What is Classroom Secrets?
Classroom Secrets offers a choice of thousands of high-quality, affordable resources that children love and teachers trust.
Classroom Secrets features lesson plans, printable resources, educational animations, interactive games, full lessons and a wide range of resources for lessons that work for children from EYFS, KS1 and KS2.
Designed by teachers for teachers, all resources are extremely high-quality for use in the classroom and at home, helping you to improve your work/life balance.
Educational Impact
build student knowledge
reduce teacher workload
improve teaching efficiency
improve teacher wellbeing
improve attainment
 Company | Business Name: Classroom Secrets Limited HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2013 |
| Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13 |
 Features | Lesson PlansPrintable ResourcesInteractive GamesAssessmentsPractice QuestionsSatsDiscussion ProblemsHomeworkLesson SlidesActivity PacksSeasonal ResourcesHome LearningEarly Morning Work |
 Languages | English |
 Accessibility | Robust features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Internet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android The only equipment needed is a laptop/desktop or mobile device. All of the site is device agnostic and all features are easily accessible. PowerPoint or PDF readers are best for accessing the full range of resources. Set-up includes a username and password. |
 Set Up | Indivduals users are able to set up their own account in approximately 5 minutes. School subscriptions, providing we have all the information we need, will take approximately 20 minutes to set up. |
 Training | Documentation For school subscriptions, we send a guide to the school adminstrator which explains how to add users to the account. |
 Support | EmailPhone Support |
| Home Learning | Parent Access Anyone can create the account. |
AIAI usage The Classroom Secrets team has not stated whether it uses AI. | |
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Classroom Secrets PricingPricing Plans Free VersionPaid Subscription Classroom Secrets pricing starts from £6.25 / month Annual subsriptions are £59.99 / year, which includes Classroom Secrets Kids for you and your class FREE of charge. Monthly subscriptions are £6.25 / month. For whole school packages, please contact Joanne Grainger on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk  Optimised for a quick response | |
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Classroom Secrets Reviews
4.4 out of 5
from 33 Verified Reviews
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Jul 2023
It has good things to use to support lessons
Sara found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Great differentiated reading comps”
- Improves teaching efficiency“don't know”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“no reason”
- Improves attainment“Quality worksheets help children engage and understand well”
- Builds student knowledge“Good reading comps cover the skills needed”
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Sarah Harrison
Reception class teacher
St. Julian's School, Portugal
Used Classroom Secrets weekly for 7–12 months
Jul 2022
Right now I only use one section Phonics Factory which is good, but I know there is more for me to discover. Once I have done this and use it on a wider basis I think my score may be higher.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you for your honest review. We are delighted to hear that you are finding our Phonics Factory resources really helpful. If you would like any assistance with our other resources then please do not hesitate to contact me joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Sarah Harrison found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Good collection of videos to support my teaching of phonics”
- Improves teaching efficiency“good to have all the resources at the click of a link”
- Improves teacher wellbeing
- Improves attainment
- Builds student knowledge“correct enunciation of letter sounds”
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Jessen
Maths Leader
Westcoast International Primary School, Mauritius
Used Classroom Secrets daily for 4-6 months
Jun 2022
Too many worksheets
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you for your recent review. We are delighted that you are find our resources help in reducing your workload and improving your well being. You did mention that you thought there were too many worksheets, what would you like to see more of? We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Jessen found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“PPT and differentiated activities”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Using key vocab, step by step and well sequenced delivery”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Workload is reduced”
- Improves attainment“N/A”
- Builds student knowledge
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Janet
Teacher and PYP Coordinator
ICS Côte d'Azur - International School, France
Used Classroom Secrets weekly for 7–12 months
Jun 2022
I have already suggested we purchase as a school
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you for your 5 star review. We are delighted that our resources are assisting in reducing your workload and improving your students knowledge. You mentioned that you have already suggested that you school takes up a whole subscription, if I can be of any assistance then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Janet found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“differentiation of activities”
- Improves teaching efficiency“differentiation”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“reduces time spent looking for suitable activities”
- Improves attainment“can challenge more able students”
- Builds student knowledge“improved reading levels”
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Piedad Martinez
Housewife
Fordbridge Community Primary School, UK
Used Classroom Secrets weekly for 7–12 months
Mar 2022
Definitely better than a lot of others I have tried and are way more complicated.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you for your 5 star review. We are delighted to hear that your children are improving at school.
We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Piedad Martinez found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“I'm a parent but it helps me to find exactly what my children need to practice quickly with just the exact amount of work for their ages.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Being a parent, I don't know how to teach, so the lessons are so exactly what my children need.”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“I have more time for me.”
- Improves attainment“My children are improving very much at school”
- Builds student knowledge“Improving their learning en English and Maths.”
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Janet
PYP Coordinator & PY6 Teacher
ICS Côte d'Azur - International School, France
Used Classroom Secrets monthly for 4-6 months
Mar 2022
I can always find something useful on Classroom secrets
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you for your 5 star review. We strive to provide quality differentiated resources for teachers and its fantastic to hear that you are finding these really useful for your classes. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Janet found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“I use the activities to differentiate”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Differentiation”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Relief at finding suitable activities”
- Improves attainment“Again ability to differentiate”
- Builds student knowledge“variety of activities on the same objective”
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Mar 2022
Easy to use, helps ease teaching children at home
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you for your 5 star review. We are truly thrilled to hear that our resources are helping with your children's learning at home. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
A Parent found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload
- Improves teaching efficiency
- Improves teacher wellbeing
- Improves attainment
- Builds student knowledge“Helps with home learning”
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Mar 2022
it was great but since the updates it's unusable
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you for your very honest review. Your feedback is taken very seriously, and we certainly do not want you to feel stressed or like you are spending more time on finding the right resources. I really would like to have the opportunity to discuss your concerns further and I am personally available on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Mr Teacher found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“It used to be great to use but since they changed it the workload issue is even worse spending hours trying to find suitable resources to help my teaching”
- Improves teaching efficiency“If I try to use it takes me to long to find the resources I could use and then have to adapt as they don't match the requirements”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“causes stress trying to find resources”
- Improves attainment“if I tried to use it as it was my children would make little progress”
- Builds student knowledge“it tries to do mastery before it helps with the basics. okay if you teach very bright children”
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Mar 2022
The answers on the worksheets make them in usable sometimes.
Willie found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“No need to make worksheets. I just wish the answers were not on the same pdf . We send the PDF’s, the. The answers are also visible.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Use the pdf in the lesson to explain sometimes”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“No comment”
- Improves attainment“If kids do the worksheets they obviously attain skills”
- Builds student knowledge“Sure, as they review the worksheets”
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Mar 2022
Good quality resources but I preferred older style.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Frank, for your review. We are delighted to hear that our resources are helping to reduce some of your workload and also assist in your planning. You mention that prefer the older style, we are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Frank found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“The work is ready and matches the curriculum”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Good PowerPoint”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Less planning”
- Improves attainment“Deeper thinking question”
- Builds student knowledge“Deeper thinking”
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Mar 2022
I find it very useful but some teachers prefer to use other methods.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Chris for your review. We are extremely happy to hear that our resources are helping to significantly reduce your workload and stress levels and that you are finding our new powerpoints useful. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Chris found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“know immediately where to look for resources. PowerPoints save time not having to conststruct own resources”
- Improves teaching efficiency
- Improves teacher wellbeing“reduces stress of having to find the 'right' resource”
- Improves attainment“significantly helps pupils to understand a concept. Interesting and relevant materials”
- Builds student knowledge
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Mar 2022
It is a resource which allows you to focus on responding to children's challenges within the classroom because of the range of resources available for each topic.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Vicky for your 5 star review. We are delighted to hear about the progress of your children in maths and how our resources allow you to focus more on their needs. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Vicky found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“With the levelled examples already produced it means you do not have to produce as many resource examples.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“It allows me to focus more on responding to the children's needs because of the range of lessons and resources available.”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“As planning can take less time, no longer looking for and creating all my own resources, it allows me time away from the computer.”
- Improves attainment“Progress made by children in maths more than equivalent to increase in their age.”
- Builds student knowledge
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Mar 2022
Great resources, differentiated, pitched well
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Tammy for your 5 star review. We strive to provide quality differentiated resources for teachers and its fantastic to hear that you are finding these really useful for your classes. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Tammy Whyte found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“saving time”
- Improves teaching efficiency
- Improves teacher wellbeing“saving work time”
- Improves attainment“pitch”
- Builds student knowledge“structure of resources, e.g. varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving etc”
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Mar 2022
Love using the resource - prefer the discussion tasks, recovery slides and video stories rather than the worksheet type resources
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Gemma, for your review. We are so happy to hear that you are finding our discussion tasks, powerpoints and video stories helpful in your lessons. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Gemma found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“The discussion tasks are great prompts for investigations rather than searching online or creating something yourself.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“More time can be spent on assessing progress and adapting teaching to suit with the time saved from resource searching or creation”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Saves a little time!”
- Improves attainment“It depends on how the teacher uses and adapts the resources. The use of them alone is not enough to improve attainment/progress rates”
- Builds student knowledge“Use of cross-unit themes and skills helps to consolidate”
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Mar 2022
Find that other areas are not as well developed as maths and can be tricky to navigate around using the search, such as grammar and spelling.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Jane, for your review. We are delighted that you find our maths resources useful, and that they are currently saving you time. We are currently working on solutions to make are website easier to navigate so thank you for your feedback on this issue. We are always open to suggestions so please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Jane Grayling found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Reduces time spent finding suitable fluency , reasoning and VP problem solving questions in maths.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Provides examples to use for modelling”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Saves time that can be spent on other things”
- Improves attainment“N/A”
- Builds student knowledge“Gives a variety of questions that challenge the children’s mathematical knowledge”
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Feb 2022
Resources are high quality and reliable. No real mistakes and no checking needs to take place. Allows for scaffolded learning and content all in one place for teaching and then learning.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Julie, for your 5 star review. We are thrilled to hear that you think our resources are of high quality and reliable. All our resources are created by ex teachers and we strive to continuously improve and evolve. We are always open to suggestions and you can reach me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Julie found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Not having to prepare teaching content and preparing lots of resources for children. Many can be adapted to suit.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Children all completing the same type of task but at different scaffolded level. Children can be guided through the same teaching content and then move off to start working when necessary.”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Not staying at school too late and getting home earlier. Less prep time so can be done in PPA.”
- Improves attainment“As we use CS alongside other resources from a variety of sources then it’s hard to pinpoint exactly but it can extend children and support when required.”
- Builds student knowledge“It improves children’s knowledge of maths areas in particular. Reference to same wording and type of content is consistent and familiar.”
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Barney Brown
Assistant Headteacher
King's Hedges Educational Federation, England
Used Classroom Secrets weekly for 0–3 months
Feb 2022
These resources are of very good quality and the site is competitively priced.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Barney, for your 5 star review. We are thrilled to hear that our resources are significantly saving you time, and giving your your well-deserved weekend back as well as having a positive impact on your students knowledge and attainment. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Barney Brown found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Ready made sheets save time. The presentation materials for pupils are excellent and can be used in whole class teaching.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Easy to use interface with well organised categories make it easy to find resources.”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“More time at the weekend.”
- Improves attainment“High quality, age appropriate resources organised by curriculum objects. This helps ensure pupils are working at the right level and this is consistent across the school.”
- Builds student knowledge“Well thought out resources that support teachers in their teaching and pupils with independent learning. The resources are structured to build on prior learning and increase to fluency and mastery.”
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Feb 2022
Amazing company- Helped greatly as a teacher and the students love the Presentations and the worksheets.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Mary, for your 5 star review. We are absolutely over the moon to hear that our resources are not only having a positive impact on your life/work balance but that your English Group is also thriving. Thank you for sharing that with us. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Mary roynon found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“It saves a lot of planning time, making Power points and hunting for worksheets to use. The differentiation is excellent. Saves many hours of hard work. the children love it.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Hours of time saved so more time for marking”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“time saved so a much better work/life balance”
- Improves attainment“All my writer are improving in SPAG and are loving it!”
- Builds student knowledge“I have the lowest English group and they are discussing types of clauses now- never been heard of before!”
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Cecilia
Class Teacher
St Richard's CoE Primary School, England
Used Classroom Secrets weekly for 1-2 years
Feb 2022
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Cecilia, for your 5 star review. We strive to provide quality differentiated resources for teachers and its fantastic to hear that you are finding these really useful for your classes. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Cecilia found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Differentiation”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Good examples”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Save my time”
- Improves attainment
- Builds student knowledge“Step by step explanation”
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Tricia
Class Teacher
Holy Trinity CE Primary School, England
Used Classroom Secrets weekly for 4-6 months
Feb 2022
I have already recommended it to a new teacher and an experienced teacher.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Tricia, for your 5 star review. We are highly delighted to not only hear that you are finding our resources a significant help to you and your pupils, but to hear that you have also recommended us to two other teachers is amazing. We strive to provide quality differentiated resources for teachers and its fantastic to hear that you are finding these really useful for your classes. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Tricia found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Lesson PowerPoints, worksheets and assessments”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Creating worksheets”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Peace of mind knowing that I can find resources easily”
- Improves attainment“Worksheets are differentiated. Lessons model required objectives.”
- Builds student knowledge“Lessons include use 9f manipulative and cover a wide range of topics”
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Robyn Provett
Teacher
Northumberland County Council, England
Used Classroom Secrets daily for 1-2 years
Feb 2022
The children respond very well to it and enjoy the routine. We do one slide at a time then one question at a time. It has dramatically reduced my workload. It makes sure reasoning and problems solving questions are covered and that children have the opportunity to work at greater depth in all areas.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Robyn, for your 5 star review. We are delighted to hear that are resources are helping to reduce your workload and save time whilst also having a positive impact on your students. We strive to provide quality differentiated resources for teachers and its fantastic to hear that you are finding these really useful for your classes. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Robyn Provett found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Lessons broken down into small steps with developing, expected and greater depth worksheets. Lesson presentations are prepared and link to worksheets. Home tasks for each small step. Practical activity ideas and links to online games.”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Greater depth work and reasoning and problems solving work for each small step.”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Much less time planning lessons.”
- Improves attainment“Stretches children. Plenty of resources to stretch children.”
- Builds student knowledge“The children progress very well using classroom secrets although I often have to use other resources to fill in each step if the children need further reinforcement.”
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Feb 2022
The resources are good but searching is very difficult. There are no filters in search and you have to trawl through a lot of stuff to find what you want
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Jenny for your honest review. We are extremely happy to hear that our resources are going some way to reducing your workload and time and helping your students make good progress. We are currently working on a solution to improve our website and search options and are hoping to have this available in the near future. We strive to provide quality differentiated resources for teachers and its fantastic to hear that you are finding these really useful for your classes. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Jenny Silvester found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Good resources easy to plan”
- Improves teaching efficiency“resources follow on well”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“N/A”
- Improves attainment“Pupils make good progress”
- Builds student knowledge“Good progression”
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Feb 2022
Covers all curriculum, all objectives is differentiated but is quite worksheet based
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Suzanne, for your review. We are pleased to hear that you are finding our resources of some assistance especially our Powerpoint presentations and differentiated worksheets. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Suzanne found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Differentiated worksheets”
- Improves teaching efficiency“PowerPoints”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“No”
- Improves attainment
- Builds student knowledge
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Feb 2022
It's a great resource but still to to do to make it more user friendly such as in kids classroom having filters to quickly locate resources instead of searching through multiple pages. Would be nice to have a submission date for work once you assign it. Search facility not great as it gives you resources that you didn't even search for.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Patrick, for your feedback. We are delighted to hear that our differentiated resources are significantly helping to save you time and also have a positive impact on your students. We are currently working on a solution to improve our website and search function and we are hoping that this will be available in the near future. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Patrick found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Less planning, ready made resources, differentiation already done and answers provided”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Planning already done, allows you to dip in and out of resources, pupils can self and peer mark, differentiation done”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Planning done for you, work already differentiated, just print and use. Interactive slides already done.”
- Improves attainment“Pupils at all levels can succeed and meet the learning intentions”
- Builds student knowledge“They can rewatch the videos and continually improve. Play games over and over to succeed. Can do a quick prelesson assessment before starting main lesson.”
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Jennifer Okonkwo
Class Teacher
The Riverbank School, Lagos, Nigeria
Used Classroom Secrets weekly for 1-2 years
Feb 2022
The service is excellent. I just wish they covered more English and Science resources.
Reply from Classroom Secrets:Thank you Jennifer, for your review. We are thrilled to hear that our resources are helping you to save time and decrease your workload, whilst also having a positive impact on your students. We are busy behind the scenes working on new science resources that will be released very soon so please keep checking our website for their release. We are always looking at ways we can improve so if you have any suggestion or I can be of any assistance in the future then please do not hesitate to contact me on joanne.grainger@classroomsecrets.co.uk
Jennifer Okonkwo found Classroom Secrets:
- Reduces teacher workload“Assessment and powerpoint for lessons”
- Improves teaching efficiency“Saves time while giving quality resources.”
- Improves teacher wellbeing“Saves time on planning”
- Improves attainment“You have differentiated task to meet learners needs”
- Builds student knowledge
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