Abacus Mental Arithmetic
Calculate large sums mentally by visualising an abacus.
For: Children aged 5 to 12, and adults building concentration
Foundation
Programmes and personal learning
480+ programmes. One plan for each learner.
Every learner, known.
Our programmes set out what there is to learn, from first reading to artificial intelligence, and they reach learners wherever learning happens: at home, online, in schools, in companies and in learning venues. What we build around each one is personal: a starting point measured for the learner, a plan written for them, an educator chosen for how they learn, and progress they can see every month.
- Programmes
- 480+
- Fields of study
- 12
- Countries
- 20+
- Educators
- 72,000+
Programmes and fields of study, in the published catalogue; countries, where the network operates; educators, registered with the network. Figures as of 17 October 2026.
How a programme becomes personal
The same programme, redesigned around every learner who takes it.
Two learners can open the same programme on the same day and follow different paths through it, whether they study at home, at school or at work. Four steps make that happen, and our educators lead every one of them.
- 01 · Placement
We find the starting point.
Every learner begins with an assessment of where they stand today. Our learner app includes a placement test that recommends a level, so the first lesson starts where the learner actually is.
- 02 · Plan
We write a plan for one person.
Goals are agreed with the learner, their family or their employer, and the educator receives a personal learning brief before the first lesson. As sessions happen, the learning goals update from the educator’s own notes, so the plan keeps pace with the learner.
- 03 · Mastery checkpoints
We move on when the learner is ready.
Each stage closes with a mastery check. A learner who has it moves forward, and a learner who needs more time gets it, with guided questions and practice that ask them to do the thinking.
- 04 · Monthly progress
We show the progress every month.
A monthly report diagnoses pacing, describes how the learner learns best and sets out the next month of teaching with its own mastery re-test, and our education team stays accountable for every report.
Education systems need to “favour depth over breadth” and teach core topics “well enough for genuine mastery”.
Our mastery checkpoints are built on that principle: depth comes first, and a learner advances once the ground under them is solid.
Fields of study
480+ programmes across 12 fields of study.
We design the curriculum at the centre, field by field: school subjects, world languages, music, technology, sport and the professions, each set on one depth scale from Foundation to Professional. Where a subject has a published international syllabus, our programme follows it. Fields marked below suit schools and corporate training especially well.
- Academic70 programmesSuits schools
- Languages29 programmesSuits schoolsSuits corporate training
- Music46 programmesSuits schools
- Technology94 programmesSuits schoolsSuits corporate training
- Test Preparation27 programmesSuits schools
- Arts27 programmesSuits schools
- Sports77 programmesSuits schools
- Religion15 programmes
- Business & Professional28 programmesSuits corporate training
- Communication21 programmesSuits corporate training
- Hobby & Lifestyle35 programmes
- Culinary11 programmes
- Suits schools
- Suits corporate training
Future skills
Artificial intelligence at three levels, programming, data and robotics, for children taking their first steps in code, for school classes, for teams at work and for practitioners already building models.
- Basic AIBeginners with no prior background in AI
- Intermediate AIPython users progressing to model building
- Advanced AIPractitioners who already train machine learning models
- Python FundamentalsComplete beginners to coding
- Data Science FundamentalsCareer changers entering data roles
- RoboticsChildren and teenagers, all experience levels
- Kids CodingChildren starting to program
Where these programmes are taught
One curriculum, taught wherever learners are.
Every programme reaches a learner through an educator, and the educator can meet that learner at home, online, in a school, in a company or in a learning venue nearby. As the education enabler, we bring the programmes, the method and the educator standard to each of those places, so a lesson in a classroom, an office or a coworking room keeps the same standard as a lesson at home.
At home and online
Personal classes where the learner lives or wherever they log in, with one educator, a plan written for the learner and a progress report every month.
Fields that suit it
All 12 fields of study
In schools and universities
Educators, programmes and the method brought into a school’s own classrooms for enrichment, exam preparation, languages and future skills, with progress the school can see.
Fields that suit it
In companies, as corporate training
Training for a team built on the same method: an assessment of where each person starts, a plan, the right educator and measured progress, in languages, professional skills and future skills.
Fields that suit it
In learning venues
Coworking spaces, learning spaces and venue providers host classes close to where learners live and work, and our programmes bring a steady community of learners into their rooms.
Fields that suit it
Learning for a whole life
A learner can grow up with us and keep learning long after school.
Skills now change within a working life, so learning has to keep pace. We lead with programmes for every age, and the same personal method carries a learner from their first school subject to their next career, and a whole team from one skill to the next.
Early yearsFirst reading, first numbers and the habit of asking why. 
Teenage yearsGuidance through every subject, every exam and the choices that follow. 
Adult lifeNew skills for work, a new language or the next career.
39%
“On average, workers can expect that two-fifths (39%) of their existing skill sets will be transformed or become outdated over the 2025-2030 period.”
The same report finds that if the world’s workforce were 100 people, 59 would need training by 2030, and it expects curiosity and lifelong learning to rise in importance. That is why companies belong in our network as much as schools do.
School years
Early reading and numeracy through senior secondary, including international curricula taught to their published syllabuses.
Academic: 70 programmesUniversity entry
Admissions tests, language certificates, admissions essays and the preparation that opens the next door.
Test Preparation: 27 programmesLanguages
World languages from a first lesson to advanced study, for school, work, travel and family.
Languages: 29 programmesProfessional skills
Management, finance, data, AI and the workplace skills that let adults keep advancing in careers that keep changing, for one person or a whole team.
Business & Professional: 28 programmes
Explore the programmes
Find where a learner could begin.
Choose a field to see its programmes, or search all of them at once by name, subject or learner, and narrow the list by depth and by international syllabus. Each programme becomes a personal plan once a learner starts, wherever they learn.
Academic and professional fields
Hobbies and lifestyle
Showing 9 of 70 Academic programmes
Each programme carries a depth marker running from Foundation through Professional, set by how far the material itself goes, so a beginner and a specialist can study the same field at different depths. Programmes marked International syllabus follow a published international curriculum.
Academic 70 programmes
School subjects from early reading and numeracy through senior secondary, the international curricula of Cambridge, the IB, the IPC and Pearson Edexcel, and university coursework, research writing and admissions preparation.
Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel, IB and IPC programmes follow the syllabuses those organisations publish. We prepare learners for them independently.
Academic Writing
Coaching in research papers, theses, citation and scholarly style.
For: University students and researchers writing papers
Specialist
Accounting
Learn how transactions become journals, ledgers, and finished financial statements.
For: Senior school, business undergraduates, working adults
Specialist
Admissions and Scholarship Essay Coaching
Help shaping personal statements for university and scholarship applications.
For: Applicants writing university or scholarship essays
Specialist
Cambridge A Level
Subject-by-subject Cambridge A Level coaching for students aged 16 to 18.
For: Students aged 16-18 sitting Cambridge A Level exams
SpecialistInternational syllabus
Cambridge AS Level
First-year advanced study in a chosen stream: sciences, business, ICT or arts.
For: Students starting AS Level in a chosen stream
AdvancedInternational syllabus
Cambridge IGCSE
IGCSE preparation across the subjects a student is entered for.
For: Students aged 14-16 preparing for IGCSE exams
AdvancedInternational syllabus
Cambridge Lower Secondary Stage 7
The first Lower Secondary year, with science taught as one combined subject.
For: Learners in their first Lower Secondary year
CoreInternational syllabus
Cambridge Lower Secondary Stage 8
Middle-year Cambridge study building toward the Checkpoint assessment.
For: Cambridge learners in their second Lower Secondary year
CoreInternational syllabus
Names of syllabuses, examinations, certifications and products in this catalogue, among them Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel, the International Baccalaureate (IB), the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, CFA and PMP, are trademarks of their respective owners. Eduspine prepares learners for these syllabuses and examinations independently and holds no affiliation with, endorsement from or accreditation by the organisations that own them. Examinations are registered for and sat with each organisation directly.
Built at the centre
Every programme is designed and sequenced before an educator teaches it.
A programme starts life with our curriculum team, long before it reaches a learner. We decide what a learner should be able to do by the end, how deep the material goes and the order in which ideas arrive. Educators in 20+ countries then open that same structure.
- 01
Outcomes come first
We begin by writing down what a learner will be able to do at the end: solve a certain kind of problem, hold a certain kind of conversation, play a certain piece, build a certain model. Every later decision is measured against them.
- 02
Stages are put in order
The content is broken into stages that build on one another, so each new idea rests on something the learner already owns. Where a subject follows a published international syllabus, the stages track it closely, and our preparation for it is entirely our own work.
- 03
Each stage gets a mastery checkpoint
A stage closes with a checkpoint that shows whether the learner has truly taken hold of it, and passing opens the next one. Anyone still finding their feet stays with the material a while longer, working through guided questions until the ground feels solid.
- 04
The educator receives the full picture
When a learner begins, the educator receives the programme structure together with a learning brief we prepare from the details given at enrolment. That way the starting point and the goals are clear ahead of the opening session. Our educator guides library supports the teaching, on a platform in seven interface languages.
The depth scale
Five depth levels describe how far a programme takes its learner.
The depth marker describes the material, and the learner’s age plays no part in it. An adult can begin a language at Foundation while a teenager studies mathematics at Advanced. Here is what each level asks of a learner, and how it tends to look once lessons are under way.
Foundation: first steps with patience
Foundation programmes assume no prior knowledge at all. A learner meets the basic vocabulary, gestures or symbols of a subject and practises them until they feel familiar, moving in small, steady steps with plenty of repetition toward a confident and comfortable start.
Core: the essentials, held firmly
Core programmes cover the central body of a subject, the part most learners need for school, daily life or general competence. Here the learner connects ideas, explains their reasoning and applies what they know to ordinary problems. Most of a school curriculum sits at this level.
Advanced: harder problems, more independence
Advanced programmes push into demanding material and expect the learner to work more on their own between sessions. Questions open up, problems carry several steps, and the educator spends most of the time challenging the learner's thinking, with the basics already in place.
Specialist and Professional: depth for real work
Specialist programmes concentrate on a narrow area in real depth, such as research writing or accounting. Professional programmes prepare a learner to use a skill at work, with material drawn from situations practitioners actually face. Both ask for sustained effort and repay it with expertise.
Fit by need
Start from the need, and the right programme follows.
Most people arrive with a clear goal and find a catalogue that looks large at first glance. These needs come up often, each paired with a sensible place to begin. From there, a placement and an early talk about what the learner wants to achieve refine the choice for each person.
A school adding enrichment
When a school wants to widen what it offers beyond core lessons, the fields that travel best into classrooms are a natural start: music, arts, sport, languages, robotics and early coding. Each can be taught at the depth that suits a particular year level.
A team learning a language for work
For a working language used in meetings, emails or with clients, begin in Languages at the level the placement suggests for each person. The plan leans toward situations the team meets at work, and a Communication programme running alongside builds spoken confidence.
An adult changing career toward data
Someone moving into data work can open with Python Fundamentals and continue into Data Science Fundamentals, a pairing written with career changers in mind. Anyone who already codes begins further along, and the checkpoints show when it is time to step up.
A teenager preparing for an admissions test
With a university admissions test ahead, Test Preparation is the place to begin, and the placement shows which sections need work. Academic programmes can strengthen weaker subjects in parallel, while essay coaching helps with the written parts of an application.
A child starting to read
A first step into reading sits in the Academic field, with an early literacy programme at Foundation depth. Lessons stay short, playful and patient, and a parent or guardian can follow the child's progress through the monthly report.
A professional moving into AI
To work with artificial intelligence, start at the AI level that matches today's skills. Basic AI suits someone with no background, Intermediate AI suits Python users ready to build models, and Advanced AI suits practitioners who already train them.
Field notes
Fields for study, careers and the technology that shapes both.
Here is a short guide to what the larger fields of study contain. Each one holds programmes at several depths, so a learner can enter at the right level and keep climbing. The live catalogue above shows how many programmes each field holds today.
Academic and Test Preparation
The Academic field follows a learner through school, from early reading and numbers to senior secondary subjects and university coursework, including programmes on published international syllabuses. Test Preparation concentrates on admissions tests and language examinations, building both knowledge and calm for the day itself.
Languages for every purpose
World languages are taught from a very first greeting through to advanced study. Programmes cover speaking, listening, reading and writing, and the plan can lean toward what the learner actually needs: everyday conversation, academic study, travel, or the vocabulary of a particular profession.
Technology and future skills
Our largest field covers programming, digital tools and the skills now reshaping work. It includes AI at three levels, Python and data science, along with robotics and early coding for young learners. Programmes run from a child's very first program to model building for practitioners already working in the field.
Business, Professional and Communication
These programmes serve people building a career: management, finance, accounting and workplace skills in Business and Professional, with public speaking, presentation and confident expression in Communication. Both fields suit corporate training especially well, whether for one person or for a whole team.
More field notes
Fields for creativity, movement, faith and the pleasures of daily life.
Learning also feeds the parts of life beyond school and work. These fields share the method and mastery checkpoints used everywhere else in the catalogue, so a learner picking up a guitar or a new sport receives the same careful planning as someone preparing for an examination.
Music and Arts
Instruments, voice and music theory sit alongside drawing, painting and the visual arts. Programmes start with technique and close listening or looking, then move toward interpretation and personal style. Learners play their own instruments and work with their own materials, and practice fits the learner’s week.
Sports and movement coaching
Coaching spans a wide range of sports and movement disciplines, for learners who want to start, improve or train seriously. Sessions build skill, fitness and good habits step by step, and the educator notes progress at the close of each one, exactly as in an academic programme.
Religion and the study of faith
These programmes are for learners who want to study scripture, religious practice and the knowledge that surrounds a faith. Lessons are personal and respectful, paced to the learner, and suit children taking first steps as well as adults deepening a lifelong study.
Hobby and Lifestyle, and Culinary
This secondary set covers skills people pick up for pleasure and daily life. Hobby and Lifestyle gathers creative pastimes, while Culinary teaches cooking and baking, with learners using their own kitchen and ingredients. Both follow the same outcomes, stages and checkpoints, and welcome learners of every age.
Kept up to date
Our programmes keep learning from the classes that teach them.
A programme is a living piece of work. Subjects shift, syllabuses change and educators find better ways to teach a stage. We bring all of that back to the centre, so that next month’s version of a programme carries everything the network has learned in the meantime.
Reviewed by the curriculum team
Our curriculum team at the centre owns every programme. When a stage proves too steep or a topic has moved on, the team revises the outcomes, the sequence or the checkpoint, and the updated programme then reaches educators everywhere the network teaches.
Syllabus changes followed closely
For programmes built on a published international syllabus, our team tracks each revision and adjusts the stages to match, so learners prepare for the version they will sit. This work is done independently, and we hold no affiliation with the organisations that set those syllabuses.
Session notes and reports feed back
Educators log progress at the end of each session, and monthly reports diagnose pacing for each learner. Read across many learners, those notes reveal where a programme flows and where learners tend to stall, which tells the curriculum team exactly where to look.
Learner feedback, made usable
Feedback from learners is rewritten into clear, practical points for the educator. Patterns in that feedback also travel to the centre, where they help us sharpen the explanations, worked examples and practice material for everyone who takes the programme next.
Questions about programmes
What schools, companies and learners ask us about our programmes.
Schools, companies, course partners, educators and learners tend to ask similar things when they first look through the catalogue. These are the questions that come up most often, from choosing a level to what happens when a learner moves faster or slower than planned.
- How do I choose the right depth level?
- Begin with the level that matches the learner’s experience. A placement test in the learner app suggests where to start, while a talk about what they hope to achieve adds what a test alone misses. If the first sessions show the learner belongs higher or lower, the plan moves with them.
- Can a programme fit a school timetable or a company team?
- Yes. The programme structure stays the same while the plan around it adapts to the setting. A school can run it across its own lesson periods, and a company can shape sessions around working hours, with each person assessed individually and progress visible to the organisation.
- How are international syllabuses handled?
- Programmes marked as following a published international syllabus track it stage by stage, and the curriculum team updates them when the syllabus changes. Our preparation is independent and carries no affiliation with the syllabus owners, and examinations are sat directly with those organisations.
- How is progress through a programme shown?
- Educators note progress after each session, and a monthly progress report sets out where the learner stands, how their pacing compares with the plan and what comes next. Each report is adapted to its reader and checked for quality before it goes out, with our education team answerable for every one.
- What happens when a learner is ahead of or behind the plan?
- A learner who passes a mastery checkpoint opens the next stage, and one who outgrows a programme continues to the next depth level. Someone who needs longer stays with the stage, guided by questions, until it is secure. And if a match does not work, we bring in a new educator at no extra cost.
Taught to one standard
One standard, in every class and every place.
Our 110+ local operations teach these programmes in 20+ countries, with educators trained to one teaching standard and supported by one set of shared systems, in homes, classrooms, offices and learning venues alike.