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Tackling the GCSE Maths retention drop: building fluency across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
Pupils who master a maths topic in year 10 often forget it by the mocks. Why blocked practice fades, and three strategies that build lasting fluency from KS3 to GCSE.
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How parents can support 11+ and Key Stage 3 preparation without causing unnecessary stress
Long practice papers can turn 11+ and KS3 preparation into a battle. Four low-stress habits, built on short daily quizzes, help your child gain confidence without losing their downtime.
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Safeguarding Academic Integrity: Take Control of AI Resistance with Tassomai’s New Settings
Learn how Tassomai’s new browser access controls help schools prevent cheating by restricting quiz access to the app and managing AI tool use during revision.
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Reducing exam anxiety across Year 11 by changing how students view low-stakes testing
Explore how changing Year 11 pupils’ views on low-stakes testing reduces exam anxiety and supports confident, consistent revision using retrieval practice and Tassomai’s approach.
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How to help your secondary child build a 10-minute daily study routine at home
Discover how a 10-minute daily study routine using Tassomai can help secondary pupils revise smarter with practical steps for parents to support consistent habits at home.
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The testing effect in practice: Why retrieving knowledge beats re-reading notes every time
Explore how active retrieval practice improves long-term memory compared to re-reading notes and how Tassomai supports students in building durable knowledge and confidence.
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Tassomai vs. Generic AI & Unfiltered Homework Solvers: Protecting homework validity in the age of automation
Explore how Tassomai's native app design secures homework validity by preventing AI cheating tools, ensuring accurate diagnostic data and supporting genuine GCSE revision.
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Tassomai vs. Up Learn: Sustainable daily micro-habits vs. high-cost video cramming
Compare Tassomai’s daily active recall approach with Up Learn’s video lessons, exploring impacts on learning, teacher workload, affordability, and whole-school monitoring.
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Cognitive science made effortless: How pre-testing and the hypercorrection effect build durable memory
Explore how pre-testing and the hypercorrection effect improve long-term memory and how Tassomai uses these techniques to support effective revision and teaching strategies.
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Supporting your child through GCSE revision without the daily arguments
Discover effective ways to support GCSE revision with short daily practice and reduce conflict. Learn how Tassomai helps create a peaceful study routine and track progress.
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How reward mechanisms and collectible recognition build positive study habits in secondary schools
Explore how Tassomai uses rewards like Tassimals and streaks to encourage positive study habits and support engagement across different secondary school year groups.
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Securing core quotations and context in GCSE English Literature without passive rote learning
Explore effective revision strategies for GCSE English Literature that build flexible recall of quotations and context without relying on passive rote learning.
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Cutting homework marking time without losing diagnostic classroom data
Explore how Tassomai reduces homework marking time while providing real-time diagnostic data to support effective teaching and student learning in GCSE and primary education.
Read more →Tassomai vs. Sparx: Which platform actually builds long-term retention?
Compare Tassomai and Sparx on long-term retention, workload, integrity checks, and cost. Learn how Tassomai supports efficient daily revision and saves teacher time across subjects.
Read more →Why students forget mock exam material by May (and how spaced retrieval fixes it)
Explore why students often forget mock exam material by May and how spaced retrieval with short daily sessions can improve long-term memory and exam performance.
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Teacher Webinar: How to Build a High-Impact Rewards Strategy with Tassomai Leaderboards
Sign up for our webinar to learn how to create an effective rewards strategy using the Tassomai Leaderboards.
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Unlocking the Achieviary: Why We Are Rewarding Daily Streaks on Tassomai
Learn how Tassomai’s new Streak Birds reward daily study streaks to support consistent revision and long-term learning for students, with tools to help teachers track progress.
Read more →Give your SEND students a BOOST
Explore how Tassomai's SEND Boost supports students with special educational needs through tailored features that improve engagement and progress in GCSE and other exams.
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Multi-Lingual Mai
Mai, our Digital Tutor, is now multi-lingual and can support EAL students who could benefit from question translations, hints and explanations in another language - we have a special bundle offer that includes extra support for SEND and Pupil Premium students, get in touch today to get the ball rolling.
Read more →Tassomai App and AI resistance
Tassomai has launched a new desktop app to tackle AI cheating tools and make student homework AI-resistant.
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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 up to 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.
