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Country: United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
Using Educake several times a week helps to check understanding of new topics. Setting revision of past topics enables students to actively demonstrate what they know and build stronger recall in a low-pressure environment.
Increased usage over time is linked to improved attainment above predicted grades.
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.
Tina Coulthard, Head of Science: It's a great resource, which reduces workload and has an impact on pupil attainmentAnthony Warren, head of chemistry: it's a fantastic time saver, teaching tool and homework setting serviceAdam Anderson, Curriculum Lead, English: I have already been promoting Educake to colleagues without being asked! It has reduced workload around homework and cover massively, and allows students to push themselves, developing independent learners.Greg, Lead Teacher and English Teacher: I had a fantastic experience with Century and highly recommend it to other educators. Fay Allen, the liaison for Century, has been incredibly supportive and I am excited to continue working with her in the future.
I introduced Century to my Year 7, Year 8, and Year 10 ESL classes, and the response from students was overwhelmingly positive. One of the standout features of Century is its ability to keep students engaged throughout their learning journey. Unlike other literacy platforms, Century breaks the monotony and offers fresh and engaging content that students truly enjoy.
The platform’s intuitive AI plays a crucial role in differentiating instruction, which is essential in my classroom. With students of varying ability levels, it is crucial to have approaches that cater to their individual needs. Century’s AI adapts to each student’s strengths and weaknesses, providing personalized learning pathways that ensure optimal progress for every learner.
I must also commend Fay Allen for her exceptional support in getting started with Century. The learning curve was brief, thanks to her assistance and guidance.
Currently, Century is my favorite literacy program, and I look forward to a continued relationship with Fay and the Century team.Nicki Kelly, College Principal - Southend City College: Century has provided both the college and the learners are great platform to develop and improve English and maths skills which is individualised to each learner. For the college it enables good tracking of progress at both course and strategic level.Emily, Teaching & Learning Lead: Century enables students to work along an individualised pathways which meets their needs and allows them to make progress whilst also providing information to teachers/staff regarding areas of strength and areas for developmentMaggie Paule, Teacher / Coordinator: I gave the score 10/10 since GCSEpod has been our main source of lessons ever since. It is also updated every now and then that gives us recent topics for the subjects given.Adam Speight, Acting Assistant Headteacher: Having used many different e-learning platforms to date in my career, GCSEPod is by far the leader in terms of interface design and the processes they adopt in order to ensure quality assurance of the materials they provide to users.Richard Ward, Director of Science: Whilst GCSEPod has everything a teacher and a student needs, feedback from colleagues and students is that it is not the most user friendly interface compared to other platforms they use like Sparx.
The quality of the resources is exceptional and the new KS3 format is perfect for students to easily navigate but the original content is still a little cluttered. The most common request I receive from Pod Leads is the desire to find all Check and Challenge questions in one place or the ability to assign them. Disengaged students will not work through the modules and then find the tasks themselves. For engaged students however, GCSEPod is fantastic as they appreciate exactly what the platform provides creating their own revision playlists.
If the GCSE content could be assigned to flow like the KS3 content then I would award it 10 stars.
I'd also like to add that the team at GCSEPod are phenomenal. They take on board suggestions and provide support immediately. They assist with setting bespoke competitions for our academies and the platform runs without any glitches or issues.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
To use Educake you need access to the internet. For teachers desktop access is required. Students can use Educake on a mobile device, with or without our app. To log in, teachers need an email address and password. Students need a username and password. Google and Microsoft single sign-on means it's easy to get started.
A sound IT manager to white-list a few URLs in school and integrate GCSEPod with MIS. For teachers and students, using GCSEPod is very simple - like using Netflix or Spotify
Launch and setup is supported by our technical team - we work with school Network Admin.
Teachers can book a demo to get an idea of how Educake works before committing to a subscription.
Once you subscribe to Educake, we recommend booking in a departmental training session to understand the basics of Educake so you can hit the ground running. These are usually completed online but we can also come into school is you’re local to our Educake office.
After a few months of using Educake, we offer a Top Tips training session which uses teacher feedback to share best practice to make sure you’re fully utilising all the features which will benefit your department or school. As we’re continually adding new development to Educake, this is also a good opportunity to get teacher feedback to help us continue to add value to the platform.
We also have teachers videos ready to share in your CPD sessions at school plus we’re working on videos for parents and students now.
As soon as you become a CENTURY school, you are assigned a dedicated school partnership manager who will be your main point of contact for all queries. All schools receive bespoke training from our team of former teachers and experienced school partnership managers.
Presentations, best practice sharing platform, idea generation with Project Manager, YouTube videos
Set up is quick and easy. You can add your own classes or we’ll do it for you within an hour of receiving them. All data is imported directly to Educake to ensure it’s secure. You’ll get a shareable link for your colleagues to join you on Educake. With student single sign on, the days of your students forgetting their passwords are over. We’ll liaise with your IT department at school to get this set up for you.
Your department can be set up within 24 hours so you can create quizzes and set homework as soon as you’re ready to launch with your students.
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Setting up is very straightforward. Simply add your teacher and pupil accounts and you are ready to go!
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We offer discounts when a school subscribes to multiple subjects or multi-school purchases by MATs.
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Subscription includes access to all resources, training and ongoing support. Costs vary according to school size, with multi-year and multi-school discounts available.
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Prices from as little as £1 per student per month. Prices based on students in Year's 10 & 11, all other students and teachers get it for free.
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