• Rural LA school 225 pupils (oversubscribed) in Suffolk
• Ofsted rating: Good
• FSM: 15.6%

Review rating:

Average rating across all Discovery Espresso reviews: 3.7/5

How well does it match the curriculum?

Reasonably: It’s good enough for the money, but needs some additional resources

A wealth of resources, often very technical. Almost too much! Hard to search. Good ideas though often need a fair bit of adapting

How well does it support adaptation for different groups of pupils?

Reasonably: Essentially there’s enough for most pupils but there isn’t enough support. I already feel it is more suited to extension

Woud like further differentiation, more ways to support SEND. Also teacher videos to increase subject knowledge; we're expected to know A LOT as primary teachers

How well does it engage and motivate pupils?

Well: Pupils generally enjoy using it and tend to welcome doing so

Images, they like the images - the variety and clarity of them. It breaks up me talking! They like having them in their books too

How well supported is it by any included formative assessments?

Badly: There isn’t any / enough formative assessment or what there is, isn’t very useful

We don't use it for that

How well does it support planning?

Reasonably: Mostly we can use it without an unreasonable amount of effort or additional resource requirement

Ideas, stimuli and images for when I get stuck! Saves time trawling the internet for potentially incorrect images

How well does it support home use / independent learning?

Reasonably: It could be used at home or independently, but pupils would need some extra support or resources

How would you rate it for value for money compared to similar resources?

Reasonably: It represents about the same value for money as similar resources I’ve seen

We have found that after the initial purchase teachers quickly stopped using it. Something to keep it used!

Would you recommend it to a colleague in a similar school to yours? 5/11

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