Together, we make an impact
Last month saw the proudlaunch of our new Impact pages. Here, you’ll find the first tranche of case studies and evidence showing exactlyhowour programmes and professional development help teachers to have the biggest impact on each of their children.
Don’t get us wrong. We’re not trying to lay claim to credit that belongs to you. One of the central tenets of the app Primary manifesto is that wesupportteachers to do what they do best.
We know that it’s the quality and the passion of your teaching that has the greatest impact on children’s learning. But we also know that teaching is a huge job. You have to be an expert in all things: the subjects you teach, pedagogy, assessment, classroom management, curriculum design… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
So let us take some of the pressure off your shoulders. You can trust us to support you with fantastic resources and training that help you do your job as brilliantly as you want to. We know, though, that trust is won, not given, and that’s what our impact site is all about.
Evidence through to impact
It matters to us that the programmes and professional development we create really do help children to achieve in their education. That’s why we build our programmes on respected research and evidence - such as the Clackmannanshire Study into Synthetic Phonics - and why we sponsor studies by leading academics into key areas of Primary assessment, pedagogy and policy.
When we're talking about children's futures, though, it's not good enough simply to create a resource and send it out into the world to make its own way. That's why app is committed to evaluating and reporting on the impact of our resources – and improving them, when necessary, to make sure they do not just a good, but a great job for the teachers and children using them.
We do this while we are developing them - road-testing them with real teachers and children. We do this by checking in with our customers once they have bought them to see how they are using them in their school, and to what effect. We do this by giving them to Local Authorities to test with groups of schools in their area.
So, please do check out the case studies, infographics and research summariesto see the positive impact that the partnership of great teachers and great app programmes and professional development have been having in schools like yours.
Then, if you would like to, get in touch with us to tell us aboutyourexperiences with them. Perhaps you'd be willing for us to do a case study based on your school, or perhaps you would just like to tell us what you think works best, or what you would do differently if you could. Please use the comment function below and we'll be in touch.
P.S. - This is an evolving site, with more to come for maths and intervention, so why not bookmark itto make sure you get updates?
