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TheSchoolRun gives you all the tools you need to understand what and how your child is learning at primary school.

Download English worksheets, maths worksheets and science worksheets to support your child's schoolwork at home, find out all about KS1 SATs and KS2 SATs (and download free SATs past papers), get to grips with new educational techniques and get free homework help and information.

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If you want to support your child’s learning at primary school with some extra practice at home, TheSchoolRun has thousands of resources for you to choose from. Use our Worksheet finder and select subject and year group to find the resources you need for your child.

Our free English worksheets cover phonics, spelling, handwriting, grammar, reading comprehension and more.

Our free maths worksheets for Reception, KS1 and KS2 offer activities and games to help with multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, times tables and all other areas covered in the national curriculum.

Our free primary science worksheets will help you revise key science concepts with hands-on experiments.

Find maths worksheets, English worksheets and science activities to support your child's learning at home. Filter your search by year group, subject (English, maths, science, SATs) and category.

We have hundreds of free worksheets and free SATs papers to download, plus subscriber-only learning packs, practice papers and activities for primary school children.

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Brand-new! We've just launched interactive tutorials. So far we've added maths tutorials, with English to follow. In each tutorial, our teacher will explain the method, show you examples and then give you a chance to practise what you've learned. Use the filters below to search by year group and category.

Tutorials are available to TheSchoolRun subscribers only but here are three you can try for free: Learning the 4 times table tutorial, Long multiplication tutorial and Finding multiples

Find out more.

Baffled by bar charts? Confused by CVC words? Foxed by food webs? Puzzled by phrases (and programs!)?

TheSchoolRun's primary-school glossaries explain all the maths, English, grammar and science terms you need to know to support your child's learning at home. Find the term you want to read in our comprehensive list, then click through for a plain-English, parent-friendly guide packed with examples, teachers' tips and step-by-step explanations.

Need some help with a homework project?

From essential information to weird (but true!) facts, picture galleries, videos and more, TheSchoolRun’s Homework Gnome offers your child a fantastic launching pad for learning about the history, geography and science topics they’re covering in school.

Each national-curriculum area has been researched and presented in child-friendly language to help your child with at-home research.

The official SATs past test papers on TheSchoolRun can be downloaded for free and used to help with SATs revision. Parents' information and advice will improve your child’s chances of success in their exams and help you understand SATs and SATs results.

Free KS1 SATs past papers, advice and information for Year 2 parents
Free optional SATs past papers for Y3, Y4 and Y5
Free KS2 English, science and maths SATs papers (2003-2019), including the new KS2 Grammar, punctuation and spelling test
Free Level 6 past SATs papers (2012-2015) for English and maths (Y6 very able children)

Subscribers have access to exclusive TheSchoolRun practice papers for KS1 SATs, KS2 SATs and optional SATs.

Fractions? Punctuation? Telling the time? Handwriting?

If there’s a specific area of learning your child needs support with, our packs offer information, advice and plenty of engaging practical activities to help you. Written by teachers and experts and exclusively available to TheSchoolRun subscribers, learning packs (each 50+ pages long) are fun as well as practice-packed.

Browse all our learning packs or find out more about our subscriber offering.

Best performance and creative home schooling resources

Best children’s books by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) authors

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Learning during school closures and self-isolation

Helping your child learn during coronavirus school closures

The latest updates on how coronavirus could affect your child’s learning, plus advice on establishing work and study routines at home.

6 key areas for Reception home learning

Primary teacher and parent Jennifer Smith shares six key areas and skills to focus on while you are educating your Reception child at home during the school closures.

7 key areas for Year 1 home learning

So, all of a sudden you’re home-educating your Y1 child. While none of us know just how long the school closures will last, no-one wants children to be at a disadvantage when formal schooling starts up again. We asked primary-school teacher, education writer and mum of three Phoebe Duffy to highlight the key skills to focus on with your Year 1 child at home.

7 key areas for Year 2 home learning

You never thought you would be home-schooling your Year 2 child at home – but here you are! It's hard to know where to start or what to focus on, so we asked primary-school teacher, education writer and mum of three Phoebe Duffy to highlight the key skills to focus on to keep your child engaged and continue to prepare them for life in Year 3.

Year 3 home learning: 7 key areas to focus on

Overnight, you've become a home-educator. Wow, how did that happen?! We all want to support our children in the best way possible in the weeks to come, but it's hard to know where to start (and how to carry on!). We asked mum-of-three Phoebe Duffy, an experienced primary school teacher and education writer, what to focus on with your Year 3 child to ensure that you're consolidating the right knowledge.

7 English and maths focus areas for Year 4 home learning

Most likely, being a home-schooling parent wasn’t on your bucket list – but here you are (here we all are!). We all want to know where to start, how to make the most of this time and how to get our children ready for the next year group come September. Teacher, education writer and mum Phoebe Duffy shares her tips about what to focus on with Year 4 children.

Year 5 maths and English key skills for home learning

Teacher and parent Phoebe Duffy highlights seven key maths and English skills for Year 5 children and suggests some strategies to help you teach them at home. If you can support your child in understanding and mastering these areas, they’ll be in a really strong position for starting Y6.

Year 6 maths and English key topics for home learning

All of a sudden your Y6 child's primary school journey is ending in a period of home education – particularly daunting, because your (not so) little person is set to start secondary school in September and you want to make sure they’re in a really good place academically. Don't panic: every parent of a Year 6 child is feeling the same, including Phoebe Duffy (mum, teacher and education writer), who shares her advice for novice home-schoolers.

10 home learning strategies from an experienced home educator

Like almost every other parent in the UK you’ve found yourself suddenly doing something that was never on the agenda: home educating. This probably feels quite daunting, especially if you’re trying to juggle work at the same time. Seasoned home educator and home-worker Hazel Davis offers her top tips to making it work.

Lockdown learning: why it’s not the same as home education

Are you feeling stressed about your ability to home educate while schools are closed? Here's why you shouldn't compare yourself with experienced (and elective) home educators.

19 life skills your child can learn during lockdown

Take a break from schoolwork and help your child master a new skill that’ll set them up for the future. Which of these everyday tasks will they master?

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