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Company

Discovery Education Espresso

Founded: 1998
Country: United Kingdom 

SAM Learning

Founded: 1993
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Discovery Education Espresso

Ready-to-use primary teaching resources, covering core and foundation subjects, from EYFS to KS2.
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SAM Learning

SAM Learning is an online learning resource for secondary schools that caters for all major GCSE and KS3 subjects and...
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Educational Impact

Discovery Education Espresso

build student knowledge94%
reduce teacher workload83%
improve teaching efficiency84%
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SAM Learning

build student knowledge84%
reduce teacher workload84%
Not measured 
improve attainment81%
reduce attainment gap73%
 
Recommended Usage

Discovery Education Espresso

Vendor has not supplied this information

SAM Learning

Independent studies commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Family Fisher Trust from 2002 to 2020 report that SAM Learning significantly improves students' GCSE grades with as little as 10+ hours of usage.

Most Helpful Reviews

Discovery Education Espresso

Rachel Baker, Class teacher: Expresso is very good but I particularly liked uing it 4 or 5years ago. Resources were easier to find and a lot of really good videos that we used have gone
Katie, Teacher: I love the website and I use it all the time but it could be easier to navigate.
Julia, SEN Teacher: Great resources - would be a 10 if more lower level SEN / early years / nursery level resources
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SAM Learning

Alison Harrold, Online platform lead/ Psychology & PE Teacher: To sign into the platform it only requires them to use their school email for their ID and Password. This is brilliant!! It is easy to reset if they accidently sign themselves out of the platform. This can be done by all staff who have access to the platform. They can access the platform anytime and anywhere – on a school computer, laptop or phone. It has adaptative A.I. that guides students to improve their score if they have not achieved 80%. It encourages students to get a higher score than their friends and climb the leader board as part of our schools house cup competition. They can choose from a range of activities to complete across major GCSE & KS3 subjects.
gavin byford, deputy head: really like it both staff and students really like it
Bola Macarthy, Deputy Head Teacher: I would like to see more instruction led activities. There is also no way of checking answers that require independent learning and across all the schools I have worked in, the students will type anything. I would also want it to have voice enabled tasks, for special educational needs students.
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Discovery Education Espresso

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Age Range

SAM Learning

11-13, 14-16 
Features

Discovery Education Espresso

Home AccessMathsEnglishImmersive ReaderAdminister AssessmentsGive Student FeedbackBuild QuizzesLesson Activities Cross-curricularAssign TasksPrimary ResourcesAge-appropriate NewsReal-world ContentVideo Content HumanitiesAwareness Days And EventsInteractives And GamesArImmersive ReaderNews ChannelCurriculum Aligned LessonsLesson PresentationsReady-to-use Resources 

SAM Learning

RevisionHomeworkInterventionReporting SuitePre-made Activities Personalised Learning Adaptive LearningQuestion Level AnalysisAdaptive Teaching Adaptive Learning 
Languages
Accessibility

Discovery Education Espresso

Moderate features 

SAM Learning

Few to no features 
Policies

Discovery Education Espresso

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

SAM Learning

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Discovery Education Espresso

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

Internet connection and internet connected device

 

SAM Learning

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

Launch and setup is supported by our technical team - we work with school Network Admin.

 
Training

Discovery Education Espresso

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

Schools are provided with free training for all staff whenever needed; whether it's to kickstart Espresso or as a top-up to ensure they get the most out of the platform.

 

SAM Learning

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 
Set Up

Discovery Education Espresso

Book a chat with our team and they’ll get you set up with everything you need for your free trial of Espresso.

The whole of your school team has access during this time. And, if you like what you see, our team will fully onboard Espresso for you; you won't need to do a thing!

SAM Learning

48 hours

Support

Discovery Education Espresso

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

SAM Learning

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

SAM Learning

Not available To parents 
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Pricing

Discovery Education Espresso

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Discovery Education Espresso pricing starts from £7.65 / per-pupil

An Espresso subscription starts at £7.65 per pupil (excluding VAT).

Everything is included in this price including MIS data integration, a dedicated account manager, set up and onboarding and ongoing support in using the service.

Multi-year discounts are available, as well as special pricing for multi-product subscriptions.

For a personalised quote, please contact us!

SAM Learning

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

SAM Learning pricing starts from £2 / per-pupil
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