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Company

Dragons Teaching

Founded: 2006
Country: United Kingdom 

SAM Learning

Founded: 1993
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Dragons Teaching

Language teaching specialists with 15 years of experience teaching global languages to over 500 schools.
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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

Dragons Teaching

build student knowledge93%
reduce teacher workload63%
improve attainment61%
provide school data45%
Not measured 
 

SAM Learning

build student knowledge83%
reduce teacher workload84%
improve attainment77%
Not measured 
reduce attainment gap72%
 
Recommended Usage

We recommend at least one class per week.

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

Dragons Teaching

Emma Webb, Academic Director (Founding Head): Dragon's Teaching provides us with flexible solutions and the ability to expand our language programme and provide a wide variety of options for our children.
Lougene, MFL Teacher: It was good for the children to learn something different that isn't usually offered within our curriculum but is spoken by a number of children within our school community.
Justine Nuttall, Head of MFL: We had to ask for a lot of the information we needed to run the sessions. The independent learning sessions weren't quite long enough to cover the half hour the students had to complete them.
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SAM Learning

Chris, Second in Science: Its mostly good. Some activities are well written and fun, others need reviewing and improving.
Gillian, 2nd in Department of MFL: I use Sam Learning mainly for homework to consolidate learning done in class and to give students the opportunity to try out short exam style tasks for independent learning. Students find the tasks accessible and easy to navigate and appreciate getting their scores immediately. Other schools should use Sam Learning to save time in planning and marking as there is a good range of tasks available on all aspects of the course and if you want something specific which is not there, you can create your own tasks as well.
Sam Frith, Teacher of ICT & Computer Science: Really good
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Age Range

Dragons Teaching

5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ 

SAM Learning

11-13, 14-16 
Features

Dragons Teaching

Interactive ExercisesLive TeachingStudent ReportingProgress MetricsAchievement Awards 

SAM Learning

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

Dragons Teaching

Chinese, English, French, Spanish 

SAM Learning

English 
Accessibility

Dragons Teaching

Moderate features 

SAM Learning

Few to no features 
Policies

Dragons Teaching

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

SAM Learning

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Dragons Teaching

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

Connect is available on any device, but works best on a Chrome browser.

 

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

Dragons Teaching

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 

SAM Learning

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 
Set Up

Dragons Teaching

We generally require two weeks after the school signing the contract to create the student accounts, brief the school's IT department and get all the set-up ready.

SAM Learning

48 hours

Support

Dragons Teaching

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

SAM Learning

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

Dragons Teaching

Parent Access 

SAM Learning

Not available To parents 
Pricing

Dragons Teaching

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Dragons Teaching pricing starts from £6 / per-pupil

After-School Clubs: available from £6 per pupil, per session (10 pupils max)

Enrichment Programmes (2 hour events): available at £200 per class (32 pupils max)

Enrichment Programmes (5 hour events): available at £470 per class (32 pupils max)

On-Curriculum Lessons: available at £94 per hour per class (32 pupils max)

Private Tuition: available from £20 per session for one pupil (prices decrease with group sessions)

SAM Learning

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

SAM Learning pricing starts from £2 / per-pupil