• Urban Academy 438 pupils (oversubscribed) in Isle of Wight
• Ofsted rating: Good
• FSM: 31.7%

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

Good coverage of topics. Nice range of different types of resources including videos etc. accessibility of resources and user friendly

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. Could continue to stretch with reasoning

I'd like more open ended resources and support to challenge and reasoning and investigation type questions . Open ended tasks like escape rooms maybe

How well does it engage and motivate pupils?

Reasonably: We can’t use it too often or for too long

Sometimes a bit immature in resourcing. I think as a resource it works better for early years children or key stage one than it does key stage two

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

How well does it support planning?

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

Links with national curriculum but not with other topics we may evolve and follow. Could link better with things that are happening in the world

How well does it support home use / independent learning?

Badly: It’s not really suitable for home use or independent learning

Didn’t use

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

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

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