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What is FlashAcademy®?

FlashAcademy® is the UK’s No1. EAL platform for schools, supporting classroom and independent learning of EAL, ESOL and MFL.

FlashAcademy® is an award-winning education technology company that enables independent learning of English for speakers of other languages through fun and engaging lessons, with support in 48 languages. The app provides a wide spectrum of interactive tasks with instant feedback and tailored vocabulary (including curricula-oriented) to support students from beginner to advanced levels.

Teachers say that using the app saves them time and allows them to evidence learner progress through monitoring and reporting.

”Over 45% of EAL pupils learning with FlashAcademy progress by one or more proficiency grades over a 12 month period, compared with the national average of 18%"

Recommended Usage

20 Minutes a day

Educational Impact

build student knowledge
95%
improve attainment
75%
reduce attainment gap
71%
reduce teacher workload
69%
improve teaching efficiency
63%

Additional evidence

Jun 2021

Fortis Academy

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Jun 2021

Outwood City Fields

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Jun 2021

Pear Tree Junior School

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Mar 2023

Hay Al Sharooq

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Mar 2023

Eldon Primary School

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Phoenix Collegiate

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CompanyBusiness Name: FlashAcademy®
HQ Location: United Kingdom
Founded: 2016
Age Range5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+
FeaturesAdminister AssessmentsProvide LearningIndependent Learning
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Ukrainian, Czech, Pashto, Pushto, Tagalog, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Bengali, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Modern, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Panjabi, Punjabi, Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan, Russian, Slovak, Somali, Swedish, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Welsh
AccessibilityRobust features
PoliciesTerms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR
RequirementsAvailable OfflineDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android

FlashAcademy® is accessible on smartphone, tablet, and PC, and is available on Apple and Android devices. Initial set-up may require some input from an IT Manager, although most schools can be onboard in less than an hour. To use the platform, teachers and pupils will need to have basic technological knowledge. Our fantastic education team provide a free demonstration with ongoing support once the platform has been integrated into your teaching strategy. Schools are provided with admin access and pupils are given a username based on their initials.

Set Up

Our members will receive a welcome email with the login details and instant access to the platform. From here, the initial set-up process can take approx. 30 mins to 1 hour. The on-boarding process lasts 4 - 6 weeks which includes 3 sessions with an Education Success Advisor.

TrainingIn PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

We offer a free demonstration to showcase the platform features and a free trial for teachers to experience. We provide training and ongoing support to ensure confidence and clarity in using the platform. All schools receive a user-guide and are shown how to utilise every platform feature through demonstration, training and frequent webinars.

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Home LearningParent Access

School must create the account.

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FlashAcademy® Reviews

4.7 out of 5

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Kirsty Struthers

Communication, Language and Oracy Lead

Pear Tree Community Junior School, UK

Used FlashAcademy® daily for 1-2 years

Jun 2022

Supports language acquisition through vocabulary development in short, easy to access lessons. With a great assessment tool.

Reply from FlashAcademy®:Thank you for your feedback! We're so pleased to read the success you're having with the Learning and Digital EAL Proficiency Assesment.
Kirsty Struthers found FlashAcademy®:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    Planning for intervention groups
  • Significantly reduces attainment gap
    Supporting those with EAL to develop their language skills so they can access high quality first teaching in the classroom
  • Moderately improves teaching efficiency
    No planning for EAL assessment
  • Significantly improves attainment
    Supporting language acquisition
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
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Fiona Smith

Class teacher and EAL Specialist

Used FlashAcademy® daily for 7–12 months

Apr 2022

It is an excellent programme, but one small thing to improve would be the available vocabulary for tailor made lessons. Teachers have shared that when making custom lessons, the vocabulary they would like to use is often unavailable. Also, it takes a little while to load results.

Reply from FlashAcademy®:Thanks so much for your review Fiona. Great to hear of the impact FlashAcademy® is having! We're always striving to improve to so we really value your feedback. We're constantly looking to expand our vocabulary, so if there are any specific words you need do reach out to support@flashacademy.com and they can work on adding them for you!
Fiona Smith found FlashAcademy®:
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
    There is a reduced need to think of resources to support early learners of the English language.
  • Moderately reduces attainment gap
    Early learners makes accelerated progress in spoken language and communication since using Flash Academy
  • Slightly improves teaching efficiency
    The teacher now actively thinks about the achievement of the early learner.
  • Slightly improves attainment
    Children are more enthusiastic to learn in the English language.
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    They are more familiar with the use of common objects earlier in their language acquisition.
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Riyansh Barwal

Student

Mbs international school Dwarka Sector_11, India

Used FlashAcademy® daily for 4-6 months

Sep 2021

I would like to the teacher for giving opportunity to learn this great app (Flash academy. My son Riyansh very much interested to this app. He is learning stylish English and pruniciation. This app is giving great platform to learn may other things also. This app is very useful. Regrad Priyanka Barwal M/O Riyansh Barwal

Reply from FlashAcademy®:Thank you for the positive review, we're glad that your son is enjoying FlashAcademy®!
Riyansh Barwal found FlashAcademy®:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    No
  • Slightly reduces attainment gap
    No
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    Increased
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Galina

TA and EAL co-ordinator

Used FlashAcademy® for 1-2 years

Apr 2021

The platform is very visual. Students can play games and learn. The competition mode motivates them to attempt tasks in their free times, outside the classroom.

Reply from FlashAcademy®:Thank you for your feedback! It's great to read that pupils are enjoying the competitive elements and learning independently.
Galina found FlashAcademy®:
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    Improve phonics skills, spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary and sentence structures.
  • Significantly reduces attainment gap
    Support EAL students with developing language skills
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
    monitoring students progress, conducting admin tasks and sometimes technical issues students experience
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Emma McCormick

EAL Lead

Used FlashAcademy® for 7–12 months

Apr 2021

Since signing up to Flashacademy in 2018 and being part of a case study, I think this is a fantastic platform for teaching EAL. The children find it fun therefore, it doesn't feel like they are working. Learning while having fun.

Reply from FlashAcademy®:We are thrilled to hear that FlashAcademy® has been a great platform for teaching EAL and that your pupils are having fun while learning!
Emma McCormick found FlashAcademy®:
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
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  • Slightly reduces attainment gap
    .
  • Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
    Due to the language barriers, sometimes the workload is doubled as we have to provide more appropriate pictures to match the word/phrase.
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Helen

EAL lead

Used FlashAcademy® for 16months

May 2020

It is a great tool and I use it a lot but I have been coming up against problems in that the children can't always use it alone if they are very low level

Helen found FlashAcademy®:
  • Slightly reduces attainment gap
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    class teacher can use it with non English speaking children during sections of the class which are too difficult.
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May 2020

It is fun, interactive and the children are engaged and enjoy learning through Flash

Anne-Marie Young found FlashAcademy®:
  • Slightly reduces attainment gap
    Children's confidence has improved
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    Quicker assessment process
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Francis
Erdington Academy, Ukraine

Used flashacademy for 12 months

Jul 2019

Francis found flashacademy:
  • Moderately reduces attainment gap
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
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Imade Olayemi

Teacher / EAL Lead

Used FlashAcademy® for 1 year

Jun 2019

I believe it is a very useful software not just for EAL pupils but for all pupils, including underachievers, It can also be used by all pupils to consolidate different aspects of learning of for whole class handwriting/ letter formation, phonics or french lessons

Imade Olayemi found FlashAcademy®:
  • Moderately reduces attainment gap
    Our Year 5 children have used this app to support their learning and access certain areas of the curriculum.
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    The structured and self led lessons make it easier for teachers. Less planning for teachers as children can navigate and use the device on their own.
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Stacy
TGBS, UK

Used flashacademy for 12 months

Jun 2019

Its colorful and that gets students attention

Stacy found flashacademy:
  • Does not significantly reduce attainment gap
    We use it for EAL students which helps with their English rather than filling in gaps
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    Aslong as you set the assignments well ahead of yourself you have a few weeks of work set up there
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Claire Evans
Anderton Park Primary, UK

Used flashacademy for 3 years

Jun 2019

It's fun, children love it and learn at the same time. Parents can get involved too. Children arriving who speak little English can often feel isolated and anxious, I feel this enables children to feel valued and welcome.

Claire Evans found flashacademy:
  • Significantly reduces attainment gap
    Children who have used the app have made better than expected progress in attainment
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    When children arrive who do not speak a good level of English they can be significantly behind other's in their class. To differentiate this much can pressurise teachers and place them under undue stress.
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Sarah Orgill
Dorrington Academy, UK

Used flashacademy for 3 months

Jun 2019

Supports children with limited language skills on entry to school, no matter which year group

Sarah Orgill found flashacademy:
  • Moderately reduces attainment gap
    Moving EAL competency band
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    Enables pupils to work alongside peers without additional resources created by staff
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Hannah
Surrey Virtual School, UK

Used flashacademy for 6 months

Jun 2019

Good service and provides quick responses

Hannah found flashacademy:
  • Slightly reduces attainment gap
    Helping our USAC pupils improve their Math's and English skills
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
    Not applicable to us
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Jaspreet
William Murdoch Primary School, UK

Used flashacademy for 3 months

Jun 2019

It isn't any higher yet as we need to fully embed Flash to be able to make an informed decision on how successful it is.

Jaspreet found flashacademy:
  • Slightly reduces attainment gap
    It hasn't been long enough for us to measure the gap. However it has impacted on the children generally and they are becoming more confident in speaking English
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    Teachers do not have to plan for a separate EAL curriculum as the lessons are already done.
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Helen
Park View Community Primary School, UK

Used flashacademy for 8 months

Jun 2019

The absolute flexibility of the app, so I have a group of children with different languages and at different levels I can set them all up on Flash Academy and they can have a productive lesson very quickly.

Helen found flashacademy:
  • Moderately reduces attainment gap
    A student who came to us from Oman and so spoke, read and wrote in arabic was able to quickly pick up enough english to access maths in class and work along side his peers.
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    When they are able to set students to tasks on the app whilst teaching a class without having to prepare separate work .
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Emma
Lily Lane Primary School, UK

Used flashacademy for 1 year

Jun 2019

I am thoroughly committed to this program. My students are progressing well

Emma found flashacademy:
  • Moderately reduces attainment gap
  • Does not reduce teacher workload
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Kelly
Bristnall Hall Academy, UK

Used flashacademy for 12 months

Jun 2019

The students that use Flash within my setting have made huge improvements both academically and socially. Students are engaged and motivated and will use Flash at home without prompting.

Kelly found flashacademy:
  • Significantly reduces attainment gap
    cross curricular, generally gives students more confidence within the mainstream classroom.
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
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Hollie O'Sullivan
Great Barr Academy, UK

Used flashacademy for 2 years

Jun 2019

excellent service, always adapting to the needs of the consumer, always striving for excellence and innovations, always helping me with other EAL related challenges

Hollie O'Sullivan found flashacademy:
  • Significantly reduces attainment gap
    speeds up the process of A - C considerably, can be done in weeks rather than months
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    less planning, less resources to make, reduces marking
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