor before trying a similar question on their own
You do
A carefully sequenced next question ensures pupils can apply knowledge to different contexts
Go further
This gives pupils an opportunity to apply their knowledge to problem solving and reasoning questions
Simplifying fractions
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Let’s learn
The first question introduces each concept and helps pupils feel ready to learn
Follow me + your turn
Pupils work through a scaffolded example with their tutor before trying a similar question on their own
You do
A carefully sequenced next question ensures pupils can apply knowledge to different contexts
Go further
This gives pupils an opportunity to apply their knowledge to problem solving and reasoning questions
Finding prime numbers
View Year 3-5 Programmes
Let’s learn
The first question introduces each concept and helps pupils feel ready to learn
Follow me + your turn
Pupils work through a scaffolded example with their tutor before trying a similar question on their own
You do
A carefully sequenced next question ensures pupils can apply knowledge to different contexts
Go further
This gives pupils an opportunity to apply their knowledge to problem solving and reasoning questions
Knowing the value of each digit in numbers with up to 3 decimal places
View Year 6 Programmes
Let’s learn
The first question introduces each concept and helps pupils feel ready to learn
Follow me + your turn
Pupils work through a scaffolded example with their tutor before trying a similar question on their own
You do
A carefully sequenced next question ensures pupils can apply knowledge to different contexts
Go further
This gives pupils an opportunity to apply their knowledge to problem solving and reasoning questions
Reasoning with perimeter and area
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Fluency
Each lesson starter helps tutors to quickly assess understanding
Let’s try this SATs-style question
Prompts on-screen and from the tutor help pupils learn what to look out for
Let’s go through this together
Scaffolded slides give pupils the strategies they need to eventually answer questions independently
Try another one
This ensures pupils can apply those strategies to a range of different contexts
Finding a number as the Product of its prime factors
View KS3 Programmes
Let’s learn
The first question introduces each concept and helps pupils feel ready to learn
Follow me + your turn
Pupils work through a scaffolded example with their tutor before trying a similar question on their own
You do
A carefully sequenced next question ensures pupils can apply knowledge to different contexts
Go further
This gives pupils an opportunity to apply their knowledge to problem solving and reasoning questions
Expanding double brackets
View GCSE Programmes
Try this exam style question
The first question enables tutors to assess understanding of the topic
Let’s go through this together
If needed, scaffolded slides help students explore how to approach the question
Your turn
Students get opportunities to apply their knowledge independently
Ready for a challenge?
If their tutor is confident they’ve grasped the topic, students can take it even further
Teachers have so much content to cover to cover that topics can’t always be revisited, even if pupils lack understanding or confidence.
Third Space Learners receive more opportunities to recap prior learning, practise the topics they struggle with, secure and deepen their understanding – all in the same session.
All Third Space Learning tutoring takes place online, helping schools provide one to one for multiple pupils all in the same timeslot.
Pupils work with the same tutor each week, and all tutors receive extensive training on building rapport and delivering effective one to one maths teaching.
Pupils are connected to their tutor via a shared screen and a microphone headset that we’ll send out free of charge.
Tutors ask questions like “how did you work that out?” and “can you explain why that’s correct?” to encourage pupils to justify their reasoning and verbalise the steps they’re taking.
Third Space Learning gives pupils a safe space to explore new concepts and apply their knowledge away from their peers. Tutors praise pupils for their effort, not just for finding the correct answer.
Schools tell us this has a huge impact on pupil confidence, as pupils are more willing to give it a go – even if they don’t get it right the first time.
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