UK homeschooling platform · Year 1 live, Years 2–11 coming

Homeschooling shouldn't mean spending every evening planning tomorrow's lessons.

StudyDen gives your children a complete UK curriculum across 11 subjects — every lesson authored by qualified teachers, backed by the Department for Education, and aligned to the National Curriculum. Plus an AI tutor who never loses patience, and a parent dashboard that actually tells you something useful.

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Built for UK homeschooling familiesUK National Curriculum · KS1–KS4Teacher-authored · DfE-backed curriculum

Week 14

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Alfie · Y1
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ENGLISH

Persuasive Writing

W14 of 3639%
🔢Done

MATHS

Column Multiplication

W12 of 3633%
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SCIENCE

Photosynthesis

W10 of 3628%
🌍Done

HISTORY

The Great Fire of London

W14 of 3639%

Parent view · live activity

Live

Alfie asked Luna about column multiplication

2 min ago

Sophie completed History · Week 14

8 min ago

Alfie unlocked: 10-lesson streak!

yesterday

Sound familiar?

You pulled them out of school. Now the Sunday evenings belong to you.

The Sunday night feeling. The three curricula you've bought and half-abandoned. The moment you couldn't answer their question and quietly Googled it before saying anything. The constant low-level doubt: are they where they should be? Are we doing enough?

Homeschooling is one of the most loving decisions a parent can make — and one of the most logistically exhausting ones. Most platforms don't acknowledge that. They sell you a curriculum and leave you to figure out the rest.

StudyDen was built from that exact place.


Before

  • 3 different curriculum packs, none of them quite right
  • Sunday evenings spent planning the week ahead
  • No way of knowing if they're actually progressing

After StudyDen

  • 36 weeks of lessons per subject, already planned and sequenced
  • Open today's lesson and it's ready to go
  • A dashboard that shows exactly where each child is

How it works

Four steps from confused to confident.

No planning. No guesswork. Just open StudyDen and start.

01

Pick today's lesson

36 weeks of structured lessons for every subject and every year group. Planned, sequenced, ready to open.

No more Sunday evening prep. The whole term is waiting for you.

Year 3 · Week 14
EnglishMathsScienceHistoryFrenchGeographyComputingArtDesign & TechREPSHECritical ThinkingPEIslamic RE

02

Your child works through it

Each lesson has a hook to spark curiosity, core content, and interactive exercises built to keep them engaged. Most children complete one lesson in 35–45 minutes.

No more battles to get them started. The lessons do that job.

Year 5 · History · The Great Fire

Hook

“In 1666, a baker's apprentice forgot to put out his oven. Four days later, 13,200 houses were gone. How does one mistake change a city forever?”

Part 1: Open
Part 2: Learn
Part 3: Make & Think

03

Luna explains the hard parts

When your child is stuck, Luna answers in child-friendly language. She knows their exact lesson and never loses patience.

Like having a tutor on call — without the cost.

But WHY do we need fractions?
Great question! Here's a real one: if a recipe serves 8 but you're cooking for 3, how much flour do you need? That's fractions.

04

You see exactly what they know — and what they don't

Three assessment layers run automatically: real-time concept tracking in every lesson, weekly Retrieval Sprints built on the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve, and term milestone assessments that produce a full skills profile. The parent dashboard shows mastered concepts, developing concepts, and the specific gaps to work on.

Not just a score. A map of exactly what they know.

Parent Dashboard
Alfie· Year 3
Maths
14/36
English
17/36
History
12/36
Sophie· Year 6
Science
23/36
Maths
21/36
French
15/36

Luna AI

The tutor who's always there. Never tired. Never frustrated.

Luna knows your child's exact lesson — the content they've just read, the exercises they're working through, the vocabulary they've encountered. When they ask a question, she answers it in context.

She's powered by the latest AI and calibrated for children. No adult-mode explanations. No impatience. No “just Google it.”

Instant answersLesson-awareChild-friendly language

Luna

● Online

Aisha

Luna, why do we use number bonds to 10?

Luna

Good question! Let's think about it together. If you have 6 apples and I give you some more to make 10, how many did I give you?

Aisha

4?

Luna

Yes! 6 and 4 make 10 — that's a number bond. Knowing these by heart helps you add and subtract really fast. Shall we find the other pairs that make 10?

Luna knows the exact lesson your child is working on.

Your child's data stays private. Luna's conversations are visible only to your family. We do not train AI models on your child's data, and all data is stored on UK-based servers in line with UK GDPR. You can request deletion at any time from your account settings.

AI Child Profile

The AI that knows your child better than any classroom ever could.

A classroom teacher has 30 children and 6 hours. StudyDen's AI watches every lesson, every quiz answer, every conversation with Luna — and remembers all of it. It builds a living portrait of your child as a learner: how they think, where they're confident, what they struggle with, and exactly what to do next.

🧠

Knows how they learn

Identifies whether your child learns better through stories, abstract logic, visual patterns, or hands-on exercises — and tracks how this changes over time.

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Spots what you'd miss

Detects patterns across subjects and weeks that are invisible day-to-day: declining retention in a specific topic, improving confidence in another, or a carry-step error that keeps recurring.

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Answers your questions

Ask "Why is he struggling with maths?" and get a specific, data-backed answer — not a generic tip. The AI has full context across every activity your child has ever completed.

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Tells you what to do this week

Prioritised, specific actions: not "do more maths" but "spend 2 minutes on slow column multiplication practice before lessons this week."

A teacher with 30 kids remembers the broad strokes.
StudyDen remembers every answer, every hesitation, every breakthrough — and never forgets.

Infinite memory. Zero bias. Updated after every activity.

improving
82%

A curious, verbal learner who thrives when stories lead the way.

Alfie is a naturally curious learner who gravitates towards narrative — he consistently scores highest when content is delivered through real-world examples and stories. His English and History work is exceptional for Year 3, with vocabulary and comprehension well above age expectations. In Maths, he understands concepts quickly but rushes written work, particularly when regrouping in column multiplication. He's building genuine persistence: after scoring 60% on his first Science assessment, he retried without being asked and reached 85%.

What I noticed this week

Alfie's Maths carry-step errors have dropped from 4 per quiz to 1 over the last three weeks — the extra practice is clearly working.

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In his Luna conversation assessment for English, Alfie used the word 'furthermore' unprompted — his vocabulary is growing faster than the curriculum expects.

Science retention is strong: he answered Week 10's photosynthesis questions correctly in this week's Retrieval Sprint, 3 weeks later.

How Alfie learns

StyleVerbal-narrative learner. Performs 15–20% higher when content leads with a story or real-world scenario vs abstract explanation.
ConfidenceHigh in English and History. Building in Maths — hesitates before starting multi-step problems, but once engaged follows through.
PersistenceStrong. Retries assessments voluntarily. Average 2.4 attempts per challenging Luna prompt before arriving at the answer — above average for Year 3.

Subject by subject

📚 English 92%

Strong across all strands. Creative writing improving week on week — vocabulary is exceptional for Y3.

🔢 Maths 74%

Understands concepts but rushes written work. Column multiplication carry-step errors declining since Week 11.

🔬 Science 85%

Retried first assessment unprompted — went from 60% to 85%. Strong curiosity in life science topics.

🌍 History 95%

Alfie's strongest subject. Makes cause-and-effect connections independently. Scores suggest genuine understanding, not memorisation.

🌐 Geography 81%

Solid understanding of physical geography. Map skills developing — needs more practice with grid references.

Strengths

  • ·Reading comprehension — consistently 90%+ across all assessments
  • ·Written expression — uses sophisticated vocabulary naturally
  • ·Historical reasoning — connects causes and effects unprompted
  • ·Retention — Retrieval Sprint scores hold steady 3 weeks after learning

Areas to develop

  • ·Column multiplication with regrouping — rushes the carry step
  • ·Apostrophes for possession — confuses with plurals

Recommended actions

Maths: nearly there on column multiplication

Carry-step errors have dropped significantly but Alfie still rushes through the final step. Two more weeks of targeted practice should close this gap entirely.

Before Maths lessons this week, spend 2 minutes on slow, deliberate practice: one column multiplication problem, written out step by step.

English: ready for more challenge

Alfie is consistently scoring 90%+ in English and his vocabulary exceeds Y3 expectations. He may benefit from exposure to more complex texts.

Try reading a short chapter book together this week and ask him to spot three words he hasn't seen before.

💬 Ask about Alfie

e.g. "Why is Alfie struggling with maths?"

Ask anything about your child's learning — the AI has full context across every lesson, quiz, and conversation.

Profile updated 2h ago · grows after each activity

Alfie · Year 3 · Week 14

Assessment system

The assessment that doesn't feel like a test.

Three layers of measurement — continuous, weekly, and termly — built around how children actually learn. You'll always know what your child genuinely retained, not just what they submitted.

Always on

01

Continuous Concept Mastery

Every Try-It activity and Retrieval Sprint silently signals whether a concept has been grasped. No test required. Concepts move from Not Yet → Developing → Mastered automatically as your child works.

Parents see a live mastery map across every subject. Not "39% complete" — specific concepts, specific status.

Weekly

02

Retrieval Sprints

Five questions drawn from the last 1–3 weeks, weighted towards older content. Powered by the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve — the same spacing science used by top universities. If they get it right weeks later, they've genuinely retained it.

Children think it's a 5-minute challenge. Scientifically, it's the most effective consolidation tool in education research.

Each term

03

Term Milestone Review

At the end of each 6-week term, a structured milestone review covers everything taught. The format adapts by age — no one-size assessment that works equally badly for everyone.

Every milestone produces a skills profile: specific strengths, specific gaps, and specific next steps. Not a percentage. Real intelligence.

Tier 1 in action

Not "39% complete."
Specific concepts. Specific status.

Every lesson your child works through, every Try-It activity they complete — it all feeds a live Concept Mastery Map that tells you exactly what they know and what needs revisiting.

Mastered concepts stay green. No need to revisit.

Developing concepts are flagged — but not alarming.

Tracks improvement across attempts, not just the latest score.

Know exactly which concepts to revisit — not just that they need to "do more maths."

Specific strengths. Specific gaps. Every term.

Concept Mastery Map

Alfie · Year 3 · Term 1

Mastered Developing Not yet
English8 / 14 concepts mastered
Maths5 / 14 concepts mastered
Science9 / 14 concepts mastered
History11 / 14 concepts mastered
French4 / 14 concepts mastered
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Luna's Term Review — English

Strengths: Strong reading comprehension, sophisticated vocabulary for Year 3.
Focus area: Apostrophes for possession — revisit before Term 2.
Alfie's score: 84% · Grade: Good

Tier 2 in action

Five minutes.
Backed by 130 years of memory science.

Hermann Ebbinghaus mapped the forgetting curve in 1885. Spaced retrieval practice is still the most evidence-backed method for long-term retention. We built it directly into StudyDen — not as a separate module, but as a 5-minute weekly sprint your child will actually want to do.

5 questions. Done in under 5 minutes.

Questions come from 1 week, 2 weeks, and 3 weeks ago — maximum spacing effect.

Correct answers weeks later prove genuine retention, not cramming.

Retrieval Sprint

Question 3 of 5

Science · from Week 10 — 3 weeks ago

True or False

"Plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide."

Correct! ✓

This is photosynthesis — covered in Week 10. You remembered it 3 weeks later. That's real retention.

Tier 3 — Term milestone

Age-adapted. Because a 7-year-old and a 15-year-old need different things.

One assessment format that "works for all" ages is a myth. StudyDen gives each year group exactly what's right for them.

Format adapts by year group: friendly Luna conversations for Years 1–4, written diagnostic tests for Years 5–11.

No test stress

Year 1–4

Ages 5–9

🌙Luna's Term Chat

Luna has a friendly conversation about what they've learned. No test paper. No timer. No anxiety. They genuinely don't know they're being assessed — they think they're just talking to their tutor.

Skills profile included

Year 5–7

Ages 9–12

Diagnostic Assessment

Mixed MCQ and written questions, scaled by year group — up to 7 questions covering the full term. Skills profile output identifies exactly which concepts need reinforcement before the next term.

GCSE-style grading

Year 8–11

Ages 12–16

GCSE Exam Practice

Timed. Command-word led. GCSE mark-scheme graded. Weighted towards extended written answers — because that's what GCSE actually tests. Real exam conditions, built into their routine.

3 layers

of measurement, running simultaneously

Automatic

concept tracking — no teacher marking needed

Skills profile

after every term, not just a percentage

130 years

of memory research powering the sprint system

Curriculum

Every subject. Every week. All planned.

11 subjects. 36 weeks. Every lesson structured and ready to open.

✓ Year 1 fully live now — 11 subjects, 36 weeks each. More year groups coming soon.

Fully aligned to the UK National Curriculum · KS1–KS4

Every lesson is grounded in a DfE-backed curriculum programme — authored by qualified teachers and subject specialists.

English

36 weeks

Maths

36 weeks

Science

36 weeks

History

36 weeks

Geography

36 weeks

French

36 weeks

from Year 3

Computing

36 weeks

from Year 3

Art

36 weeks

Design & Tech

36 weeks

RE

36 weeks

PSHE

36 weeks

Critical Thinking

36 weeks

from Year 2

PE

36 weeks

Islamic RE

36 weeks

optional

* Islamic RE is an optional subject. Families can enable or disable it from their account settings.

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subjects in Year 1

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lessons ready

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14-day free trial — cancel any time
  • Complete UK curriculum — 11 subjects in Year 1, growing each year
  • Lessons authored by qualified teachers — DfE-backed, curriculum-aligned
  • Luna AI teaching assistant — lesson-aware, child-friendly
  • Three-tier assessment system with termly skills profiles
  • Progress tracking and parent dashboard with AI insights
  • All children on one plan — no extra charge
  • Any device, any browser — no download needed

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FAQ

The questions parents actually ask.

Not the softballs. The real ones.

What if my child doesn't engage with AI?
Luna is built for children, not adults. She doesn't speak in corporate AI-speak — she asks questions back, uses examples from things children actually care about, and adjusts her tone. Most children who were initially sceptical are asking Luna extra questions within the first week. That said, every lesson works perfectly well without Luna — she's there when they need her, not in the way when they don't.
How do I know they're actually learning, not just clicking through?
StudyDen uses three layers of assessment that run automatically — you don't set them up. First, every interactive exercise (gap fills, ordering tasks, spot-the-mistake activities) silently tracks concept mastery in real time. Second, a 5-question Retrieval Sprint each week pulls from the last three weeks of content — spaced exactly the way memory research says retention works. Third, at the end of each term your child gets a full milestone assessment: Luna-led conversation for younger children, diagnostic mixed questions for ages 9–12, and timed GCSE-style exam practice for older years. The parent dashboard then shows you a skills profile — not just a score, but which specific concepts are mastered, developing, or need more work. You'll know exactly what to revisit, not just that 'they need to do more maths.'
What ages and year groups are supported?
We're launching with Year 1 (ages 5–6), with 11 subjects fully live and ready. More year groups are coming soon — each one adds age-appropriate subjects as your child progresses. If you're not sure where to start, the optional baseline assessment places your child at the right point in the curriculum.
Who creates the lessons? Are they just AI-generated?
No. Every StudyDen lesson is grounded in a DfE-backed curriculum programme — a library of thousands of lessons created by qualified, experienced teachers and subject specialists, backed by the Department for Education. We use professionally authored curriculum sequences as the foundation, then structure each lesson with a hook, learning content, interactive exercises, and key vocabulary. AI assists with formatting and our tutor Luna, but the curriculum itself comes from real teachers working within an institutional quality-assurance process.
Do I need any teaching experience?
None at all. Every lesson includes a parent session guide that tells you what to do before the lesson starts, what to watch for, and one Socratic question to ask your child afterwards. You don't need to know the content — you just need to be present.
What if I need to pause or take time off?
Just stop. There's no penalty, no 'you've fallen behind' message, no emails chasing you. When you come back, your child picks up exactly where they left off. The planner adapts to your actual pace, not a calendar.
Can I use StudyDen alongside school (not instead of it)?
Absolutely. Many families use StudyDen to supplement mainstream school — either to go deeper in subjects their child loves, or to fill gaps in subjects where they're struggling. The curriculum is aligned to the UK National Curriculum, so it maps cleanly to what they're doing in school.
How much does it cost?
£29.99 per month for your entire family — all children, all subjects, no per-child charge. There's also an annual plan at £24.99 per month (billed yearly), saving you £60. Either way, you get a 14-day free trial — your card is saved but nothing is charged until day 15. Cancel any time before that and you won't pay a penny.
What devices does it work on?
Any modern browser on any device — laptop, tablet, or phone. No app to download, no software to install. If you can open a website, you can use StudyDen.

Still have a question?

We're real parents. We'll give you a real answer.

From the founder

"I built StudyDen because my daughter was falling behind and I couldn't find anything that actually worked. Not for us, not in our kitchen, not the way we live."

"If you're in that same place — overwhelmed, uncertain, doing your best — this was made for you. Not for a school board or a curriculum committee. For parents like us."

"Give it 14 days. If it doesn't help, cancel. No hard feelings."

— Founder, StudyDen · Father · Homeschooling parent

Co-Founder & CEO, StudyDen

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