What is Discovery Education Espresso?
Save time planning, deliver exciting lessons and open doorways to learning. Discovery Education Espresso pairs real-world content with tools and resources that build teacher capacity and confidence so you can create the best experiences for your pupils.
With Discovery Education Espresso you have everything you need to create an enriching experience for all pupils.
Discover powerful learning resources
Espresso’s high-quality learning resources are grouped into resource collections called Channels. Channels feature carefully curated resources grouped around curriculum objectives and topics of interest so teachers and pupils alike can easily find the content they need, when they need it.
Create, collaborate and present
Espresso includes Studio, a flexible creation tool for teachers and pupils. Create lesson activities and presentations bringing together Espresso resources or your own content. Easily add quizzes to check for understanding and assess learning gaps. Copy and amend Studio boards to differentiate for different abilities.
Easily monitor pupil progress
Seamlessly assign resources to individuals, groups or the whole class to support differentiated learning. This makes it easy to personalise pupils’ learning experiences by seamlessly assigning resources to individuals or groups, keep track of what pupils have done and when they need some extra support or challenge.
Personalise your experience
We know as an educator your time is precious. Therefore, we’ve made finding content simple and added ways for you to save and return to it much more easily. Channels can be pinned to your homepage helping you easily access your most frequently used resources or upcoming topics. Bookmark individual resources to your QuickList or save and organise resources into custom folders in your My content area.
Receive support every step of the way
Get inspiration from embedded Teacher guides. Access tutorials and how-to articles in the Help centre. Use our popular SOS instructional strategies to help you incorporate digital media in meaningful, effective ways. Or explore the ‘What works well’ section bringing together a selection of materials to help you get the very best out of the digital resources.
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Discovery Education Espresso Reviews
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Sam Shallcross
Head of Computing
Used Discovery Education Espresso week for 5 years+
Jul 2021
Excellent resources freely available to use and download. Very responsive support team and excellent curriculum coverage. Forward thinking with modern tech e.g. AR and VR
Sam Shallcross found Discovery Education Espresso:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“assembly preparation”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“great videos”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“enquiry”

Dale
Teacher
Used Discovery Education Espresso week for 5 years+
Jul 2021
Discovery offers a vast library of content that can support teachers with planning and in lessons.
Dale found Discovery Education Espresso:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It has collated a variety of video resources into useful channels and groups”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Same as before - with set channels, it is easy to find a collection of useful resources.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The ability to track pupil engagement is excellent as it shows how long they spend on tasks.”

Jack Allen
Teacher
Used Discovery Education Espresso day for 3-4 years
Jul 2021
I use it in almost all of my lessons to some degree. There is such a wealth of resources within the database and it is so easy for both the teacher and the students to navigate.
Jack Allen found Discovery Education Espresso:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“There is a large bank of various resources covering a a lot of curriculum subjects that are easily found and can be distributed very simply to the students.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Using the video resources during lesson inputs allows for engaging introductions to many subjects covered. Setting assignments to the individual children and providing immediate feedback.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The different types of learning resources, e.g videos, quizzes and articles allow for all learners to extend their existing knowledge and to embed what they have already learnt.”

Hayley McKechnie
Director of Computing and Inclusion
Used Discovery Education Espresso for 12 years
Aug 2020
I love Discovery and we are using morE and more on there everyday
Hayley McKechnie found Discovery Education Espresso:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Increases confidence and knowledge in History”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Resources are better than we can find elsewhere”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Everything you need is there, especially if you use route planner (soon to be replaced with Studio)”
