ticktockmaths.co.uk

What It Is

TickTockMaths is a math teaching resource website maintained by Richard Tock. Its core content consists of classroom-oriented math PowerPoints, practice activities, and teaching reflections. The site publishes resources on topics such as arithmetic sequences, range, FDP, equations of straight lines, areas of circles and sectors, calculator use, and more, with some materials also shared on TES.

Core Content and Format

This is not a complete online course for students; it is closer to a lesson-planning resource library for teachers. Resources include downloadable PowerPoints, example-problem pairs, whiteboard practice, classroom questions, plenaries, short test questions, and slide decks featuring “bad graphs” examples. The author emphasizes that these materials have been repeatedly revised, trimmed, and improved after years of classroom use, making them feel more like frontline teaching materials than one-off templates.

Pricing and Certificates

The site does not state clear pricing, nor does it explain any membership model, purchase process, or certification. Some resources are hosted on TES, so whether they are free or paid must be checked after clicking through. The website also does not show any accreditation, course completion certificates, or formal training structure, so it is not suitable for learners whose goal is to obtain a qualification.

Pros and Cons

The main strengths are that the resources are concrete and strongly classroom-oriented. The author often explains the design rationale and the difficulties encountered in teaching, which helps teachers understand how to use and adapt the materials. The combination of examples, whiteboard activities, and test questions is well suited to secondary-school math classes. The drawbacks are the lack of a systematic structure and the fact that resources are spread between the blog and TES. There is no clear course pathway, learning progress tracking, customer support, or localized guidance. The content is clearly aimed at the UK math teaching context, so Chinese teachers would need to map it to domestic textbooks and exam requirements themselves.

Who It’s For

TickTockMaths is best suited to math teachers, lesson-planning teams, and educational resource designers, especially those who want to reference English-language math classroom slides, example design, and activity planning. It is less suitable for students who want to learn math systematically from scratch.

Access in China

Based on the available content alone, its actual accessibility in mainland China cannot be determined, so this should be marked as unknown. If you need to download resources hosted on TES, you may also need to consider TES account requirements, network access, and resource permissions.