HegartyMaths

HegartyMaths is an educational subscription tool used by schools in the United Kingdom. It is sometimes used as a replacement for general mathematics homework tasks.[2] Its creator, Colin Hegarty, was the UK Teacher of the Year in 2015 and shortlisted for the Varkey Foundation's Global Teacher Prize in 2016.[3]

HegartyMaths
Type of site
Online tutoring
Available inEnglish
Area servedUnited Kingdom
OwnerColin Hegarty
IndustryEducation
ServicesSubscription
URLhegartymaths.com
AdvertisingYes
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
UsersOver 1 million[1]
Launched12 July 2013

Usage

HegartyMaths covers a variety of topics and has 925 tasks to complete.[4] A task includes an educational video with an explanation and examples on the topic. Afterwards, there is a quiz to complete, containing topic specific questions. The site is regularly updated and more topics added to keep up with the GCSE mathematics curriculum. Students can complete tasks by themselves, or teachers can assign these tasks to students to complete as homework or for revision purposes and then track the student's progress.[5]

History

HegartyMaths was created by co-founders and teachers Colin Hegarty and Brian Arnold. In 2011 they started making maths videos on YouTube to support their own classes with maths homework and revision. Since the videos were freely available on YouTube, students from all over the country and the world started using the videos too. In 2012, Colin won £15,000 of funding from education charity SHINE, through its Let Teachers SHINE competition, to make a website to host the videos and make more content. The original website, launched on 12 July 2013, was called mathswebsite.com. It was built to contain free maths videos to assist students in revision and is still accessible today.

In February 2016, a new site was launched: HegartyMaths. In 2019, Colin Hegarty sold HegartyMaths to Sparx (a company selling revision GCSE packages), for an undisclosed sum. Colin became part of the leadership team for Sparx and continued to lead development on HegartyMaths.[6][7][8]

Colin Hegarty (Mr Hegarty)

Early life

Between 1992 and 2000, Colin attended the London Oratory School, obtaining 11 A*s and 1 A in his GCSEs and 4 A's in his As-Level exams.[9]

Adulthood

Colin attended the University of Oxford between 2000 and 2003 and was the first person in his family to do so. After receiving his first class degree in Mathematics from Oxford, he worked at Deloitte as an International Tax Manager, until August 2009.[9] It was during this time that he said he "always felt the urge to fulfill a radically different ambition [as a teacher]".

Afterwards, he left his job at Deloitte and took a £40,000 pay cut to become a teacher. He trained as a Teacher of Maths and from November 2011 until September 2013, he worked at Queensmead School as the Deputy Head of the Maths department. As of May 2013, he works as an Advanced Skills Teacher of Maths at Preston Manor School.[9] He began making online videos when one of his students had to leave the country with his terminally ill father, and Colin was concerned about him falling behind in his A levels. Colin eventually left his post as a teacher to develop the website further.

References
  1. "Teachers apply here". hegartymaths.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. "Colin Hegarty – world's best maths teacher?". Irish Examiner. 20 February 2016.
  3. "Colin Hegarty: Maths teacher could become millionaire after being shortlisted for annual award". The Independent. 17 February 2016.
  4. "HegartyMaths Homepage". HegartyMaths. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  5. novahreodacademy.org.uk using HegartyMaths 13 March 2017
  6. "Entrepreneur teacher sells online maths business". Tes.
  7. "Case study: HegartyMaths". SHINE. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  8. "The story of HegartyMaths". HegartyMaths. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  9. "Colin Hegarty". LinkedIn. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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