11+ practice that stays kind.

A little challenge. A little help. A lot of growing.

Adaptive 11+ practice for children aged 9–11, where a wrong answer is the start of the learning, not a red cross.

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Four small islands drifting in a warm sky, one for each subject a child practises in Nimbo.
The Nimbo home screen on a phone: Nimbo the cloud above four subject tiles and a five-question quest.

Where it begins

Four islands. Four guides.

93 skills across the whole 11+, and a friend on every island.

  • Pip the fox, waving.Mathswith Pip the fox38 skills
  • Miso the cat, waving.Verbal reasoningwith Miso the cat21 skills
  • Marnie the thread doll, waving.Englishwith Marnie the thread doll22 skills
  • Tess the owl, waving.Non-verbal reasoningwith Tess the owl12 skills

Between the quests

Words and times tables, played.

Short games for the two things that grow with daily practice.

The Slice word game: four fruits carry the words anxious, miniature, generous and distant, and the child slices the one that means nervous.

Word cards

A few new words every day, with a meaning and an example. Words already met come back in eleven games.

  • Word Harbour
  • Slice
  • Pairs
  • Groups
  • Balloons
  • Unjumble
  • Fill the gap
  • and more
The Defend times-tables game: storm clouds drift towards Miso the cat, and the child types 7 × 2 on a number pad to stop them.

Times tables

Every fact from 2 × 2 to 12 × 12 on one map that only brightens. Bronze to Diamond badges, and tricky facts come back until they stick.

  • Defend
  • Slice
  • Type
  • Times-tables map

When it gets hard

A tricky question isn’t the end of the story.

Help that climbs, one rung at a time.

An example of the help, step by step

What is 3/4 of 20?

  1. STEP 01

    A nudge

    “Can you split 20 into four equal groups?” A direction to look in — never the route.

  2. STEP 02

    The next step

    One concrete move: 20 ÷ 4 = 5, so a quarter of 20 is 5. Now, how many quarters does the question ask for?

  3. STEP 03

    A worked example

    The same kind of problem with different numbers, solved slowly: 3/4 of 12 → 12 ÷ 4 = 3, then 3 × 3 = 9.

  4. STEP 04

    The full explanation

    20 ÷ 4 = 5, then 5 × 3 = 15. Offered only after a genuine attempt — enough help to understand, not just move on.

What you see

Their effort, clearly seen.

Counts, not claims.

8attempts
4right first try
3worked out after help

Illustrative counts for one topic.

Vocabulary: too early to say. When there isn’t enough evidence yet, we tell you so.

The parent view on a phone: questions practised, right first try and worked out after help, with Nimbo’s weekly note.

What we will never do

Room to grow. Nothing to prove.

  • No percentilesNo readiness scores either. We don’t have the evidence for them.
  • No comparisonsYour child’s record is about your child.
  • No streaksA missed day costs nothing. Counts only ever rise.
  • No trackersNo third-party cookies, which is why there is no cookie banner.

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  • All four subjects, 93 skills
  • 7,900+ questions and 580 word cards
  • Parent view and a weekly note
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Fair questions.

Does my child need an account or an email?

No. A parent signs in with Google and adds their child by first name. Children never sign in to anything.

What happens when the 14 days end?

Nothing is charged, because we never asked for a card. If you want to carry on, you subscribe for £7.99 a month and can cancel anytime.

Why is there no score or predicted result?

A handful of answers can’t support one. We show what your child actually did, and say so when it is too early to judge.

Is it timed?

Not unless your child wants it. A quest is five questions with no timer; timed practice is an option.

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Nimbo the cloud with the island guides: a bear, Miso the cat, Pip the fox, Marnie the thread doll, Tess the owl and a bunny.