“None of the problems we face are insurmountable, but when they’re put together, it becomes a bit more challenging.” In our latest case study, David Williams, Biology Coordinator at the British School of Kuwait, discusses how Doddle has helped to reduce teacher workload and increase student engagement.
Achieving Outstanding Independent Learning at Baxter College
Parents at Chesterfield High review the Doddle app!
< Back to the app Parents at Chesterfield High review the Doddle app! This month, we’re launching an app for students and their parents! To find out how Doddle will improve communication with parents, our Product Owner, Paul Mallaband, went to
Meet the Doddle Product Team!
< Back to the app Meet the Doddle Product Team! This half term, students are going to see a lot of changes in Doddle. Not only will the online site be entirely re-designed, but we’re also launching an app! For the
In Search of Lost Time: How science departments are adapting to the new specifications

When speaking to science departments about teaching the new GCSE specifications, I always hear the same question: “where do we find the time?”. Not only has the volume of content to deliver increased, but exams now place a greater emphasis on testing knowledge application. Without changing the status quo of the course delivery, departments will increasingly find that time for consolidation and practising application will simply run out.
Demystify Maths for Science

The 2016 specifications for Science have only increased the sheer volume of content students are expected to memorise and understand for their GCSEs.
At Doddle, we’ve now created 540 new resources (and counting) for Science to address the deficit between teaching capacity and the vast amount of knowledge students must learn, retain and apply.
Informed intervention and independent learning at Castle View school
Informed intervention and independent learning at Castle View school The science team at Castle View school needed a way to effectively link their classroom teaching, targeted intervention and student’s independent learning. We caught up with Sean Webb and Chris Bazley
Brand new resources to demystify Maths for Science
< Blog home GCSE Science: Brand new resources to demystify Maths for Science by James O’Brien The 2016 specifications for Science have only increased the sheer volume of content students are expected to memorise and understand for their GCSEs. At Doddle, we’ve now
Engaging students in assessment at Pool Hayes Academy

At Pool Hayes Academy, music teacher Alex Hodges has been using Doddle to embed a new approach to assessment in music. Alex has been RAG (red, amber, green) rating individual skill statements to track students’ strengths and weaknesses each lesson and giving her students the opportunity and incentive to make meaningful progress.
The myth of easy revision

All teachers have been there. You’re outside the exam hall, the day of the exam has finally arrived and up walks one of your beloved students, looking awful. Bleary eyed, hair all over the place, often clutching a large coffee or energy drink in one hand and pages of highlighted key facts in the other. Uh oh. Proudly he will announce: “I was up until 4:30 last night re-reading my notes, I’m so ready.” Disaster.