Primary and secondary · UK schools and families

Short daily practice. Stronger foundations.

Alto chooses a short, tailored practice session for each pupil, combining what they are learning now with earlier maths that needs revising. Practice adapts as they work, helping pupils consolidate new learning, retain what they have learnt and build the fluency later maths depends on.

Around 10 to 15 minutes a day.

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How Alto works

Alto is built for practice, not teaching.

Alto helps pupils consolidate what they have been taught through short, personalised practice sessions. It brings earlier learning back at carefully spaced intervals, helping pupils remember it over time and build the fluency they need to progress.

A short, focused session

Pupils choose a subject and press Start. Alto selects the questions and level, so there’s no need to decide what to practise. Everyone can practise at the same time, each at their own level.

Sessions typically take 10 to 15 minutes, with shorter sessions for foundational number facts.

An Alto practice question as a pupil sees it: one question on a clean screen.

It adapts both ways

Alto identifies gaps in a pupil’s knowledge and gives them the practice they need, while extending them when they are ready.

Much of each session revisits earlier learning, helping pupils consolidate what they have learnt and remember it over time.

How Alto adapts in both directions A line representing the curriculum sequence, with a marker showing where a pupil is working. One arrow points back to earlier material, to fill a gap. A second arrow points forward, to extend a pupil who is ready. Curriculum sequence Fills the gap Extends when ready

A clear finish line

Every session has a defined end point, so practice stays focused and manageable.

Alto finishes automatically when the session is complete, then shows pupils what they have practised and how they are progressing. No endless levels or pressure to keep going.

The Alto pupil dashboard on a laptop, showing months of practice building up and progress through topics.
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Built for pupils across the UK

England England Scotland Scotland Wales Wales Northern Ireland: 10 × 10, 12 × 12 from 2027 Northern Ireland

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each have their own curriculum, with different expectations about what pupils learn and when.

Alto is being developed with these differences in mind, combining curriculum-informed practice with an individual approach to each pupil’s learning. It helps pupils strengthen their foundations, revisit earlier learning and progress at a level that is right for them.

Choose a nation to see the curriculum framework that informs development.

The Great Times Tables Race

Alto runs The Great Times Tables Race, a free national times tables programme for UK primary schools. Pupils practise regularly, strengthen their recall and work towards personal bests.

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What Alto covers

Personalised practice across Maths and Literacy

From early primary through to GCSE, with free foundational practice and broader Maths and Literacy subjects.

Maths

From foundational fluency to GCSE mathematics

Alto supports primary and secondary maths, with personalised practice aligned to England’s curriculum and foundational practice available across the UK.

  • Maths Primary to GCSE · Coming soon Personalised practice across school mathematics, from number and fractions to algebra, geometry and more advanced topics.
  • Mentals Primary · Coming soon Builds fluency with mental calculation strategies, place value and number relationships.
  • Number Facts Early primary onwards · Timed Builds fast, accurate recall of addition and subtraction facts to 20.
  • Times Tables Primary onwards · Timed Builds fast, accurate recall of multiplication and related division facts.
  • Number Facts 2 Year 5 onwards · Timed Extends recall to fraction, decimal and percentage equivalents, squares, primes and other useful number relationships.

Literacy

  • Spelling Year 1 to GCSE Words presented aloud and in sentence context, with practice targeting those each pupil finds difficult.
  • Grammar and punctuation Primary · Coming soon Targeted practice in grammar, sentence structure and punctuation conventions.

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For schools

Coming soon

Short, personalised practice for the classroom, homework and catch-up. Teachers can see each pupil’s progress, with nothing to mark.

The Great Times Tables Race and selected foundational practice subjects are free for UK schools.

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For families

Coming soon

Short daily practice tailored to your child’s needs, strengthening foundations, consolidating school learning and making progress visible; without having to plan and supervise every session.

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Independent research

Why daily practice

Ofsted highlights the importance of fluent recall of foundational maths facts:

Pupils who are not able to quickly and easily recall maths facts struggle with calculations due to their working memory being overloaded.

A later Ofsted report found that insufficient practice could also prevent pupils from building on earlier learning:

This left many pupils unable to build successfully on these concepts later.

When the basics are not automatic, more advanced maths takes more effort than it should. Alto uses ten to fifteen minutes of targeted daily practice to build fluency, revisit earlier learning and strengthen the foundations pupils need for what comes next.

Ofsted, Research review series: mathematics (2021) and Coordinating mathematical success (2023).

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Short daily practice, chosen for each pupil, finished in ten to fifteen minutes.

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