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Ten minutes a day. Skills that stick.

Free challenges for SATs skills, grammar, vocabulary and mental maths. Written by teachers, played like a game, levelled by school year.

About 5 minutes each UK national curriculum Free, no sign-up

Step 1 — pick a year group

Showing Year 4 · Intermediate

Step 2 — pick a level

Step 3 — pick a challenge

Nine areas, all levelled by school year. Every one follows the year group and level you chose above.

How a challenge works

Short enough to do before school, structured enough to actually move a skill on.

1

Play a round

Ten questions, one at a time, with a buzzer and a running score. No account, no setup.

2

See why

Every answer is explained in a sentence a child can read on their own, right after they answer rather than at the end.

3

Come back tomorrow

Questions they got wrong come round again sooner. The streak counts the days, not the minutes, so five minutes is a win.

Its own section

Exam Lab

Practice for the 11+, GL Assessment papers and the NGRT reading test. Built as three steps rather than one leap, so a child starts where they are and works up.

Beginner

Find your feet

One question type at a time, untimed, with a worked example before every set.

Intermediate

Build speed

Mixed sets under gentle time pressure, with every answer broken down afterwards.

Expert

Exam conditions

Full-length timed papers that mirror the real GL and NGRT format.

11+

  • Verbal reasoning
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • Comprehension
  • Maths reasoning

GL Assessment

  • English and maths papers
  • Verbal and non-verbal
  • Multiple choice and standard formats

NGRT

  • Sentence completion
  • Passage comprehension
  • Adaptive-style practice
Open the Exam Lab

Two tools for parents

Free, about five minutes each, and neither needs an account.

Planner

Learning Planner

Tell us the year group, what is coming up and how many evenings a week are realistic. You get a week-by-week plan that links straight to the right challenges.

  • Fits around clubs and homework
  • Builds in SATs and mock dates
  • Printable, or emailed to you
Support

Parent Support Plan

Turn a school report or parents' evening notes into three things worth doing at home, with a conversation starter for each and the tool that helps.

  • Priorities ranked from the feedback
  • Practical steps, not vague advice
  • Notes stay on your device

Keep the streak alive

Play on any day and the streak grows. Badges unlock as skills land, so progress is something a child can see rather than something a parent has to chase.

This week

6 day streak

Longest so far: 14 days

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Example progress, to show how it works.

Badges

7 of 24 unlocked

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First win
✓
Full marks
⚡
Speed round
✦
Word hunter
🔒
30 day streak
🔒
11+ ready

The printed sets are coming

Card decks, workbooks and classroom packs, built from the challenges you already play. Join the list and you will hear first, before they go on general sale.

First three out

  • Word class card deck, Years 3 to 6
  • Mental maths sprint pads
  • 11+ reasoning workbook

In person

Play it for real

Live SpeedQuizzing mornings with real buzzers, team tables and breakfast. Two age groups, four Saturdays at a time.

Ages 7 to 9

9am to 11am, Years 3 and 4.

Ages 10 to 12

10am to 12 noon, Years 5, 6 and 7.

What is included

  • Four Saturday sessions
  • Breakfast provided
  • 25% sibling discount
Find an event near you

We run sessions in schools

Curriculum-linked, competitive and ready to run. We bring the kit, the questions and the host.

Weekly

Lunchtime or after-school club

A six-round format with no repeated questions week to week, so a club can run all term.

One-off

Enrichment day

A whole year group, house competition style, built around what they are covering in class.

Staff

Staff socials and CPD

Could your staff beat the QuizKidz? Wellbeing events with a difference: fun, competitive, inclusive.

Get in touch about schools

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Questions parents ask

Is it really free?

Yes. Every challenge on the site is free and none of them need an account. The printed sets will be paid for, and our in-person events are ticketed, but the online practice stays free.

Which year group should I choose?

Start with the year your child is actually in, at Intermediate. If they are getting almost everything right, move up a level before you move up a year. The levels are there so a child can succeed at the right difficulty rather than guess.

My child is in the US system

Switch the toggle to US grades and the whole site relabels. Year 1 is Kindergarten, Year 2 is Grade 1, and so on up to Year 9, which is Grade 8.

Do you cover SATs?

Yes. The literacy and maths challenges are built around the skills the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 papers test, and the Learning Planner can work back from your SATs week.

What is the difference between GL, NGRT and the 11+?

The 11+ is the entrance test for selective schools. GL Assessment produces papers used by many schools for entrance and for internal assessment. NGRT is a reading test schools use to track reading ages. All three live in the Exam Lab.

Still to drop in: contact details for the .co.uk site, real question counts per year group, and the badge artwork. Everything else is wired.