How to use Learning by Questions
Have you got your PhD in Computer Science? You won't need it here! Using LbQ couldn't be simpler.
Using LbQ in your lesson
Start with the learning objective, not the technology. Whether you’re teaching reading, maths or grammar, LbQ gives you thousands of carefully designed Question Sets aligned to the curriculum and built around evidence‑informed practice.
Pupils love LbQ
97% of LbQ teachers say their children love it and not because they get gold stars or new avatars.
They're working independently, self-correcting as they go and seeing their own progress. That's where the satisfaction comes from.
No gimmicks or distractions required.
What's next? That'll be teacher interventions.
Working towards mastery
Question Sets are scaffolded, building on prior skills and knowledge.
If LbQ recognises that a pupil is getting a lot of questions right, it automatically moves them onto the next level of challenge.
The classroom is fully inclusive, yet every child is working individually at the right stretch and pace for them.
Feedback is most powerful when pupils can use it immediately
LbQ provides specific and constructive feedback in the moment, which helps pupils not only understand whether an answer is right or wrong, but why.
Get your pupils connected
Pupils simply scan the QR code, select their name and begin. No logins to remember. No complicated setup. Just learning. Not enough devices?
Preview - and hit start!
Select your resource
Choose the topic
Select your subject
Choose your class
We've got thousands of award‑winning resources that we call Question Sets.
You'll never have to slave through the night looking for lesson content again.
Teaching interventions
LbQ is designed to maximise moments of effective communication with the pupils who need you most. So how do we do that?
After the lesson, LbQ continues working
Question-level analysis identifies groups of pupils who need a supported revisit, further practice or additional challenge.
Each group is automatically linked to appropriate resources, creating a simple cycle:
Teach →
Assess →
Understand →
Adapt →
Improve.
Class intervention
Hold on! There are a lot of children getting this question wrong. Hit the pause button!
Wait for the groan! Pupils don't like to be interrupted from their LbQ work.
You could use front-of-class annotation to unpack and revisit any aspect of the objective they haven't quite understood.
Or decide to pick it up next time. It's up to you.
Group interventions
Pupil intervention
Fiona has attempted Question 10 eight times. That tells you something — but it doesn’t tell you everything.
Perhaps she is distracted today. Perhaps she has a misconception that needs addressing. Perhaps she needs to revisit a previous concept.
LbQ gives you the insight. You decide the response.
The Matrix
Allow us to introduce your new best friend: the results Matrix. This real-time performance data gives you eyes everywhere.
You and your teaching assistants can come to the rescue of those that need it - when they need it!
Regular Assessments powered by LbQ
LbQ’s diagnostic assessments give you a clear picture of understanding, but they don’t stop at identifying gaps. They connect directly to the next steps, helping you know what to teach, who needs support and how to help every child keep up, not catch up.
Multiplication Tables Check
Fluency creates freedom in mathematics.
LbQ MTC assessments help teachers identify gaps in multiplication knowledge, build confidence and ensure pupils have the foundations they need for future maths success.
White Rose Maths Diagnostics
Built around the White Rose Maths curriculum sequence, LbQ helps teachers check understanding at the right point in learning.
Identify misconceptions early, strengthen foundations and ensure pupils are ready for the next mathematical step.
Springboard Diagnostics
Available across every KS2 year group, Springboard half-termly assessments are carefully matched to curriculum expectations and designed to reveal what pupils know, what they have missed and what they need next.
In year 6, SATs-focused diagnostics help identify and close gaps before test day.
No photocopying. No marking. No spreadsheet chase. Just instant insight, clear next steps and the confidence that there will be no surprises.
LbQ for home or independent learning
LbQ gives pupils purposeful practice at home, connected directly to classroom learning. Less ‘work for home’. More learning without limits.
Pick up in the lesson
The inverse is also true. Ask pupils to cover the basics at home, then tackle the more challenging questions when they are back in school and where they have your additional support.
Continue at home
The traditional length of a lesson can be too short for all pupils to reach their stretch zone. With LbQ, you can thoroughly cover the basic understanding in the lesson and then ask pupils to complete the more challenging questions at home at the click of a button.
Giving guidance where required
This gives you insights into that pupil's metacognitive abilities. Do they need more guidance or modelling in order to work well by themselves?
Identify pupils' independent answers
Hollow squares denote that the question was answered for homework, solid squares show that the answer was given in the lesson.
Monitor progress
See how your pupils are progressing through a question-level analysis.
See the progress of individual pupils and the class as a whole.
Jump right in
Pupils use the QR codes to jump straight in to the homework - no email addresses or passwords needed.
Pick a deadline
Choose a date and time for completion. Add any notes for the pupils.
Select your pupils
LbQ allows you to select which pupils in the class receive the work. This means you can set different tasks for different pupils, adapting the learning to maximise individual progress.
Set an independent study task
To set an independent study task, simply choose a Question Set and hit the 'Independent Study' button.
LbQ tailored to suit your needs
We build tools today for the school you want to become tomorrow.
Learning by Questions for year 6.
SATs intervention that is helping to close gaps in Y6 classrooms across the country.
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With an LbQ trial you could:
- feel the benefit, not the burden, of homework.
- build independent learning muscles.
- banish the stop-start feeling to your lessons.
- watch pupils flourish with individual learning journeys.
- get everybody into the learning stretch zone.
- connect learning at home with learning in the lesson.
Question Sets
What are they?
A Question Set is kinda what it says on the tin. It's a resource that contains between 10 and 40 questions based on a single National Curriculum learning objective.
Why our question sets win awards.
Imagine having months to consider a single learning objective and write great questions to check children have understood it correctly.
What if those questions were scaffolded, building on previous skills and knowledge - with enough variety to stretch and challenge everyone.
But what about the answers
Now consider that in addition to the questions, you had time to consider all the possible misconceptions a child may have.
How great would it be if you could write constructive feedback to be delivered immediately to that child every time they answered?
Well that's what we do for you. That's an LbQ Question Set.
Not enough devices?
Pupils can share a device, which can develop...
- Collaborative learning: teaching is the highest form of learning.
- Sharing of different methods to find an answer.
- Empowerment through pupils' ownership of their own learning.
Don't forget - you can use LbQ front-of-class too.
The Matrix: an x-ray for your class!
The teacher can see in real-time how all the pupils are getting on and intervene to ensure that misconceptions are nipped in the bud. You can be sure that every child is getting the right support at the right time.
The LbQ value calculator
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