Draft:Sparx maths

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• Comment: We need multiple independent secondary sources with in depth coverage. I'm not seeing them here. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:01, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

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Sparx maths

Type of site	Online tutoring
Available in	English
Area served	United Kingdom
Owner	Dr Mark Dixon
Industry	Education
Services	Subscription
URL	sparxmaths.com
Advertising	Yes
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Required
Launched	2018
Current status	Operating

Sparx Maths is an educational subscription-based tool used by schools in the United Kingdom. It is primarily used as a replacement for general mathematics homework tasks for students aged 11-16.¹² Sparx Maths was created after its predecessor Hegarty Maths was purchased by Sparx Learning.³

Sparx is the successor to Hegarty Maths having being created following Sparx Maths' parent company, Sparx Learning, acquired Hegarty for an undisclosed sum iin 2019³ Later that year Sparx secured a 50 million pound investment.⁴⁵Hegarty was shut down in 2022 "after 3 years spent incorporating its best features and learnings into Sparx Maths" in the following year and Collin Hegarty was appointed CEO of Sparx Learning.⁶ In 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Sparx allowed their services to be used for free by schools. following the pandemic the company returned to paid service.

Sparx is used as a digital alternative homework in English Secondary schools with tasks aimed at students aged 11-16⁷. There are over 40 thousand questions and 10 thousand "support" videos on the site with questions being selected for students using an AI-powered algorithm⁸⁹ assignments and are a set of 7 tasks each having between 3 and 8 questions with each question having an associated support video. There are also options for students to complete individual optional revision.

Sparx is very often criticized by student and parents as demotivating, frustrating and having no way for parents to easily help.¹⁰¹¹¹² It is also criticized for having too many question for children often being referred to as a chore, as well as mentions of bad design, poor support resources and broken questions, often impairing students' ability to complete the set homework, which is paramount in schools.¹³¹⁴¹⁵ An independent review by the University of Cambridge found that "There is no evidence that access to Sparx Maths alone (regardless of usage) is associated with maths outcomes"¹⁶ This review was further supported by RAND Europe¹⁷ .