Super 8s Essential Skills
Mixed-topic practice questions covering the most important skills for every age and stage. Perfect for retrieval practice, regular revision, and exam preparation.
How Super 8s Work
✓ Choose a stage and skills to practice
✓ Eight mixed-topic questions appear instantly
✓ Change any question, or refresh the whole set
✓ View one answer or all of them
✓ Focus on any question for detailed working
✓ Step-by-step solutions for every question
✓ Full-screen mode for classroom display
✓ Print as a 1-page worksheet
✓ Works on desktop, tablet and phone
How to Use Super 8s Essential Skills
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Teachers
Perfect for lesson starters, retrieval practice, and weekly low-stakes quizzes. Project in full-screen mode or print a 1-page worksheet — no preparation needed.
Tip: Use Chrome for best printing. Only print page 1 — answers are on page 2!
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Students
Ideal for regular weekly practice and revising for upcoming exams. Eight mixed-topic questions keep your skills sharp — optimised for your phone, so you can practise wherever you are.
Tip: Use Focus (🔍) then Working out (✏️) for step-by-step help when stuck.
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Parents
Perfect for regular revision and recap you can do alongside your child — no preparation needed. The mixed-topic format makes it easy to spot which skills need more work.
Tip: If stuck, use Focus (🔍), then Working out (✏️), then generate a new question.
Jump to Stage
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Stage 1
Key Stage 1
Ages 5–7 · Years 1–2
Building number sense and early arithmetic
Mixed-topic essential skills practice for the youngest learners, drawn from the national curriculum and SATs paper analysis.
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Stage 2
Key Stage 2
Ages 7–11 · Years 3–6
SATs preparation and 11+ readiness
Year-by-year essential skills plus targeted practice for KS2 SATs papers and the 11 Plus, based on full past-paper analysis.
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Stage 3
Key Stage 3
Ages 11–14 · Years 7–9
Bridging primary skills to GCSE foundations
Year-group essential skills built around national curriculum guidance — perfect for consolidating learning and laying solid GCSE foundations.
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Stage 4
GCSE
Ages 14–16 · Years 10–11
Foundation, Higher and 1-mark wonders
Calculator and non-calculator practice for both tiers, plus the 1-mark wonders that often make the difference on exam day. Built from analysis of every past paper.
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Stretch
AQA Level 2 Further Maths
Stretch and challenge
Bridging GCSE to A Level
Mixed-topic essential skills practice for the AQA Level 2 Further Maths qualification — ideal for students preparing to step up to A Level.
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Stage 5
A Level
Ages 16–18 · Years 12–13
Pure, Statistics and Mechanics
Mixed-topic essential skills covering all the core content for A Level Mathematics — perfect for retrieval practice and exam revision across the full course.
I’m adding new essential skills Super 8s throughout 2026 — keep checking back for more! 🚀