These guides explain what your child is learning in maths at each stage, how it is assessed, and where a parent can genuinely help. They are written for families in the UK and the UAE, including those lining up a British, IB or CBSE year with the one before a move.
What is ClassArc?
ClassArc is live one-to-one online maths tutoring for school-age children. One teacher and one child, for 55 minutes. The same teacher every week. Classes run inside our own classroom software, not a video call: a shared worksheet you both write on, a shared whiteboard, and answers that sync live.
Start here
Each guide below covers one stage or curriculum: what is taught, how it is tested, and the handful of topics that everything later depends on. None of them assumes you are confident with maths yourself.
Families who have moved between the UK and the UAE should read the guide for the curriculum the new school follows, then compare it with what came before. Year labels do not line up neatly: Year 10 in a British school is roughly Grade 9 in an American-style school and Class 9 in CBSE, and topics can arrive in a different order.
Every guide finishes with practical steps you can take at home this week.
Primary
Primary maths builds place value, the four operations, fractions and times tables. Most difficulties that surface at secondary school began here without anyone noticing.
What the arithmetic and two reasoning papers test, how scaled scores work, and how to use the spring term well.
Read the SATs guideThe behaviour that shows up before the marks slip, and what to try at home before paying anyone.
Read the signsYears 3 to 6 in England: column methods, tables to 12 × 12, decimals and the first steps into ratio and algebra.
See Key Stage 2Secondary to 16
The early secondary years are when maths stops being about an answer and starts being about a method. The exam years then add tiers, calculator and non-calculator papers, and exam-board differences.
Years 7 to 9 in England, where negative numbers, algebra and proportion arrive one after another.
See Key Stage 3Every topic on the specification, split by tier, with a red-amber-green method for deciding what to revise first.
Open the checklistsClass 1 to 12 for CBSE and ICSE families in the UAE, including the Standard or Basic choice in Class 10.
See CBSE and ICSESixth form
The move from 16 to 18 is the steepest in the subject. Content gets much harder, and students are expected to work far more on their own.
At home
You can help a great deal without being able to do the maths. The four habits below work at every stage.
When a guide is not enough
A guide cannot tell you whether your child's particular gap is normal or growing. Watching them work usually can, and a teacher who does that for a living will normally know within one lesson.
ClassArc's first class is free: a full 55-minute one-to-one lesson with the teacher who would teach your child afterwards, no card required. We then tell you what we found, including when we think tutoring is not needed. UK families can read about lessons on our UK page; families in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah on our UAE page.
minutes in the free first class, the same length as every class after it
For every parent
Where each format works, and where it does not.
ReadClasses a week by stage, and signs you need more.
ReadWhat struggling looks like at each stage.
ReadRoutines and habits any parent can use.
ReadThe diagnostic, the lesson, the homework loop.
Our approachCommon questions
First class
55 minutes. The real classroom. No card. We confirm details on email and WhatsApp within a day.
Last updated · May 2026
When you book a demo or sign up for classes, we collect your name, your child's name, email, WhatsApp number, time zone, and the grade you're inquiring about. That's it. We don't ask for or store any payment details on this website. We don't use trackers, cookies for advertising, or third-party analytics that profile you.
Only to schedule and run your classes, send you class reminders, share homework and progress, and answer your questions. We'll reach out by email or WhatsApp, depending on what you tell us works better for you.
Your teacher, and the small team supporting them at ClassArc. We never sell, rent, or share your information with anyone outside ClassArc. We use Web3Forms to receive form submissions, and standard email and WhatsApp for messaging, nothing else.
We treat any information about your child with extra care. We only collect what we need to teach them well, such as their grade and what they're working on. We never use a child's photo, name, or work in any marketing without the parent's explicit written permission.
You can ask us to show you what we have on file, correct anything inaccurate, or delete your data entirely, at any time. Just email hello@theclassarc.com and we'll handle it within a few days.
Email hello@theclassarc.com. A real person will reply.
Last updated · May 2026
ClassArc is a one-on-one online tutoring service. We provide live, scheduled classes between a teacher and a student, along with homework, feedback, and study support.
Each class is 55 minutes. You can reschedule or cancel a class up to 5 minutes before it starts. If you miss a class without notice, we usually credit it back to your balance and reschedule based on what works for the teacher and student.
The first demo class is free, no card required. After that, plans are billed in advance for the number of classes you choose (8, 24, or ~48). We'll send you a payment link directly once you've picked a plan.
If you want to stop classes at any point, we refund whatever class balance is left on your plan. No questions asked, no friction. Refunds are processed within 7 business days.
We expect students and parents to treat teachers with respect, and teachers to do the same. We reserve the right to end the relationship if classes become unsafe, abusive, or disruptive, with a full refund of any unused balance.
If we update these terms, we'll email you before the changes take effect, so you have time to review them.
For anything, email hello@theclassarc.com.