What is GCSEPod?
What makes GCSEPod different is that it is proven to improve your student results whilst reducing your teacher's workload. The award-winning content and assessment for 30+ subjects, is expertly written, mapped to the exam boards and is of the highest of quality so you know you can trust it.
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Accessible and, easy-to-digest video content is the perfect solution for flipped, interleaved learning. Coupled with our award-winning formative assessment product, Check and Challenge, learners can work independently to check knowledge acquisition, challenging themselves to improve with each attempt and ensuring their learning sticks! What’s more, detailed reporting allows teachers to pin-point knowledge gaps and identify areas of low confidence, providing the data needed to develop personalised intervention plans.
GCSEPod helps students achieve one grade higher on average than non-users.
We provide content for GCSE/IGCSE (GCSEPod), Resits, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, International and Functional Skills
Recommended Usage
Increased usage over time is linked to improved attainment above predicted grades.
Educational Impact
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 Company | Business Name: GCSEPod an Access Company HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2010 Website: Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCSEPod/status/1529460900830367744 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/soundbitelearning-uk-ltd/ |
| Age Range | 11-13, 14-16, 17-18 |
 Features | LearningAssessmentLearning ContentHomeworkPlaylistsMarkingReady-made AssignmentsStudent Progress |
 Languages | English |
 Accessibility | Robust features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android A sound IT manager to white-list a few URLs in school and integrate GCSEPod with MIS. For teachers and students, using GCSEPod is very simple - like using Netflix or Spotify |
 Set Up | Setting up is very straightforward. Simply add your teacher and pupil accounts and you are ready to go! |
 Training | Live OnlineWebinarsDocumentation Presentations, best practice sharing platform, idea generation with Project Manager, YouTube videos |
 Support | EmailFAQs/ForumKnowledge BasePhone Support |
| Home Learning | School must create the account. |
 Tags | GCSEIGCSEFunctional SkillsGCSE ResitsSQALearningAssessment |
GCSEPod PricingPricing Plans Paid Subscription GCSEPod pricing starts from £7.95 / per-pupil Prices from as little as £1 per student per month. Prices based on students in Year's 10 & 11, all other students and teachers get it for free.  Optimised for a quick response | |
 Special Offer | Get free access to all STEM subjects this academic year. To find out more visit: https://www.theaccessgroup.com/stem/ |
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GCSEPod Reviews
from 80 Verified Reviews
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Karen
Educational Consultant
Used GCSEPod monthly for 3-4 years
Jan 2023
Easy to use short answer low stakes assessments with related pods
Karen found GCSEPod:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Devising low stakes assessments”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Reduces time taken to develop assessments”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge“Common misconceptions are included as part of the multiple choice question system, teachers can use the assessments and recorded pods to increase subject knowledge in the sciences outside their specialism”
- Significantly improves attainment“Student knowledge is embedded as a result of repeat practice”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Development of knowledge through the pods and assessed through multiple choice questions”
Eve
Education Consultant
Used GCSEPod daily for 5 years+
Jan 2023
An excellent resource to use in and outside of the classroom. High quality content and great retrieval activities.
Eve found GCSEPod:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Reduced planning, marking and lesson preparation”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Clear explanations”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge“High quality content”
- Significantly improves attainment“Grade uplift”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Great for homework and revision”
Linda Bunting
Subject Specialist
Used Education Demand (GCSEPod) daily for 4-6 months
Sep 2022
Saved me hours of planning and correcting of homework.
Linda Bunting found Education Demand (GCSEPod):
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“I no longer have have to prepare lengthy and complicated grammar lessons. It has saved me hours and hours of usually spent creating assessments.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I set it as a flipped learning activity so when the students come into lesson they are already familiar with grammar points or vocabulary related to the lesson.”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge“I sometimes find it easier for the Pod to explain things to students than if I tried to explain it (I sometimes confuse them if I try to simplify it to themtoo much) while reminding me of grammar rules.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Students can watch the Pods several time at home or at school which allows them to improve on their work especially if I set a task as a homework, they are able to redo it until it's perfect.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“students can watch the same Pod until they master it.”
Kate Barnes
Raising standards Leader
Used Education Demand (GCSEPod) weekly for 7–12 months
Sep 2022
Kate Barnes found Education Demand (GCSEPod):
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Homework”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Independent learing”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge
- Significantly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Ellan
Parent
Used Education Demand (GCSEPod) weekly for 7–12 months
Sep 2022
Adam Goold
Assistant Head - Secondary
Used Education Demand (GCSEPod) daily for 1-2 years
Sep 2022
We are very happy with our partnership with GCSEPod.
Adam Goold found Education Demand (GCSEPod):
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Excellent AfL opportunities”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Nigar Amin
HOY 11 and GCSEPod Lead
Used Education Demand (GCSEPod) weekly for 1-2 years
Jun 2022
Sure. For me it is a lovely tool that can be assigned as Plenary, Home Learning. It has helped students learn concepts that they felt unsure of. It addressed learning gaps. It helped students monitor their progress. It got Parents involved. I just feel that there are still a range of subjects that are popular with BSME schools that are missing from the platform. Like Economics? In our case Accounting too. So it becomes a selective tool for subjects that have content on GCSEpod.
Nigar Amin found Education Demand (GCSEPod):
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“Positive impact is teachers assign MCQ based Ready Made assessments for a quick AFL. It has not reduced workload in a significant manner.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Have been using it as a starter for lessons. Either with a Check and Challenge projected on screen or Pod. So the students are aware of what they are learning today.”
- Does not significantly improve teacher knowledge“Not significant. Teachers are in command of subject knowledge. This is more to address learning gaps in student learning. This does help teacher monitor class progress.”
- Moderately improves attainment“We had identified students who were at Level 3 / 5 for some subjects and we felt with a little support and encouragement we can get them to attain higher. We used GCSEpod and saw amazing results. Attainment in a few cases increased by 2 levels but an increase of 1 level was very evident across several subjects.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The audio visual aid with specific and focused content helps students learn and gain confidence. They are like building blocks. Correct selection of pods from the teacher helps students learn bit by bit with a quick self assessment available in the form of check and challenge.”
Mar 2022
Most of my friends and colleagues already use it, but I will find some that don't!
Cat found GCSEPod:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Self marking”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Students interact well compared to book work”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge“New teachers will benefit, and experienced teachers can see different methods”
- Moderately improves attainment“Feedback from students was that they listened and understood better”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“The check and challenge multiple choice”
AYESHA ASLAM
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Used GCSEPod weekly for 1-2 years
Feb 2022
The content of my subject that is English as Second Language is missing.
AYESHA ASLAM found GCSEPod:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The check and challenge feature helps to be used as readymade recap for the beginning of the lesson.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“the strategies are missing, how to attempt the question.”
- Does not improve teacher knowledge
- Moderately improves attainment“Many students were able to exceed their CAT4 predictions.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Dr Mark Evans
Headteacher
Used GCSEPod daily for 1-2 years
Jul 2021
It's a real help. EBI is covers more subjects.
Dr Mark Evans found GCSEPod:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Helps with planning and assessment for learning”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Allows much easier individualisation of the curriculum.”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge
- Significantly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Jun 2021
Invaluable resource during remote education, easily embedded across school and with staff and students
Sarah Leak found GCSEPod:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Auto marked homework, flipped learning, easy to set and monitor”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Supporting remote education, student awareness of resources”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge“teachers teaching second subjects”
- Significantly improves attainment“focused student revision”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“focused student revision, flipped learning, retrieval practice”
Jun 2021
I believe the site has improved hugely in the time I have used it and it is now a great resource. It keeps getting better with more and more content always being added.
Iain Findley found GCSEPod:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Quick to set homework or to use for flipped learning”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Time saving as setting assignments is quick and easy”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge“It just reinforces the curriculum content which is particularly good for teachers new to a specific exam board”
- Moderately improves attainment“Students use it significantly before exams and this will have impact on attainment”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Evidenced through Q&A sessions in lessons, particularly if used as prior learning work”
Jun 2021
Really useful tool but it would be even better if the website was streamlined. It can put some staff off.
Alanna found GCSEPod:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Homework, setting and monitoring”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“Downloading relevant Pods to use in lessons. Identifying areas of weakness from chexk and challenge.”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge“Non specialist, resource to support their subjext knowledge”
- Slightly improves attainment“No specific evidence just yet”
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Jun 2021
I can only comment on the support side of things - and that has been fantastic..!!!!
Dave Lees found GCSEPod:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Jun 2021
Very accessible, well-designed resources and super helpful support from the staff team!
Alison Lee found GCSEPod:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Ready made assignments were very useful in remote learning”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Homework”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge
- Moderately improves attainment“Our History department looked at some recent assessment results and saw that students who had used GCSEPOD had achieved higher results than those who hadn't”
- Moderately builds student knowledge
May 2021
Really like it.
Mary found GCSEPod:
- Moderately improves attainment“Students contextual knowledge of the texts has improved.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Context is a big one.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Great for starters and homework”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Self marking quizzes”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“We switched poetry anthologies and it really helped build confidence”
Nicola
Lead A Level English Literature Teacher
Used GCSEPod for 3-4 years
Apr 2021
Absolutely outstanding resource for our large International School here in Spain
Nicola found GCSEPod:
- Significantly improves attainment“Increased subject knowledge”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Confidence improves”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Lesson planning is more efficient and quicker”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“All resources in one place”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“Contextual information is always excellent”
Mar 2021
I am very impressed and feel that it it a resource that keeps adding on content. It is also specifically related to the exam content and provides the student with another way of accessing it.
Jon Cohen found GCSEPod:
- Moderately improves attainment“With recent year 11 mocks it has helped pupils access the content in a convenient way”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Impact is there in the GCSE mocks”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Allows a teacher to have a precise example that they can use in class or provide the pupil to look at in their own time”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“In terms of online activities that can be marked”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“The pods are really well researched and have some excellent extra information”
Mar 2021
Superb quality resources with built in assessment facility. Loved by our students. Simple for staff and students to use - very intuitive. Many forms of assessment available as well as ability to set own questions. Customer support is exceptional.
Bob Jackson found GCSEPod:
- Significantly improves attainment“Since we purchased our subscription our progress 8 score has increased by 0.5 This resource has been a key player.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Setting and assessing assignments takes seconds. Resources are of the highest quality”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“Gaps in subject knowledge or changes to the curriculum can be addressed via GCSEPod”
Mar 2021
We have been using GSCEPod for a few years and the engagement from the students has been phenomenal. They love it! It's such an easy way for students to revise and learn. This in turn then has a massive impact on confidence in lessons and in exams which, impacts on improved grades. GCSEPod is constantly adapting to meet the needs of students and teachers. I have been particularly impressed with the new exam paper feature - game changer!
Helen Wright found GCSEPod:
- Significantly improves attainment“Contributing to students achieving higher that targeted grades in mocks and when reading the content of exam responses, it is clear that it has come from the pods they have watched.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Oh my! I set pods as intro's to new topics etc and love when a student tells me a fact and says 'It said in the pod..'”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“I recommend to trainee teachers that they use and watch the pods to help further their knowledge. I also watch them if I need a reminder of a topic or if I have to teach a topic I haven't previously taught.”
Feb 2021
There is limited coverage of my exam board content at the moment so hence 9 not 10
M Barker found GCSEPod:
- Significantly improves attainment“By allowing students to consolidate a blended approach to remote learning in their own time, they have shown significant improvements in attainment over time.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“The quality of the visuals is very helpful in grasping concepts”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It has meant that I haven't had to create my own voice overs for PPTs”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills
Feb 2021
I have recommended GCSEPOD to friends whom are teachers. They have also passed on this to their heads of department whom are looking into GCSEPOD.
Sarah found GCSEPod:
- Significantly improves attainment“Students who may have fallen short due to lack of understanding a question in an exam can target the area of knowledge they are missing through a RAG system. GCSEPOD helps me to target students in those specific areas to improve their understanding and in turn, increase their attainment.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“I Use GCSEPOD as homework for students so they have an good foundation and understanding of the key facts ready for their next Science lesson. This in turn, builds their confidence to answer questions.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“No paper homework, student's use POD to demonstrate their knowledge when completing homework.”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“As a RQT, my knowledge is something which will develop throughout my career. As it does in every teachers career. Using POD allows me to be ahead of the game in my understanding.”
Jan 2021
Ease of use. Mostly intuitive interface and navigation. The quality of resources and ease of setting tasks is why I will recommend this to any colleague.
Sam found GCSEPod:
- Significantly improves attainment“Improved scores in assessment. Students are clearer in their thinking.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Setting homelearning and sharing it across the appropriate platforms is easy. The marking system is straightforwrd and mostly intuitive.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Ready made assignments/tasks that are of a high quality make setting learning tasks easier. I do not have to worry if a GCSEPod playlist or assignment is up to scratch; I know it will be.”
- Moderately improves teacher knowledge and skills“The GCSEPod resources are digestible for all abilities so quickly refreshing my knowledge on toipcs not taught in a long time is easily done and doesn't take much time at all.”
Jan 2021
its good but is missing a lot of subjects
Amy found GCSEPod:
- Moderately improves attainment“increase in progress”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“they are able to access it within 25 minute tutor time”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“check and challenge gives good feedback”
- Does not significantly improve teacher knowledge and skills“in other subjects that are not my speciality”
Alex Wilson
Associate Assistant Principal
Used GCSEPod for 2 years
Nov 2020
It is a non-intrusive, teaching and learning tool
Alex Wilson found GCSEPod:
- Significantly improves attainment“When used properly, it can be perfect therapy for areas for development that appear through QLA”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“No searching for clips on the web needed. Also, in larger departments with some non-specialists, it provides a solid base with key-words defined and used as the board expect”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“It doesn't in the short term but can really reduce the reactive, interventionist approach that schools succumb to”
- Significantly improves teacher knowledge and skills“Non-specialists!!!!”
