Parents
Gaps and the skill profile
Spot subjects where your child may need a hand, and see the habits they are building, backed by real evidence.
On this page
At the bottom of your child's page are two cards that look at patterns over time, not single sessions: Gaps and Skill profile.
Gaps
Gaps points out subjects where your child's homework activity suggests they may need some help. Each gap shows:
- the subject
- how strong the signal is: Low, Moderate or High
- what kind of gap it is
- a plain description of what TutorCat noticed
- Suggested next step: a small, practical thing you can do
- 1: Subject and how strong
- 2: Kind of gap
- 3: A next step to try
The three kinds of gap
| Gap | What it means |
|---|---|
| Answer reliance | Your child asked for the finished answer several times before working the steps the tutor offered. It may mean shortcuts are being taken in that subject. |
| Needs more scaffolding | Questions in this subject needed many more steps than usual. That often points to a gap in the basics, not just a few hard problems. |
| Possible avoidance | This subject has far less homework activity than your child's other subjects. It may be light on homework, or it may be quietly skipped. |
When nothing stands out, the card says "No gaps detected right now, based on [name]'s homework activity so far."
Skill profile
The Skill profile looks at four habits, using what your child actually did over the last 30 days. It is not a score, and it never compares your child with anyone else.
| Skill | What it looks for |
|---|---|
| Persistence | Working through something, or coming back to it, before asking for the answer. |
| Curiosity | Asking about a range of different subjects, not just one. |
| Reflection | Checking in about how things are going. |
| Breadth | Trying things outside a single subject or track, in homework and explore lessons. |
Each skill shows one of these:
- Emerging, Developing or Consistent, with the real moments that back it up listed underneath.
- Not enough evidence yet, with a line explaining what would fill it in. This is the honest starting point, not a low mark.
- 1: Not a score
- 2: How consistent it is
- 3: The evidence behind it