Learning by Questions review by Melanie J
Date: 07.07.2022Review 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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