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How whole-school culture and multi-subject strategy drove outstanding Tassomai engagement
How Sir Thomas Wharton Academy embedded Tassomai across subjects to build strong routines and exceptional engagement.
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Motivation that works: how Sir Thomas Wharton Academy uses rewards to drive exceptional engagement with Tassomai
How creative rewards — from Tassimals to queue-jump passes — transformed student motivation at STWA.
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“Great bang for your buck” - A headteacher’s verdict on Tassomai and its impact
Dr Paul Bell tells us how Horsforth School has embraced Tassomai to improve student engagement, reduce teacher workload, and drive better results.
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How Class Tasks make homework less work
Holly Bradshaw , Curriculum Leader for Science at Marple Hall School , spoke to us about how Class Tasks are helping with homework setting and boosting students’ confidence.
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The Tassomai impact on Humanities
Clare Quarton, Teaching Team Leader for Humanities at Treviglas Academy, Newquay tells us about the impact Tassomai has had and how they’ve made homework fun, engaging and a little bit competitive for students.
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Setting students on a path to top grades in GCSE geography with Tassomai
Geography is a very content-heavy subject, so it can be tough for teachers to cover the syllabus more than once. Using Tassomai to revise and recap has really helped helped her students, says Charlotte Pollard, a Geography ECT at Treviglas Academy in Newquay .
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Using Tassomai’s maths content to build good learning habits at key stage 3
Kyle Parsad talks about his experience of using Tassomai’s maths content to build good learning habits among his KS3 students, and about its positive impact on teacher workload.
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Using Tassomai to help teach GCSE history
A history teacher at Chase High School in Southend-on-Sea shares his experience of using the edtech retrieval practice program "Tassomai" to help embed knowledge with his GCSE history students.
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"If it’s good enough for my students, it’s good enough for my child"
The Tassomai team recently spoke to Claire Crichton-Allen , a former teacher and head of department who used Tassomai in school and now uses the program to homeschool her own daughter, Mabel.
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Hungry for knowledge – swapping lunch queue passes for revision performance. “How We Did it…“ with Claire Crichton-Allen
Claire Crichton-Allen, an experienced Head of Department speaks to us about incentivising students without any budget and exceeding the National Average by 10% to get her school’s best-ever GCSE science results.
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How Tassomai changed my family’s approach to learning
Hear from Josi whose son uses Tassomai's online learning program to help him with his school work instead of a private tutor. Find out how they use the platform and why it has been particularly helpful for their family.
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How Tassomai has helped me homeschool my son
The Tassomai team recently caught up with Kenneth, a father who uses Tassomai as part of his son’s homeschooling programme. We asked him all about how they use the platform and how it has helped with his son’s home education.
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Supporting independent study with Tassomai in a high pupil premium area
James Stradling from All Saints Church of England School in Weymouth writes about using Tassomai to re-engage pupils with home learning in the post-covid era in an area of high pupil premium and poor social mobility.
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Taking learning ‘on the go’ & topping-up lessons anywhere
"It’s like having a tiny science teacher drip feeding knowledge to our kids when we are not around" is how science teacher Scott Clarke describes Tassomai in this school case study.
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My first year using Tassomai for science teaching
Rebecca Higginson, Second in Department for Science at Newton Abbot College, talks to Tassomai about her experience of joining a new school that has been using the platform for years and how it helps to inspire her students’ learning…
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Why I love Tassomai’s scientific approach to English teaching!
Chantelle Nichols, Teacher of English and KS5 Coordinator at The Sutton Academy in St. Helens, talks to Tassomai about how she uses Tassomai to identify gaps in her students’ knowledge and engage students who prefer maths and science in their English studies…
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Edtech equality and strategies to drive good Tassomai usage across year groups
David Gash, Head of Science at Gateacre School, talks to Tassomai about how he and his Second in Department, Cara Harris, are giving students a head start in their learning and ensuring all of his pupils have equal access to Tassomai…
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How Tassomai has replaced homework for core subjects in our school
Amy Craven, Lead English Teacher at St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy in Dewsbury, talks to Tassomai about using the program in her classroom and how much it has reduced teacher workload at her school…
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How Tassomai has transformed our students' attitude to learning science
John Pacey, Assistant Headteacher at Acklam Grange School, talks to Tassomai about how his school uses Tassomai’s science courses and the change he has noticed in his students’ approach to learning…
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Using Tassomai to help close the attainment gap in my school
Faye Brodrick, Head of Science at Ysgol Maesydderwen Comprehensive School in Swansea tells us how she created a ‘secret Tassomai club’ with her lowest attaining students in order to narrow the gap between her school’s highest and lowest grades.
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