Arithmagicians
Arithmagicians is an innovative maths learning platform devised by teacher Ebrahim Tafti to offering targeted practice to help students can sharpen their mental maths skills and reduce reliance on written strategies for problem-solving.
Boromi
Evie Keough, founder of Boromi, leads a network of in-school play libraries that empower parents to nurture early childhood development through purposeful play at home. This project aims to diversify Boromi’s model by building community partnerships alongside schools and expand to 400 schools – 50% in high-priority Northern regions – by 2028.
Chatta
Chatta is a teaching approach that enhances pupils’ spoken language and vocabulary by linking stories and learning experiences with images and modeled language. Using Chatta software, teachers create audio-visual storyboards to stimulate pupil talk. This project introduces Chatta to early years (foundation stages 1 and 2) across 50 schools, providing training, software, and resources to teachers and teaching assistants in hubs of 10-20 schools.
Reading on Your Head
A website by Doncaster teacher Richard Cowie and developer John Applin, offering online reading comprehension resources. It engages pupils with subjects they enjoy, gamifies learning through reading games and rewards, and lets them create and share quizzes. Richard aims to expand to 100 schools over three years.
Revise Chemistry with Mr B
Jon Blackbourn, a Manchester chemistry teacher, is creating Revise Chemistry with Mr B, using YouTube and TikTok to help disadvantaged students with GCSE science. The videos feature classroom experiments and simple explanations to enhance learning, offering an accessible alternative to private tuition.
Vocabulous
Classics teacher Lucy Huelin is developing an engaging online resource, which trains students to work out unfamiliar vocabulary using their pre-existing knowledge of word parts such as prefixes and roots. The website is predominantly used by 9- to 14-year-olds to learn 26 word roots and more than 1,000 English words.