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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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:
- Learning packs
- All the worksheets from the 11+ programme, if you are following this with your child
- Complete Learning Journey programmes (the packs below include all 40 worksheets for each programme)
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.
What are unit fractions?

What are unit fractions?
A unit fraction is a fraction where the numerator (top number) is 1 and the denominator (bottom number) is a whole number. All these fractions are unit fractions:
Children will first learn about unit fractions in Year 1, when they will be introduced to the concept of 'half' and 'quarter'. They may be asked to divide a shape into halves or quarters as follows:
In Year 2, they will need to find one half, one quarter and three quarters of shapes and sets of objects. They will also be introduced to how these fractions are written:
When finding a fraction of a number, such as 1/4 of 12, children in Year 3 are taught that they need to divide the number 12 by the denominator (bottom number) of the fraction. So 1/4 of 12 is 12 ÷ 4, which equals 3.
This learning then moves onto finding fractions of quantities (such as 4/5 of 20 or 2/3 of 18, etc.) so it is important that children understand the concept of unit fractions and are able to calculate with them before moving onto this more advanced learning.