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For parents and carers
Get2four helps students aged 16 and over who are resitting GCSE Maths or English reach a grade 4.
We post printed booklets made only for your student, every month for 20 weeks. They practise on paper for about 15 minutes a day. On Sunday you photograph four pages with your phone. The pages are marked by AI, feedback comes back, and the next booklets adapt to what your student needs.
Get2four in one minute
the short versionWho it's for
Students aged 16 and over resitting AQA GCSE Maths or English Language, who want to reach a grade 4. Including those with ADHD or who find studying hard.
What arrives
A printed pack through your letterbox every month for 20 weeks: one booklet a week per subject, made only for your student, plus a short guide for you.
What your student does
One page a day, about 15 minutes, with a pen. Ticks it off. Turns to the back page for a hint when stuck.
What you do
Five small jobs, about 10 minutes a week. No teaching, no checking answers. On Sunday you photograph four pages with your phone.
How it works
from enrolment to examStep 1: Enrol (about 10 minutes)
Choose Maths, English or both. Tell us the target grade and, for Maths, the tier your student's college has entered them for. A parent or carer holding the account must be 18 or over. Students aged 16 or over can also enrol themselves.
Step 2: The starting check: online or on paper
A short test that shows where your student is now. They can do it online before you enrol (free, 10 questions a subject, result straight away), or we post a printed one with their name on the cover. An 8-page Getting started guide comes for you either way.
Step 3: Your student does the starting check
Three 15-minute sections per subject, with a break between them. You can spread it over three days. Please don't help with answers: it's a map of what they know, not a test of them.
Step 4: You photograph it, we mark it
Scan the QR code on the page and take a photo. Each page is marked three separate times by AI, and we use the result to set your student's track: what to learn, in what order.
Step 5: A pack every month
Four weekly booklets per subject, built around the gaps the starting check found, plus a 4-page parent booklet with that month's tips.
Step 6: Every week adapts
On Sunday you photograph pages 4 to 7. Feedback comes back in your account, and the next booklets change: skills that are secure come back as quick warm-ups, skills that slipped come back to practise.
Step 7: Checkpoint and finish
A checkpoint in week 10 can move the track up or down. The programme ends about two weeks before the first exam paper, with a final mini-mock and a short report.
A week at home
per subject| Day | Your student | You |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | Page 2: learn this week's skill from a worked example | Hand over this week's booklet |
| Tue | Page 3: practise, with hints on the back page | Timer on, then step back |
| Wed | Page 4: practise without hints, exam layout | Timer on, then step back |
| Thu | Page 5: mix this week's skill with earlier ones | Timer on, then step back |
| Fri | Page 6: a short timed mini exam | Timer on, then step back |
| Sat | Page 7: one longer answer, or catch up a missed day | Nothing, unless they ask |
| Sun | Rest | Photograph pages 4 to 7 (about 5 minutes) |
Your five small jobs
about 10 minutes a week1 · Set up the study place, once
One fixed spot. Phone in another room. A visible timer, a pencil, a ruler, a calculator and some water. The same place every day makes starting easier.
2 · Hand over one booklet on Monday
Keep the rest of the pack out of sight. One booklet feels doable; five feels like a mountain.
3 · Start the timer, then step back
You don't need to sit with them. Being nearby, doing your own thing, often helps. If they're stuck, point them to the hints on page 8.
4 · Photos on Sunday
Scan the QR code on each page with your phone and photograph pages 4 to 7. It takes about five minutes. The photos are deleted as soon as they're marked.
5 · Praise the effort, not the score
Read the feedback together for five minutes. Notice the pages finished and the streak on the cover. Marks go up and down; turning up is what counts.
Every pack has a 4-page parent booklet with that month's focus: building the routine, hard days, reading progress, exam conditions and exam weeks.
Why timer and photographer, not teacher? A systematic review found homework is a common source of family arguments when ADHD is involved, and that few programmes help with it (Gavin et al., 2023). So the booklet does the teaching, and your part stays small and friendly.
Marking and feedback
Pages are marked by AI, not checked by a teacher. We use Claude, made by Anthropic, against mark schemes we write ourselves.
- Every page is marked twice, separately. If the two disagree, it's marked a third time. A paper starting check is always marked three times.
- Your student gets one win and one next step. You get three short points about the week.
- Every feedback message passes a safety check before you see it. Anything it's unsure about is held for a person to read first.
- Longer English writing is shown as a mark band, not an exact mark, because it's harder to mark exactly.
- Think a mark is wrong? Photograph the page again and it's marked again from scratch, free.
What we never do
- Promise a grade.
- Claim a teacher has checked the work.
- Compare your student with anyone else.
- Use what we learn about your student for marketing.
Keeping your student safe
what we keep, and what we don'tNo health information, ever
We never ask about diagnoses, conditions or medication, and we don't store them if they're mentioned. You can choose practical study preferences, such as larger text or shorter blocks, without saying why.
Photos of pages, never of people
A photo with a person in it is refused and deleted. Every photo is deleted as soon as its marks are saved, and anything left is removed within a day.
A person sees any worry
If something your student writes suggests they might be at risk, it goes to a named person at Get2four, never to automated feedback.
Your data stays in the UK and EU
Accounts and marks are stored in London; files in the EU. Photos are sent to Anthropic for marking, which may process them outside the UK. The details are in our privacy notice.
If your student finds studying hard
Many resit students do, including those with ADHD. The booklets are built for short bursts: 15-minute sessions, one new skill a week, one instruction per line, big answer boxes, hints on the back page, and a tick for every page finished. Each pack teaches one study habit too, like planning when to start or what to do with a distracting thought.
This follows the Education Endowment Foundation's five evidence-based strategies for pupils with special educational needs: clear explicit teaching, thinking about your own learning, support that is taken away bit by bit, and practice that builds on what is already secure.
It's evidence-informed study practice, not a treatment. If your student has extra time in exams, tell us when you enrol and the timed pages include it.
Paying and cancelling
- 20 weeks, paid in 5 monthly payments. Each payment pays only for the pack it releases. Price coming soon.
- Booklets are made for one student, so they can't be returned because you changed your mind.
- The marking service can be cancelled within 14 days of enrolling; you pay only for what was used.
- After that, you can stop future packs any time before the next pack is made.
- A pack that arrives damaged or never arrives is reprinted or refunded.
Questions parents ask
ask us anything elseDo I need to be good at maths or English?
No. You never teach, explain or check answers. The booklets do the teaching, the hints are printed on the back page, and the marking is done for you. Please don't give answers: the booklets need to see what your student can do on their own.
How much time does it take?
About 15 minutes a day, Monday to Saturday, per subject. A student doing both subjects does one page of each, with a short movement break between them. Timed pages grow towards real exam timings later in the programme.
What if they miss a day, or a week?
Saturday's page is there to catch up a missed day. A missed week never doubles the next booklet: the plan drops the nice-to-have questions and keeps the weekly load the same. The rule we teach is simple: never miss twice.
What if they won't do it?
It happens. The parent booklet in month 2 is all about hard days: what to say and what not to, letting them choose the order of the week, starting with just two minutes. You can also message us from your account.
Does it replace their college classes?
No. It works alongside them. College covers the course; Get2four focuses on the gaps between what your student already knows and a grade 4.
Which exam board?
AQA: GCSE Maths (8300) and GCSE English Language (8700). The booklets follow AQA's paper layout. If your student sits a different board, message us before enrolling.
Foundation or Higher tier?
The starting check suggests a tier, but the college enters it, so please check with them. Grade 4 and 5 targets use Foundation. A grade 6 target needs Higher.
Can my student sign up on their own?
Yes. Any student aged 16 or over can enrol themselves and hold their own account: they get the feedback directly, and a monthly student coach booklet instead of the parent one. You can still enrol them yourself if you'd like to be involved.
Do we need a printer or a tablet?
No. Everything arrives printed. The only screen is a phone on Sunday, to photograph four pages.
Will my student get a 4?
Nobody can honestly promise a grade, and we never will. What we do: find the gaps, close them one skill at a time, and aim for a 5 so a 4 has room to spare on the day.
together, we can reach 4