The AI maths tutor that gets pupils reasoning out loud

The AI maths tutor has been built by the same team of maths teachers and technologists who’ve built Third Space Learning’s tutoring programmes for schools since 2013, with extensive input from pupils and teachers. Testing of Skye with pupils began in July 2024, followed by a pilot programme with the first cohort of pupils that September. Gathering feedback from and visiting as many sessions as possible has been a key part of our approach.

You’ll pay one low fixed yearly cost depending on the size of your school and are free to run as many sessions for as many pupils as needed with no impact on this fixed cost. Prices start from £3,500 per year. Unlike other tutoring solutions which charge per session, your yearly price won’t increase according to the number of sessions you run or pupils you support.

The low fixed yearly price depends on the size of your school. AI prices start from £3,500 per year. Please get in touch to receive a personalised price. You can run as many sessions for as many pupils as required for this same low yearly price.

The average cost of tutoring from other providers is around £45 per online one-to-one session. For just 10 sessions every week, this would cost over £16,000 for the year. With Skye, prices start from £3,500 per year for as many sessions as required.

Rather than a chat-based connection which is common with other AI tools, each child will communicate with Skye via a shared screen and an audio connection, talking to each other one-to-one. Pupils’ audio will automatically be transcribed and shared with Skye, who has been specially trained to interpret and respond to the pupil in the best way to help them solve the problem.

The system prompt guides Skye to apply essential tutor moves such as motivation, relating to interests, modelling, waiting, rephrasing, scaffolding, affirming relationships, and encouraging verbal reasoning. Lessons are structured in small steps using the CPA (Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract) approach, ensuring concepts are introduced progressively and misconceptions are addressed. This combination of targeted tutoring strategies and structured design enables Skye to adapt to student needs, encourages engagement, and maintains steady learning progress.

Pupils complete a diagnostic assessment before their first session with Skye to ensure learning is personalised to their knowledge gaps. At the start of each session, Skye will start with a short formative assessment and adapt teaching accordingly to ensure teaching is in each pupil’s Zone of Proximal Development; revisiting prior learning if needed or moving straight onto independent practice and challenge questions if the pupil is secure.

Skye has been trained to identify and address common misconceptions. The prompts used relate to the specific question and topic being covered, so if a pupil gets an answer incorrect Skye will be able to spot why they might be struggling or what they might be missing and guide them to success. First, Skye will provide a relevant hint to try and steer them towards the right answer, and then ask them to have another go. If a pupil gets an answer incorrect 3 times, Skye will talk them through the correct answer and make sure they understand before moving on.

Yes, Skye uses the same curriculum of teacher-developed, national curriculum-aligned lessons we’ve always used, just adapted to incorporate AI tools. Skye does not generate content and can only display specially created Third Space Learning content on the screen.

Yes, dedicated revision programmes are available for SATs and GCSEs. The SATs revision programme covers SATs-style arithmetic and reasoning questions. 5 separate GCSE programmes are available for grades 3-7, all focusing on exam-style questions. All revision programmes have been developed following analysis of past papers to ensure students receive the best results in their exams.

Skye covers all essential maths skills across Year 4-6 and GCSE, building confidence with everything from graphs, algebra and equations.

Skye has been trained in the same way as our community of tutors, and uses the same course of lessons. These resulted in 7 months’ progress in 14 weeks. Early data suggests that students do better on post-session questions with Skye and attendance is higher due to increased flexibility.

Safeguarding by design: The connection between pupils and Skye is audio-only, with no video connection. The only visual component is via the shared screen; Skye cannot display anything else on the page other than Third Space Learning content. Built-in safeguarding: We use a highly moderated AI model which places guardrails around the content that can be covered and how Skye engages with pupils. Additional guardrails ensure the focus cannot be moved off the maths content that Skye has been trained to cover. Red flag policy: Skye has been trained to flag anything that could be linked to safeguarding. All sessions are recorded which enables us to review flagged sessions and, where relevant, share recordings.

Scheduled sessions with Skye are available to start every 5 minutes, can last for any duration you prefer and can take place as many times per week as needed. You can add sessions to or amend your schedule at any point for no additional cost. Ad-hoc sessions can be launched on-demand by pupils at any point outside of their regular tutoring schedule.

Yes, schedule sessions are easy to book and ad-hoc sessions can take place at any point on-demand.

You’ll be abe to access a log of every session which has taken place, which will show you concepts covered, progress made, engagement and student ratings. You’ll also see real-time overview reports showing attendance and progress for whole cohorts over time.

All you need is an internet connection, a space for the sessions to take place, and a microphone headset and device (desktop, laptop and tablet are all suitable) for each child.

Yes, Skye can be used as part of your homework approach. Parents can supervise if they wish, and we also recommend sharing student login details directly with parents. Traditional homework options like worksheets or quizzes do not provide pupils with tailored guidance as they work through, so Skye can quickly become one of the most powerful tools in your homework approach, helping pupils feel more confident as they learn at home.

Skye has been specially trained to replicate the behaviour of a maths specialist and is only available for maths.

Skye is available in English. We are currently exploring other languages.