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Company

Lyfta

Founded: 2016
Country: United Kingdom 

SAM Learning

Founded: 1993
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Lyfta

An impactful, captivating and accessible way for students to experience a world of real human stories.
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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

Lyfta

reduce attainment gap92%
build student knowledge88%
reduce teacher workload78%
increase student collaboration92%
improve teaching efficiency81%
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SAM Learning

reduce attainment gap72%
build student knowledge83%
reduce teacher workload84%
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Not measured 
improve attainment77%
 
Recommended Usage
Vendor has not supplied this information

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

Lyfta

Roberts, Assistant Headteacher: Implementing Lyfta across Bridgewater High School & The Challenge Academy Trust has had a transformative impact on both our students and teachers. It has broadened our students' global perspectives, nurtured empathy, and provided a dynamic and engaging learning environment.
Paul Bush, Year 4 Teacher and Science Lead: Lyfta is slickly presented and students are able to explore the content intuitively. Perhaps there could be more links to the curriculum and when I first set it up for the students, we had some technical difficulties.
Graham Macaulay, Director of Innovation and Growth: A resource which provides children with exceptionally high quality resources to help them develop a deeper understanding of the diverse nature of our world.
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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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Subjects

Lyfta

#3 in RE
#5 in PSHE
#6 in PE
#4 in RSE
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Age Range

Lyfta

5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18 

SAM Learning

11-13, 14-16 
Features

Lyfta

Immersive SpacesMonitor Student Progress300+ Lesson And Assembly PlansEngagement Manager Support 

SAM Learning

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

Lyfta

English 

SAM Learning

English 
Accessibility

Lyfta

Robust features 

SAM Learning

Few to no features 
Policies

Lyfta

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

SAM Learning

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Lyfta

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

PC, laptop or IPad with internet connection. Students access lessons with a passphrase generated by the teacher.

 

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

Lyfta

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

We offer highly-rated free CPD training to help teachers can get the most out of the platform.

 

SAM Learning

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 
Set Up

Lyfta

Instant access to a Lyfta Starter account.

SAM Learning

48 hours

Support

Lyfta

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

SAM Learning

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

Lyfta

Not available To parents 

SAM Learning

Not available To parents 
Video

Lyfta

Not available
Pricing

Lyfta

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Lyfta pricing starts from £5 / per-pupil

We understand that each school and trust’s approach to using Lyfta is different and structure our prices accordingly. Please book a call on our website to discuss your priorities and for us to outline our pricing structure.

Free instant access to 2 storyworlds is available when you sign up for a Lyfta Starter account. Free access to the whole platform is available for 30 days when you join our free training webinar.

SAM Learning

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

SAM Learning pricing starts from £2 / per-pupil