For parents of children in Years 3 to 6

Is your child behind? You'll know by Sunday.

Fifteen minutes a day for them. One honest, plain-English note a week for you — from an AI tutor that knows your child and the curriculum.

This is what lands in your inbox every Sunday evening.

A note you can read in ninety seconds: where your child is, the one thing to watch, and what to do about it this week.

Written from every answer they give, checked against the English national curriculum. There's a full dashboard too, for the detail — but this is the bit you'll actually read.

Rose, week 3

Sunday 7:00pm

A good week. She did 4 of 5 sessions (skipped Wednesday).

Maths — on track. Comparing fractions has clicked: 9 of 10 right without hints, up from 5 last week. She's now slightly ahead of where Year 4 expects her to be this term.

Reading — one thing to watch. When a question asks why a character did something, she's answering with what they did. That's inference, the most common Year 4 gap. She's not behind — but it's the next thing to work on.

This week: nothing for you to set up. Her sessions will focus on inference. At bedtime, after a story, try asking "why do you think she did that?" Thirty seconds, no marking.

Worth knowing: she gets more right when she reads the question aloud.

How a week works

Yellow wellington boot splashing in a puddle

They do fifteen minutes a day

Short, calm sessions in maths and English, pitched to exactly where they are. The first session is a gentle check of where they're starting from.

Every answer is tracked

Each question maps to a national curriculum objective for their year group, so "on track" means something.

You get the note on Sunday

Where they're ahead, where they're wobbling, and one thing to do. Email or WhatsApp. No login needed.

Paper boat following a path to the next puddle

Next week adjusts itself

Their sessions shift to whatever the note said to watch. You never have to plan anything.

What it looks like

Your child sees one question at a time. You see the week, whenever you want the detail behind the note.

Illustrative — early build

For your child

Maths · Fractions3 of 8

Which is bigger?

Hint: they're cut into the same number of pieces. Who gets more pieces?

About 6 minutes left

Hints before answers. A wrong answer gets a second go, not a red cross.

For you

Rose · Year 4 · this week

OverviewWorkNext week

Sessions: 4 of 5
Maths: On track
Reading: Watch

Comparing fractions9/10

Times tables ×76/8

Inference4/10

Retrieval8/8

Tricky question saved: "Why did Ada hide the letter?"

See their answer →

Every question they answered, what they wrote, and which hints they used — if you want to go deeper than the note.

You've probably tried to find out already.

Most parents end up doing one of these. Each one leaves the same gap.

Hire a tutor

£35 to £40 an hour, once a week.

The gap: you only hear what they remember to say at the door.

Do it yourself

Workbooks, marking, and the Sunday-night argument about doing it.

The gap: you're still guessing what they should be working on.

Download a learning app

They play. You get a dashboard of percentages.

The gap: nobody tells you what the numbers mean or what to do next.

Most platforms give you extra exercises and leave you to pick. Puddle Quest picks for you and tells you why.

It does the daily practice an app does, then reads the week and tells you what it means.

The tutor's judgement, every week, without the tutor's bill.

And for your child?

Short, calm and a bit fun. Never a test.

A little at a time.

Ten minutes, then it stops. It never asks them to keep going.

Room to think.

Hints before answers. Getting it wrong is part of the plan, not a red cross.

Something new to notice.

Each session adapts to what they did yesterday, so it never feels like the same worksheet twice.

Things you'd want to ask first

What if they really are behind?

The note will say so, plainly and without drama, and tell you the one area to start with. Knowing is better than worrying.

How does it know the curriculum?

Every question is written against the English national curriculum for Years 3 to 6, in maths and English. We don't cover anything else yet, on purpose.

Is it safe for my child to use?

No chat, no open internet, no adverts. They answer questions; it doesn't talk back. The note goes to you, not them.

Who's behind this?

Two parents in the UK: one who builds software, one who does marketing. We started it because we didn't know whether our own eight-year-old was behind.