Schoolzone | Learning by Questions review by Melanie J

Learning by Questions review by Melanie J

Date: 07.07.2022

Review subject: Maths

Phase: Primary

Reviewer: Melanie J, Deputy head

  • Urban LA school 505 pupils in Coventry
  • Ofsted rating: Good
  • FSM: 28%

 

Review rating:

Average rating across all Learning by Questions reviews: 3.9/5

Great product. Excellent for whole class teaching and intervention. Just needs a homework facility and better reading resources

 

How well does it match the curriculum?

Well: It covers the curriculum as well as we expected

Covers national curriculum including popular resources like White Rose and Ready to progress materials

 

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

Brilliantly: There is a wide enough range of resources to provide a good range of options for all pupils

You can use the age related resources or go below or above as appropriate. It has visual representations and gives hints for maths

 

How well does it engage and motivate pupils?

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

Would like a better range of reading texts that will have content that interest the children, and a variety of genres

 

How well supported is it by any included formative assessments?

Well: We could (or do) use it for monitoring individual pupil progress

Has a range of assessment but would always like more especially for the non-sats years

 

How well does it support planning?

Well: It’s fairly self-contained and can be used with minimal preparation

Just click and go so little prep time, would be good if it was intuitive so would show next steps based on completion of activities

 

How well does it support home use / independent learning?

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

You cant set tasks for home easily as they have to have a code and activities are only open for a set time. This would be perfect if you could set activities for homework

 

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

Well: It’s worth the money and effort to introduce – more so than many similar resources I’ve seen

Very good value for money for the resource that you are getting. Very good value cannot complain. Just need to improve on home learning

 

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

 

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