Sample: Bright Steps Tuition
One-to-one literacy and maths support for children who learn differently. Sessions are structured, multisensory and paced to your child — building skills step by step and confidence alongside them.
Updated July 2026
Showing 2 providers supporting dyscalculia — updated July 2026.
Specialise in dyscalculia
Grouped honestly: providers can name no more than three primary specialisms — so when a provider appears here, dyscalculia is genuinely central to their work. Within each group, Pro subscribers are shown first. A provider's group is always decided by their own declared specialisms — never by payment.
Sample: Number Sense Herts
A small team of specialist maths and literacy tutors working across Hertfordshire. Concrete-first teaching: counters, drawings and games before symbols, so number work finally makes sense.
Updated June 2026
Online dyscalculia support, wherever you are
Specialist help doesn't have to be local. These providers work with children nationwide over video call — often with shorter waiting times.
Sample: Bright Steps Tuition
One-to-one literacy and maths support for children who learn differently. Sessions are structured, multisensory and paced to your child — building skills step by step and confidence alongside them.
Updated July 2026
Sample: Number Sense Herts
A small team of specialist maths and literacy tutors working across Hertfordshire. Concrete-first teaching: counters, drawings and games before symbols, so number work finally makes sense.
Updated June 2026
Understanding
Understanding Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia is a specific difficulty with numbers. Children with dyscalculia struggle to develop 'number sense' — an instinctive feel for quantities, for how numbers relate to each other, and for what operations actually mean. Recalling number facts, telling the time, handling money and estimating can all be genuinely hard, even when a child is doing well in every other subject.
It is less widely recognised than dyslexia, which means it is often missed — a child may be labelled careless or told they just need to practise more, when practice alone was never going to fix it. It is also different from maths anxiety, although years of struggling frequently create anxiety on top, and the two then feed each other.
What helps is teaching that makes numbers physical and visible before making them abstract: counters, blocks and drawings first, symbols later, in small steps revisited often. A specialist works at the child's actual starting point — not their year group's — and rebuilds the foundations that were missed, along with the child's willingness to try.
This is general information to help you search, not medical or diagnostic advice. If you're concerned about your child, their GP or school SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) is the right starting point.
Common questions
Dyscalculia support — your questions answered
What's the difference between dyscalculia and just finding maths hard?
Most children who find maths hard have gaps — topics that were missed or taught too fast — and catch up once those gaps are filled. Dyscalculia is a persistent difficulty with the building blocks themselves: judging quantities, understanding what numbers mean, recalling basic facts. If your child struggles with things like 'which is bigger, 6 or 9?' well beyond the expected age, that pattern is worth exploring with a specialist.
What does a dyscalculia tutor do differently?
They work on number sense itself rather than racing through the school curriculum — using physical objects, pictures and games to make quantities real before introducing written methods. Steps are small, success is frequent, and topics are revisited until secure. Expect progress measured from your child's genuine starting point, not their year group's targets.
My child has maths anxiety — is that the same thing?
No, but they're often tangled together. Maths anxiety is an emotional response that can affect any child; dyscalculia is a difficulty with numbers themselves. Years of struggling with undiagnosed dyscalculia very commonly causes maths anxiety. A good specialist addresses both at once — low-pressure sessions and frequent small wins reduce the anxiety while the underlying skills are rebuilt.
Does my child need a diagnosis to get help?
No — specialist teaching helps regardless, and you don't need to wait. A formal assessment (by a specialist assessor or educational psychologist) matters more when you need exam access arrangements, such as extra time, or written evidence for school support or an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Can dyscalculia support work online?
Yes, though it needs a tutor set up for it — good dyscalculia teaching relies on physical and visual resources, so ask how they handle that over video: many use excellent interactive tools and send resource packs for your child to use at home during sessions.
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