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For the NSW OC & Selective tests

The tutor that actually knows your child.

It hints before it tells. It tells questions around the things your child loves. It checks every maths question before your child sees it. And it gives you a plain-English picture of progress that your child sees too.

Founding familiesThe first 500 kids get their first school term free.

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Try a real question

Maths · two steps

Tell it around:

Maya had 22 cricket balls. She found 18 more, then gave away 2. How many does she have now?

Pick a wrong answer to see what happens. You get a hint, then a deeper one. The answer only comes after three tries.

How it teaches

What a good tutor does, on every question.

01

Hints before answers

A wrong answer gets a nudge, then a deeper hint. The worked answer only comes after three tries. Your child does the thinking, and they're never left stuck.

  1. 1Try. Your child answers
  2. 2Hint. A nudge in the right direction
  3. 3Deeper hint. The first step, spelled out
  4. 4Worked answer. Only after three tries

02

Their world, the same maths

Questions are retold around what your child loves. Only names and things change: every number and every step stays exactly as it was checked.

Sam had 22 marbles. He found 18 more, then gave away 2. How many does he have now?

Maya had 22 cricket balls. She found 18 more, then gave away 2. How many does she have now?

Zara had 22 moon rocks. She found 18 more, then gave away 2. How many does she have now?

03

Checked before it's shown

Before a maths question reaches your child, its answer is worked out again from scratch, and exactly one option has to be right. If the check fails, the question is dropped.

22 + 18 = 40pass

40 − 2 = 38pass

Only one option is 38pass

Mastered means remembered

We don’t call it mastered until it sticks.

Plenty of apps call a skill mastered after a few right answers in a row. Future Dux waits. A skill only counts as mastered after 3 memory checks in a row answered right first time, spread over at least 6 weeks, the last one after 30+ days away from it. Your child sees the same rule and how many checks they’ve done. Miss one and the count starts again.

  1. Day 1

    Learns it

    Hints and worked examples until it clicks.

  2. That week

    Getting there

    Right first time, a few times over.

  3. Weeks 1–2

    Memory checks

    It comes back after a few days, then a couple of weeks.

  4. 6+ weeks

    Mastered

    3 checks right in a row, the last after a month away.

One picture, shared

What you see, your child sees too.

You get a plain-English view: what’s going well, what needs a hand this week, and what’s coming up for review. There are no secret reports. Your child sees the same picture on their own dashboard.

And there are puzzles: your child can send you a question they’ve solved, and you can send one back. They usually love explaining how they got it.

Example · parent viewBuilding well

Maya is building well in fractions and word problems.

  • This week: ratios. She’s mixing up which part goes first.
  • Coming back for review: two-step problems, in 9 days.
Example · a puzzle

A puzzle from Maya: Maya had 22 cricket balls. She found 18 more, then gave away 2. How many does she have now?

Every part of the test

All four sections, from one tutor.

Mathematical Reasoning

Word problems, fractions, percentages, ratios, data, geometry, time and money.

Thinking Skills

Analogies, patterns, logic grids, code-breaking and spatial puzzles.

Reading

Passages with questions on the main idea, inference, vocabulary and the author's purpose.

Writing

Responses to writing prompts, with feedback on ideas, structure, vocabulary and grammar.

Safe by design

Built for children, not for engagement.

  • Your child's name never goes to the AI.

    The tutor writes a placeholder and the app fills the name in on screen.

  • A worrying message reaches a person.

    If your child types something that suggests they're not okay, they're shown Kids Helpline straight away, and someone on our team reads it.

  • No ads, and no third-party trackers.

    Nothing on your child's account is shared with advertisers or analytics companies.

  • Kept in Australia.

    Accounts, answers and the AI that helps with them all run in Australian data centres.

  • No streaks, no leaderboards.

    No daily targets and no rewards for just turning up. XP and badges come from solving and mastering.

  • You set up your child's account.

    Children sign in with a username you create. They don't need an email address.

Founding families

The first 500 kids get their first school term free.

We’re letting families in a few at a time, so every child gets a tutor that works properly and every family gets our attention. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you an invite when a place opens. After the free term it’s A$120 per school term.

Already have an invite? Create your account

We keep your email and your child’s school year only to send you an invite. They stay in our own database in Australia, and we don’t share them or pass them to a mailing-list service. To be taken off the list, email jr@futuredux.com. Privacy policy

Questions parents ask

Who is it for?

Children in Years 3 to 6 preparing for the NSW Opportunity Class placement test (sat in Year 4) or the Selective High School placement test (sat in Year 6).

What does it cost?

The first 500 kids get their first school term free. After that it's A$120 per school term: one price, with no tiers or extras. There's no payment system yet, so nothing can be charged without you choosing to pay.

Why is it invite-only?

We're starting with a small group of families so we can look after each one properly and fix things quickly. Join the waitlist and we'll invite you as places open.

Does the AI just give my child the answers?

No. A wrong answer gets a hint, then a deeper hint, and the worked answer only comes after three tries. The point is for your child to do the thinking.

How much should my child use it?

There are no streaks and no daily targets. Short, regular sessions work best, and the reviews that check a skill has stuck are spaced out over weeks, so a little often beats a lot at once.