Tackling Tables in Schools

They loved the both the card system and the online platform, and this enthusiasm remained throughout the year. We saw pupils who had struggled to learn their 2 and 5 times tables, suddenly grasp them after a few weeks of daily practice, and then move onto a secure knowledge of their 10, 3, 4, 6 and 8 times tables also, which, in the words of the pupil, 'I never thought I'd get onto my 8s!'.

Having the option to use the cards makes this approach perfect for a small school, like ours, who have limited access to devices. It has allowed us to provide daily times table sessions, and the children have been so keen to play them that they haven't wanted to stop at times! The online platform is great as it allows a lot of control over how the progress is managed. The ability to limit the online progress to only during the school day, and not over the holidays has meant we can be confident that the results on the platform are a true reflection of the child's ability. The certificates have been a wonderful incentive for the children to work towards, and, even in Year 6, they have been incredibly excited to earn them.

All in all, I would say Tackling Tables is the best times table platform on the market at the minute. It balances the importance of the multiplication and division facts and makes the fact families a key part of the learning. The addition and subtraction cards and online elements have been great for our younger pupils, but also to consolidate these facts for our older pupils. The platform has also been a great contributor to us achieving our highest MTC scores yet! Tackling Tables should be a part of every school's Maths resources!"

Its clear and graduated approach to the learning of tables maintains pupils' motivation levels and the physical resources that complement the user-friendly and attractive online programme serve to clearly embed number facts and relationships.

Our results in the Year 4 MTC check have been outstanding since we started to routinely utilise Tackling Tables. In last year's check, every single pupil in our year 4 cohort achieved a score of 21 or above; and this includes some pupils with SEND and additional needs who had struggled to score even a single point in their baseline test at the beginning of the school year. Overall, our average score was 22.7 - significantly above the national average.

If you are looking for a programme that will support your pupils in acquiring, and more importantly, retaining multiplication and division facts, then Tackling Tables would be a fantastic option for your school."

We're also starting to see some of our SEN children, who have historically had a tricky relationship with maths, make some fantastic progress.

Overall, times tables success builds students’ esteem, breeds confidence and is now starting to show in their wider maths work, with more able to access written methods such as column multiplication.

Incredibly, one of our students has completed the whole thing - even the fractions, decimals and percentages!"

Our pupils are really enthusiastic about the programme and love the days where they know Tackling Tables is timetabled into the day. When they complete a test, moving onto the next challenge in that phase, they are so pleased with themselves and love sharing this success in our celebration assembly.

The challenges in red phase especially which make the connections and applications between times table knowledge and fractions, decimals and percentages allow pupils to make mathematical connections and therefore apply this knowledge in their maths lessons. Recently, Tackling Tables launched an inter school competition which our children loved! A huge thank you to Dennis and the team at Tackling Tables for bringing joy to the children's learning."