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Using Tassomai data to improve interventions (and save time on marking too)!
Nick Cleator, Head of Science at Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy in Cheshire tells us how Tassomai data has changed his department’s approach to homework and lesson planning.
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Introducing the GCSE Survival Guide - practical advice for parents of Y9-11s
The Tassomai team has put together a free guide for parents and a series of blogs with advice from subject specialists , education experts and mental health campaigners.
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Building resilience in your students - advice for teachers
Sam Clark, teacher, writer and founder of Resilience for Kids gives us his best advice for teachers on building resilience and supporting students’ wellbeing.
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Why do teenagers act the way they do?
Teenagers’ brains are on a developmental rollercoaster during the GCSE years, but what really makes teenagers act like… teenagers? Our GCSE Survival Guide contributor Madeleine Inkin has the answers!
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Understanding the Teenage Brain
Clinical child psychotherapist, Madeleine Inkin, writes about the developing adolescent brain and the impact that neurological changes have on decision making and behaviour.
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Managing your own expectations as a parent
Clinical child psychotherapist, Madeleine Inkin, writes about the neurological changes that young people are going through during the GCSE years, and how parents can manage their own expectations .
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Keeping your cool as a GCSE parent
Ben West unpacks the great myth surrounding GCSEs and how parents can maintain a healthy perspective in our GCSE Survival Guide blog post on student mental health .
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How to support your child’s mental health throughout their GCSEs
Ben West gives his top tips on recognising the signs that your child might be struggling, when to act (spoiler: as early as possible) and how you can help as a parent in our GCSE Survival Guide blog post on student mental health .
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Building resilience in your children - 5 steps for parents
Sam Clark, teacher, writer and founder of Resilience for Kids gives us his best advice for parents on building resilience and supporting their children’s wellbeing. (Part of our GCSE Survival Guide series.)
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How students' performance improved on Tassomai - 2021 update
We’ve looked into our data to see how much students improved on Tassomai throughout the 2020/21 academic year, and the results are impressive! This post explains in detail how we calculate the performance improvement metric.
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Unlock new Linked Resources
Tassomai students are now able to unlock links to external resources , tailored to their individual learning needs and accessible on completion of Daily Goals in each core subject.
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Catch-up tuition supported by EdTech is the best way to get students up to speed with a limited budget
Tassomai founder Murray Morrison believes that edtech can help schools meet the catch-up tuition challenge and get the maximum impact from budgets, and micro-tuition proves that this approach works.
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Tassomai are Education Resource Awards 2021 winners!
The Tassomai team are thrilled to be winners of 2 awards at this year’s ERAs! Tassomai was recognised with a win for its innovative content collaboration with the team at Torquay Academy and also named supplier of the year !
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Tassomai’s NEW KS4 GCSE English language course
Tassomai expands its English language course to include KS4. This course has been designed to help GCSE students get to grips with literary devices, spelling and grammar to equip them with the tools to analyse a piece of text they haven’t seen before.
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English teaching deserves edtech too
Abi Ludlow, English teacher and Tassomai lead at Richard Lander School in Truro discusses her experience with Tassomai’s KS4 English literature content and her hopes for its future.
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New maths video content
We’re excited to announce that Tassomai now includes targeted videos for its KS4 GCSE maths course to expand on more complicated topics.
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Tassomai and Torquay Academy - An Award-Winning Team?
Tassomai is a BETT and ERA Awards finalist for its unique content collaboration project with Torquay Academy. Find out what Reece Broome, Head of Online Learning, has to say about the program and how his school embraced Tassomai across every department.
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Tassomai’s NEW Unseen Poetry Course for English Literature
Tassomai unveils its new Unseen Poetry Skills course to help students get to grips with the basics of poetry and equip them with the tools to analyse a poem they haven’t seen before.
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Introducing new POINTS based Daily Goals
Daily Goals are changing, and will be built around POINTS, not correct answers, giving students more incentive to think before they answer and aim for high accuracy.
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New Video Content for English Literature
We’re excited to announce that Tassomai now includes targeted videos for English literature, with the first set of videos focusing on Shakespeare texts.
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Quiz Powers
New: Quiz Powers! Students can now use special abilities during quizzes — eliminate a wrong answer or get hints from AI tutor Mai. Powers are earned by hitting the correct answer target, encouraging accuracy while making quizzing more fun.
Tools for teachers
The Group Quiz feature!
Teacher-led, group-based Tassomai quizzes — personalised for each class — powered by students’ usage data. Put Tassomai on screen in the classroom and use Group Quiz for:
Quick and easy lesson starters
Targeted, high-impact revision sessions
Cover lessons any teacher can run
Headteacher CASE STUDY
“Great bang for your buck”
Less marking. Fewer admin headaches. More meaningful impact. Find out how Tassomai helped Horsforth School reduce teacher workload while improving student outcomes.
TIPS FOR TEACHERS
Big changes to your Teacher Dashboard
We've made a series of enhancements to make management and admin easier for teachers and TassoChamps.
The latest update makes it easier to organise learner accounts — from creating and editing students to managing groups and settings.
Trial results data
Closing the attainment gap with ‘Pupil Premium Boost’
Twenty schools that use Tassomai partnered with us to trial a differentiated intervention for their Pupil Premium students.
The results showed a profound impact on attainment, with PP students on the trial making 35-45% more progress than their peers!
Media coverage: Business Cloud Magazine
Beyond homework: How Tassomai is powering learning in the classroom
With the growing use of Class Tasks and the introduction of its brand new Group Quiz feature, Tassomai is evolving.
Awards and accreditations
Top of the 2025 EdTech charts!
The Tassomai team were absolutely delighted to be named number 1 in Business Cloud Magazine’s ‘EdTech 50’ for 2025!
Thank you to the EdTech 50 judging panel and to everyone who voted for Tassomai.
Media coverage: Pupil Premium Boost
Closing the Pupil Premium attainment gap
Tassomai’s founder Murray Morrison was featured in Education Today magazine talking about Tassomai’s new intervention for Pupil Premium students and the impact it’s had so far.
Product feature: “Engagement Rankings”
Teachers… track and compare your school’s performance!
Dashboards have a smart feature for teachers to track their school’s Tassomai performance. Our national Engagement Rankings show teachers and school leaders how their school compares to other Tassomai using schools in 4 key areas.
