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Company
Founded: 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
Founded: 1993
Country: United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
Description
User Rating
Educational Impact
build student knowledge100%
reduce teacher workload92%
increase student collaboration100%
improve school processes88%
improve teacher wellbeing88%
Not measured
Not measured
build student knowledge84%
reduce teacher workload84%
Not measured
Not measured
Not measured
improve attainment81%
reduce attainment gap73%
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
Jared Thres, Assistant principal: Easily - comprehensive package with 3 different versions that can be adapted based on each individual school, easy communication and weekly updates as well as a 2 way process with ideas being welcomed for future topics.Dominic Mulholland, Headteacher: I've implemented it in two schools (one secondary and one primary) and think it is brilliant, engaging, informative for children of any age. It would be the first implementation in a new school where I to change roles again.Letitia Powell, Vice Principal: It is a brilliant resource to develop student's knowledge of the world around them, and they are able to apply this to their lives and subjects. They learn how to debate and courteously challenge opposing views, whilst listening carefully to others. They learn how to vote so that they are heard. Our pupils have a voice and are passionate about VFS.Greg Newton, Leader: SAM learning has been an invaluable tool in our secondary school. We have whole school engagement of 92% of the school and 96% of Year 11 students have actively engaged with the tasks. Students have loved the tasks set and the challenges created. Teachers have enjoyed the time support but the automatic marking of work and the invaliuable QLA fucntion to help with both analysis and future planning.
I have found the support from the SAM team immense and have enjoyed leading on driving the use of the software in the school this academic year.
Greg Newton (Senior Leader at Tupton Hall School)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 itCase Studies
Categories
Subjects
#2 in Citizenship
#4 in Science Resources
#2 in RE
#2 in Psychology
#3 in PSHE
#3 in PE
#2 in Music
#4 in Maths Resources
#2 in Languages (MFL)
#4 in History
#4 in Geography Resources
#5 in English Resources
#1 in Drama
#4 in Digital & Media Literacy
#3 in Design Technology
#8 in Computing
#3 in Art and Design
Age Range
0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18
11-13, 14-16
Features
Weekly Resource Pshe Packs Voting Platform Topical Issues Current Affairs Mat Wide Solution Personal Development
RevisionHomeworkInterventionReporting SuitePre-made Activities Personalised Learning Adaptive LearningQuestion Level AnalysisAdaptive Teaching Adaptive Learning
Languages
English
English
Accessibility
Moderate features
Few to no features
Policies
Requirements
Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision
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
Set Up
Not long at all! Soon after you sign up, we'll send you a welcome email with your very own VotesforSchools log-in details so that you get started on the very same day.
We'll also send you all of the information you may need to get your colleagues up & running with VotesforSchools, including an invitation to book a 30-minute training session, where we'll introduce the programme to all of your staff & show them how it works.
48 hours
Support
Home Learning
Not available To parents
Not available To parents
Screenshots
Video
Not available
Pricing
Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate
VotesforSchools pricing starts from £525 / year
Multi-school discounts available.
Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate
SAM Learning pricing starts from £2 / per-pupil
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