Can an AI Tutor Reduce Maths Anxiety? Inside Third Space Learning’s “Skye”
Sat Feb 07 2026
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Episode 270: What happens when high-impact maths tutoring meets agentic AI?
In this episode of Thinking Deeply About Primary Education, Kieran is joined by Candida Crawford (Third Space Learning) to explore Skye, a “Third Space” AI maths tutor built to deliver one-to-one style spoken tutoring at scale.
Candida explains:
The problem Skye is designed to tackle.
Why Third Space moved from human-delivered tutoring to AI now and what schools actually get.
What “AI-powered” really means in this context.
And much more...
If you’re a primary leader, maths lead, or classroom teacher trying to separate real learning impact from “Wizard of Oz” AI, this is an episode designed for your questions.
Key topics: AI tutoring • maths misconceptions • verbal reasoning • scaffolding • ZPD • teacher monitoring • impact evidence • EdTech evaluation
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For show notes, links, and a summary episode, sign up for the Hey! What You Reading For newsletter. Mondays at 7am BST - https://tdape.beehiiv.com/subscribe TDaPE North West Conference Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thinking-deeply-about-primary-education-conference-tickets-1661953891829?aff=oddtdtcreator AI For Teachers newsletter For maths curriculum questions contact us here or via support@alta-education.com Learn more about The Story of Maths - www.alta-education.com/tsom-overview Episode 270: What happens when high-impact maths tutoring meets agentic AI? In this episode of Thinking Deeply About Primary Education, Kieran is joined by Candida Crawford (Third Space Learning) to explore Skye, a “Third Space” AI maths tutor built to deliver one-to-one style spoken tutoring at scale. Candida explains: The problem Skye is designed to tackle. Why Third Space moved from human-delivered tutoring to AI now and what schools actually get. What “AI-powered” really means in this context. And much more... If you’re a primary leader, maths lead, or classroom teacher trying to separate real learning impact from “Wizard of Oz” AI, this is an episode designed for your questions. Key topics: AI tutoring • maths misconceptions • verbal reasoning • scaffolding • ZPD • teacher monitoring • impact evidence • EdTech evaluation