Know where your child stands
Every answer your child gives builds a picture you can read in a few minutes: what they've mastered, where they stand against their school year, what's getting in the way and what you can do about it at home.
More than a score
A score tells you how one round went. It can't tell you whether a topic has stuck, whether a wrong answer this week comes from something they learnt two years ago, or what to do about it. CoachKite's report is built to answer those questions, child by child.
See what they did
Know how the week went without sitting beside them: the days they practised, how much they got right first time, what they mastered and what needs more time. Look back over any of the last eight weeks.
Where they stand against their year
See, area by area, how your child is doing against what their school year should know by now. You also see which year's work they're really on. A gap from an earlier year can't hide behind good work this year.
Why it helps
- Catch a gap early. A topic missed last year shows up here while it's still small, not when this year's work starts to depend on it.
- Know when to push. Kite suggests stretching ahead when they're ready and keeping pace when they're not, from their answers rather than a guess. You decide.
- Go into parents' evening informed. You already know which areas are strong and which need time.
Maya's maths, Year 2
Maths: Into Year 2 (13 of 20 Year 2 topics mastered)
About 2 half terms ahead of where Year 2 has got to by now. Up 3 topics mastered in four weeks.
- Place valueGreater depth
- Addition and subtractionOn track
- Multiplication and divisionWorking towards
- MeasurementNot enough to say yet
What one bar tells you
The question every parent has is whether their child is where they should be. The year bar answers it in one line.
- Maya now. Every topic she has mastered from memory, on more than one day. A good day alone doesn't move it.
- Where Year 2 should be by now. Paced to her school's own maths order where we have it, otherwise the usual order for Year 2.
- Earlier years count. A gap left in Year 1 holds the bar back until it's closed, so it can't hide behind good work now.
- Four weeks ago. So you see the progress, not just the position.
- Ahead counts too. Stretch her and work from Year 3 moves the bar on.
Under the bar it says, in half terms, how far ahead or behind that is: "About 2 half terms ahead of where Year 2 has got to by now." Children never see it.
What Kite noticed
The changes worth knowing about, without digging for them: what's improving, what's slipping, a gap from an earlier year or a test date coming up. Worked out from their answers, not written by AI.
How you can help at home
For each area they're working on, a few short ideas that cost nothing and fit into an ordinary day: a question to ask in the shop, a game for the car. You don't need to teach the topic; the practice does that. Print Kite's notes for the topics they're on: the key facts and a worked example showing the usual slip. Each year guide has more ideas for home.
Everyone who helps sees the same picture
Up to four grown-ups can share the family account, each with their own sign-in: both parents, a grandparent who does the school run, whoever sits with them after school. Everyone sees the same reports, so nobody has to pass on how the week went.
If your child has a tutor, share that child's report with them by email. The tutor sees it read-only, for that child only, so each session can start with this week's gaps. You can stop sharing at any time. How it works with a tutor.
Help when they're stuck
When your child gets a question wrong, or doesn't know where to start, Kite, the coach in the app, explains it one small step at a time without giving the answer away. Then Kite suggests moving on before it turns into a struggle. If a topic stays hard, practice breaks it into smaller steps and goes back to the idea underneath before returning to it. It's never quietly dropped. Your child is never told they're struggling. The report tells you when Kite is giving a topic extra help.
A topic counts as mastered only when they get it right from memory, on more than one day. Answers given with Kite's notes open count as practice, not as mastered. The research behind this.
Kite's help is on unless you switch it off. You can turn it off for any child in their settings.
An example of Kite's help
46 + 27 = ?
Picked 63, then pressed Ask Kite why
Let's start with the ones. 6 add 7 makes 13. That's one ten and three ones. Where does that extra ten need to go?
You choose how it works
Each child has their own settings in the grown-ups area, behind your PIN. Change them whenever you like; nothing is lost when you do.
There are a few more for each device too, such as muting sound and picture codes on a shared iPad.
For the 11+
With the 11+ add-on, the report adds results in each subject over time, how many seconds a question takes them, the question types that trip them up most, practice papers, writing practice and a countdown to the test dates of the schools you're aiming for. If you log Bond papers, each wrong answer is sorted by type and the ones that keep coming up go into their daily practice.
Test dates, papers and schools for each area are on our 11+ pages, each fact checked against the council's or school's own pages (how we check).
Questions
Does my child see any of this?
No. Children see their own practice, their stickers and the topics they've mastered. Where they stand against their year, what Kite noticed and the help tips are for grown-ups only, behind your PIN.
Is my child compared with other children?
Never. Everything is measured against what their own school year should know by this point in the year. They're also set against their own earlier weeks.
How up to date is it?
Every answer counts straight away, so the report is current whenever you open it. You can look back over the last eight weeks.
Can both parents see it?
Yes. Up to four grown-ups can share one family account, each with their own sign-in.
Can our tutor see it?
If you choose. You share one child at a time with a tutor, who sees their report read-only. You can stop at any time. How it works with a tutor.
See it for your own child
Start with a free class. Their answers become the start of their report when you join.