Sunday night, again
"It's 9pm. I've got CGP books on the table and no idea which one she should do this week. She's already in bed."
— Sarah, mum to Mira (Year 5, Surrey)
20 minutes a day. Lumi analyses every answer, finds learning gaps, and builds tomorrow's study plan overnight.
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Lumi
Ready for tomorrow
Morning. Mira's plan for Monday is ready.
No books. No marking. No deciding. 22 min, all sorted.
Covers the major selective entrance exams
GL Assessment
Grammar & selective
CEM
Cambridge-backed
ISEB
Independent schools
Independent
School-set papers
Content aligned with these exam formats. Lumi is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the above organisations.
Covers the major selective entrance exams
But here you are — picking topics, marking answers, deciding what to do tonight. The work the tutor or platform should be doing, you're doing. Most evenings, badly, because you're tired.
Sunday night, again
"It's 9pm. I've got CGP books on the table and no idea which one she should do this week. She's already in bed."
— Sarah, mum to Mira (Year 5, Surrey)
£200 a month for one hour
"The tutor's good. But it's one hour a week. The other six days, we're just guessing."
— James, dad to Oliver (Year 4, North London)
Stuck on a fractions question
"He asks me how to do it. I learned it differently. We end up both frustrated."
— Priya, mum to Ayaan (Year 5, Birmingham)
Tests bought, never marked
"I bought the practice papers in September. It's January. Three are done. None are marked."
— Tom, dad to Jaspreet (Year 5, Manchester)
"This is exactly what I'm here for.
Let me take this off your plate."
They log in to a friendly dashboard, work through their daily plan — a quick test, revision cards, a topic study. 20 minutes. They know what to do.
Behind the scenes, the AI tracks every answer. Where they're confident. Where they're guessing. Which topics are wobbly. Tomorrow's plan adapts to what it saw today.
Stuck mid-question? Lumi's intelligent tutor explains it in plain language — worked through, not just an answer. Your parent dashboard shows it all: progress, weak spots, what to do next.
The plan adapts every day. You stay informed without lifting a finger.
Not a sales pitch — a week. Three moments. The kind a parent currently spends planning, marking, or worrying about.
Tuesday, 4:30pm
Her plan's already there: a 10-minute Quick Test on fractions, 12 vocabulary cards due, a short topic study on shape rotation. She does it. Closes the laptop. 22 minutes. No arguments about what to do next.
Thursday, in the morning
Three topics shifted from Intermediate to Strong this week. One — Reading Inference — dipped. You tap 'prioritise' so tomorrow's plan opens with it. Twenty seconds. Done.
Sunday, 9am
One paragraph. Maya's biggest wins. One thing worth a closer look. The plan for the coming week — already built. You read it on your phone. The CGP books stay in the cupboard.
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Every morning at 6am, Lumi builds tomorrow's plan from what your child practised today. 3 to 5 tasks, each with a reason. Decided before they sit down.
Every test your child takes is measured against their own average. You see exactly how much they've improved — week by week, topic by topic. Not just a streak. Not just a score. Real, visible growth.
Streak, stars, subject progress, recent activity — all at a glance.
Topic-by-topic view: weak, intermediate, strong, mastered. No more guessing.
Every test your child has taken, with score, time spent, and date.
Skip a task. Prioritise another. Add a note. You stay in the driver's seat.
Most apps tell you the score. Lumi tells you whether your child rushed, second-guessed themselves, or trusted their gut. Three patterns that quietly decide whether they pass the real exam.
Pace
Lumi flags any test finished in under 30% of the planned time. If your child consistently rushes, that's the conversation to have — before exam day.
Second-guessing
We track whether second-guessing makes them right or wrong. Most kids change their answer to a worse one. If yours doesn't — that's a quiet superpower.
Difficulty mix
Strong on easy, wobbly on hard? You'll see it the moment it happens — and tomorrow's plan adjusts to push them up the difficulty curve.
✨ Unique to Lumi
The behaviour panel — your secret weapon for exam day.
Most apps tell you what your child knows. Lumi tells you whether they'll get it right under pressure.
Lumi's revision cards use the same proven algorithm as Anki — the one medical students rely on. Each card returns at the right interval to lodge vocabulary, terminology and formulas in long-term memory. Not crammed for one test, then forgotten.
Same proven algorithm (SM-2) used by Anki and other memory apps trusted by medical students.
Wrong answer? Lumi doesn't just say 'wrong' — it walks your child through it. Step by step, in plain language, with the actual numbers from their question. The kind of patient explanation a tutor gives, available the moment your child needs it.
Available 24/7 · Built for the 11+
Patient · Step-by-step
No more "I don't get it"
Short bursts for the daily plan. Focused tests for a wobbly topic. Full mocks for exam stamina. All timed. All explained. All fed straight back into tomorrow's plan.
Short bursts across mixed topics. The default daily habit.
Focus a session on one topic — Fractions, Synonyms, Shape Rotation.
Full-length, exam-conditions practice. Builds real exam stamina.
Question banks aren't created equal. Lumi's keeps growing — alongside structured topics, worked examples, and a revision deck that loops back at the right intervals. There's always something new to practise. And something worth revisiting.
Every 11+ topic, sequenced and adaptive. Your child practises what they need — not what they already know.
Place value, fractions, algebra, ratio, geometry and word problems. Every 11+ Maths topic, sequenced for steady growth.
Comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, spelling and writing. Paced to build real confidence with language.
Letter codes, word logic, analogies and patterns. Pattern thinking that feels playful, not pressured.
Shape rotation, sequences, matrices, 3D folding and analogies. Visual reasoning that builds real intuition.
Practice that feels like a game. Prepares them like a tutor.
Honest visibility. Light-touch control. Your evenings back.
Every question, example and AI message is filtered for age-appropriate language. No swearing, no scary themes.
Subscription-funded. No advertising, no data sale, no upsells targeting your child.
British English, UK curriculum, hosted in the UK for data residency. GDPR-compliant by default.
Kids can't hide results from parents. Your dashboard always reflects what's actually happening.
Fully designed for both. Easier on the eyes for evening study sessions.
Laptop, tablet, phone. Nothing to install. Picks up where they left off across devices.
We won't pretend other options don't work — they do, eventually. Here's what a typical week looks like with and without Lumi running in the background.
Right now
Without Lumi
Sunday night planning
You decide what they do this week. Marked answers? Maybe later.
£200+ a month for one tutor hour
Great hour. Then six days of guessing on your own.
Workbooks pile up
Bought in September. Half-done by January. No idea what's been mastered.
Spaced what?
Words learned in September forgotten by February. Tested cold. Disaster.
£200+ /month for a tutor. Hours of parent admin per week.
From day one
With Lumi
Plan ready by 6am
Daily AI plan refreshed overnight. 5 tasks, ~20 minutes. Done.
£10 a month — every day
Daily practice, all 4 subjects, every child in the family.
Topic-level mastery view
Every topic tagged: weak / intermediate / strong / mastered. Always current.
Spaced repetition built-in
Anki's SM-2 algorithm. Cards return at the right interval. Stuff actually sticks.
£10 /month. ~20 min /day. Less than £2 a week.
Same outcome you'd hire a tutor for. A fraction of the cost. None of the admin.
Try Lumi free →Lumi is a serious, structured self-study platform — but it isn't everything. Before you sign up, here's what you should know it doesn't do:
Here's what 12 months of 11+ prep actually costs — three ways.
A weekly tutor
£200
per month, one hour a week
Lumi
£10
per month, every day
Less than your weekly coffee.
That's 95% less than a tutor — with practice seven days a week, not one.
No commitment. Cancel anytime.
Less than £2 a week. Saves £20 vs monthly.
An 11+ tutor typically costs £30+ per hour. Lumi runs every day, all four subjects, for less than the price of a single tutoring session each month.
We dropped from a tutor + three workbooks + a panic to one app and twenty minutes a day. Her mock score has gone up nine points since November.
Sarah M.
Mum to Maya, Year 5 · targeting Tiffin Girls
The spaced repetition is the bit nobody else does properly. Words he met in September come back in February — and he actually remembers them now. Honestly transformative for English.
James K.
Dad to Oliver, Year 4 · QE Boys / Henrietta Barnett
I cancelled the tutor in October. The parent dashboard tells me more in 30 seconds than her weekly email used to. Saved us about £180 a month.
Priya R.
Mum to Anya, Year 6 · sat GL in January
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Children aged 7–16, but most useful for Years 4–6 (ages 8–11) preparing for the 11+. The platform also works as general KS2 enrichment for younger children.
Content aligns with GL Assessment, CEM, ISEB Common Entrance, and general 11+ topics. You can target one board, or practise across all of them.
Most families don't need both. Lumi covers daily practice, revision, assessment and weak-area targeting — the bulk of what a good 11+ tutor delivers. If your child needs 1:1 explanation, a tutor alongside Lumi is a strong combination.
20–30 minutes is plenty. The daily AI plan is sized for that. Consistency matters more than long sessions.
Any modern web browser — laptop, tablet, phone. No app to install. Progress syncs across devices automatically.
Yes. No ads. No data sale. UK-hosted. Parent-controlled accounts. We never share data with third parties for marketing.
Yes — the parent dashboard shows everything: tasks completed, time spent, scores, subject mastery, the full AI plan history.
The system adapts to their level — practice gets harder as they improve, and the AI plan focuses on weak topics. You can also skip or prioritise topics from the parent dashboard.
Anytime. No notice period. No retention games. The annual plan can be refunded pro-rata in the first 30 days.
The question bank and revision deck keep growing. Spaced repetition means cards loop back at the right intervals even after 'mastered' — so retention stays strong all the way to the exam.
Give your child a plan that knows what to do tonight, what to revisit on Friday, and what's worth a closer look on Sunday. Give yourself the evenings back.
Questions? Email us — we read everything. Built by parents, for parents.