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Free maths and phonics worksheets

Printable sheets for Reception to Year 6, made fresh every time you press a button, each with its answers. Plus flash cards, sound mats, a times tables tracker and certificates. No account, no email, nothing to sign up for.

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Maths worksheets

Choose the facts or the level, how many questions, then print. The address keeps the exact sheet, so you can print it again or send it to someone else.

Phonics and reading worksheets

Made from the words in our phonics games, phase by phase, using only the sounds taught by then. Every word has a picture, so children can work out what to read.

For teachers

Every worksheet prints as a class set: choose 6, 15 or 30 versions and each copy has different questions, with its version number at the top, so neighbours can’t copy. The answer sheets come after them, in the same order.

For parents to print

For the fridge, the homework table and the day it all clicks.

A sheet for one times table

Each table has its own page with a chart, the tricks that make it easier and a game, and a worksheet for just that table.

Or print a mixed sheet of every table, and the times table chart to go with it.

How to use worksheets well

  • Little and often

    Ten minutes on most days does more than an hour at the weekend. Facts stick when they’re remembered again and again, with gaps in between.

  • Mix it up

    A sheet of only the 7s gets easy once a pattern sets in. Mixed sheets make children work out what each question needs, which is harder, and better for remembering.

  • Say it out loud

    On a phonics sheet, ask your child to say each word before they write. Hearing the sounds is the skill; the pencil comes second.

  • Mark it together

    Go through it straight away. A wrong answer talked through while it’s fresh teaches more than a page of ticks, and asking “how did you work it out?” tells you more than the score.

Free games and charts

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