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TheSchoolRun.com closure date

As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.

As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.

In particular, we suggest downloading:

You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.

We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Number lines

Number lines
Number lines are an essential tool in primary-school maths. Print out our colourful versions for use with your child at home, or use them as inspiration to help your child design (and perhaps decorate) their own number line.
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What are number lines?

A number line is a visual representation of numbers arranged in order, usually from left to right. It's like a road where you can find all the numbers in a straight line. The middle of the number line is marked with a zero.

The farther you go to the right of the number line, the larger the positive numbers become, and the farther you go to the left, the larger the negative numbers become.

Our free number line resource has been created to help teach primary-school children about positive and negative numbers on a number line. With its vibrant colours and clear markings, this tool aids in understanding and simplifies the process of adding and subtracting.

Find out more about number lines and how they're used in lots of areas of primary maths in our article, What is a number line?, packed with plain-English explanations for parents.
 

While our product has been widely praised for its effectiveness, we acknowledge feedback regarding its physical size. Some users have found it challenging to accommodate in smaller classrooms or home settings. Rest assured, we are actively exploring solutions to this concern, including offering alternative sizes to suit different educational environments.