Evaluation of Whizz Education: Maths-Whizz Intelligent Tutoring Programme
24 June 2026
Maths-Whizz is an Edtech programme consisting of an online AI-enabled adaptive tutoring system that provides personalised maths tutoring to pupils, alongside a library of digital resources and live reports for teachers. Pupils were encouraged to use Maths-Whizz for 45 – 60 minutes per week in addition to usual maths teaching.
This randomised controlled efficacy trial involving pupils in Years 2 - 5 was commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation. It used an ‘interleaved’ design where each arm contained some year groups receiving the intervention and some acting as controls, with the intervention status of year groups interleaved across trial arms. 63 schools and 10,369 pupils participated in the trial.
The primary outcome was maths attainment for all pupils measured using the Renaissance Learning Star Maths assessment. The process evaluation gathered pupils’ and teachers’ views of the intervention.
Key Findings
- Pupils allocated to receive Maths-Whizz made one additional month’s progress in maths, on average, compared to pupils who were not allocated to receive Maths-Whizz.
- Among children eligible for free school meals (FSM), those allocated to receive Maths-Whizz made two additional months’ progress in maths, on average, compared to FSM-eligible pupils who were not allocated to receive the programme. This suggests that while all children benefited from Maths-Whizz, FSM pupils benefited more than non-FSM pupils.
- Pupils allocated to receive Maths-Whizz reported a small positive effect on their mathematical self-efficacy and enjoyment of maths compared to pupils who were not allocated to receive Maths-Whizz.
- Key features of Maths-Whizz that might have led to the positive impact include adaptive teaching, dynamic feedback, individualised learning experiences, and accessible gamified learning, all of which also make learning more accessible and equitable for disadvantaged pupils. The stronger impact for FSM-eligible pupils suggests that Maths-Whizz may be particularly adept at identifying and addressing gaps in learning which are more prevalent among these children.