Our story so far
2010
An idea
An idea
After a conversation at the school gate with another parent, our founder Mark Dixon made it his mission to make a difference to learning outcomes - starting with a subject very close to his heart - Maths. Meanwhile, HegartyMaths is founded by two maths teachers scratching their own itch.
2018
Getting it right
Getting it right
Sparx Maths was launched to all schools after Mark and his early team spent 8 years in schools researching and developing a system that was proven to help students and teachers.
2019
Better together
Better together
By this time, HegartyMaths had grown to support over 1,900 schools and 1.8m students in the UK, and in September 2019, Sparx Maths and HegartyMaths joined forces to help support even more schools and students.
2020
Free for all
Free for all
Sparx Learning responded to the Covid pandemic by supporting schools to teach remotely completely free of charge. Over 200 schools worldwide made use of this technology.
2021
It’s not all about Maths
It’s not all about Maths
As our community of schools grew, we started to identify other challenges we could support schools with, so we launched Sparx Learning, a way for us to be more than maths and support more students.
2022
You say goodbye, I say hello
You say goodbye, I say hello
We made the decision to retire HegartyMaths after 3 years spent incorporating its best features and learnings into Sparx Maths - our most advanced and impactful mathematics learning system.
2022
A new challenge
A new challenge
We launched our latest innovation looking to create a love of reading - Sparx Reader.
2023
A new chapter
A new chapter
At the beginning of 2023 Colin Hegarty (founder of HegartyMaths) was announced as CEO of Sparx Learning.
2023
Free for all (Yes, again!)
Free for all (Yes, again!)
We launched the Sparx Maths Curriculum, a totally free resource for every school utilising the awesome content in Sparx Maths.
2023
Broadening horizons
Broadening horizons
We launched our latest innovation - Sparx Science - with a small number of research schools as we look to help students build their scientific knowledge and understanding.
2024
A year of growth
A year of growth
5 billion questions have been answered across Maths, Literacy and Science
2025
A year of impact
A year of impact
- We now support over 2,700 schools and we have delivered over 100 million hours of learning Maths, Literacy and Science
- We became a B-Corp
- Sir Charlie Mayfield started as Chair in October to help shape our next chapter of impact.