2026 October

Lava now helps pupils step by step. Pupils can ask for a hint every time they change their work, not only after they have submitted an answer. Hints are more direct, and if a pupil hasn't shown their thinking yet, each hint gives them something to write. Some hints are now a quick multiple-choice question with three options, which keeps pupils thinking rather than just reading. Lava also uses the right maths symbols and simpler wording for the UK.

When a pupil doesn't succeed at a skill in Practice, they are now given the skill it builds on, rather than just an easier card from somewhere else. Once they solve it, they climb back up to the skill they missed. Teacher recommendations work as before.

Pupils can now answer division problems with a remainder, such as 17 ÷ 5 = 3 r 2, either typed or handwritten. The problem needs the new Remainders answer type for this to show. Available on web and iPad.

New pupils now complete a short placement check when they start Fact Fluency, so they begin at the right level for them. Available on web and iPad.

Even more tools have been added to the refreshed toolbox: Numicons, pattern blocks and 3D blocks. On the open number line, pupils can now hide the numbers with one tap, and graphs can show labels on points. Available on web and iPad.

Teachers can now adapt the Launch tab of an assignment to suit their class. You can change the key vocabulary (the word, its definition and examples), remove cards and add new ones, with up to 4 words per assignment and 1–3 examples per word. You can also remove individual example problems and generate a new one at the same difficulty, with different numbers and context. Please note that edited content can't be reverted to the original.

Before handing in a quiz, pupils now see a grid showing which problems they have answered and which are still blank, so nothing gets missed by accident. Available on web and iPad.

The pupils' assignment list is now split into Latest and Earlier, with completed assignments grouped together, making it easier for pupils to find what they need to work on. Available on web and iPad.

Text-to-speech now uses a British voice for UK users, so numbers and words are read the way pupils are used to hearing them. Available on web.

Organising the District Book is now much quicker. You can move folders, assignments and problems simply by dragging them, duplicate a book, folder, assignment or problem in one click, and add a cover image to each book so it's easy to recognise.

The District Dashboard has a new, more compact filter that takes up less space on screen, leaving more room to explore your data. Your selected filters now also stay applied when you move between views, so there's no need to set them again.

Follow-up assignments are now available for UK classes, thanks to over 9,000 new problems added to the library. After an assignment, Magma can suggest follow-up work based on how your pupils did, so you can give practice where it's needed most. Follow-up assignments may not appear if the year group of the class differs from the year group the problems are taken from.

Over 1,900 overly wordy problems in the England Yearbooks and Magma Core (Years 1 to 6) have been rewritten to be more concise and clear for pupils. They are updated automatically, so there is nothing you need to do.

The Welsh Yearbooks are now complete and match the new Curriculum for Wales, so teachers in Wales can find content aligned to the curriculum they are teaching.

Books, folders and assignments can now be shared with individual teachers, not just a whole grade, school or district. This suits teachers who work closely with particular colleagues and want to share only with them.

The heatmap now shows a preview of each problem, including what it is about and which standard it covers. Discussion badges also point out where a class discussion is worth having, so you can spot them straight from the heatmap.

When creating your own open-ended problems, you can now add a prompt that describes how answers should be graded and set the maximum number of points. This gives you the evaluation you expect from the AI.

You can now drag and drop to reorder books, folders and problems in My Drive, and move problems between levels without opening edit mode on each one. This puts your content in the order and on the levels you want.