What is Kapow Primary?
Teach foundation subjects with confidence with Kapow Primary! Created by teachers for teachers, Kapow Primary's curriculums and lesson plans include teacher CPD videos and supporting materials to help you meet the unique needs of your school.
Each carefully sequenced scheme of work includes guidance on how to adapt planning to suit your school and pupils. Teacher videos explain key pedagogical and subject knowledge points, delivering this knowledge just when it is needed. Our schemes are regularly refreshed to ensure compliance with updated statutory guidelines and important research. Kapow Primary supports teachers and schools with twelve foundation subjects.
Lesson plans, presentations and supporting resources, including knowledge organisers, assessment and planning tools, help support the teaching of:
Art & Design
Computing
Design & Technology
French
Geography
History
Music
Religion & Worldviews
RSE & PSHE
Science
Spanish
Start with just one subject and unlock more as you develop your curriculum!
Recommended Usage
45 minutes per subject per week
Educational Impact
Additional evidence
Business Name: Kapow Primary HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2019 | |
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Kapow Primary PricingPricing Plans Free Trial Paid Subscription Kapow Primary pricing starts from Β£205 / year We have a special pricing offer for MATs and the more subjects a school unlocks, the less the cost per subject. ![]() |
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Kapow Primary Reviews
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Brittany Hine
Class Teacher
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 0β3 months
Jun 2024
As stated above, lots of positives for lesson planning, workload and delivery. I feel more options to adapt the teaching slides would be good. I also feel more exposure and verbal practise of the new language would be beneficial for attainment. (French)
Brittany Hine found Kapow Primary:
- Moderately reduces teacher workloadβ- All resources are in one place. - already planned, appropriate and engaging activities. - The teacher videos are very helpful too to save time having to do own research, particularly for teaching French.β
- Slightly improves teaching efficiencyβTeacher subject knowledge and confidence to teaChβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβFrenchβ
- Slightly improves attainmentβHave not used for long enough to commentβ
- Moderately builds student knowledge
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Jun 2024
I find the units that I teach comprehensive, easy to access and with all resources that I need. Plus the videos really help mine and the children's knowledge.
Emma found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβVideo tutorials, resources, easy instructions.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβKnowledge, skills needed to teach the units.β
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβKnowledge offered with each unit including vocabulary.β
- Significantly improves attainmentβMore detailed knowledge for the children.β
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβVocabulary taught, skills covered.β
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Jun 2024
resources avaiable, teacher knowledge videos
Lucy found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβall resources are availableβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβless time looking for quality resourcesβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβteacher knowledge videosβ
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβrecap from previous learningβ
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Laura Davidge
Assistant Headteacher
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 3-4 years
Apr 2024
Simple to use, easy to follow and reduces teacher workload!
Laura Davidge found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβIt is simple to follow and effective, ensures that progression builds through units. I watch the videos to help me understand the teaching elements and it provides me with key questions to dig deeper into answers from pupils. This means I can spend more time on assessing in the lesson and also means I spend less time planning at the weekend.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβIt provides teachers with the background knowledge they need to ensure that pupils receive high quality computing.β
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβThe teacher knowledge section and videos support teacher delivery.β
- Significantly improves attainmentβThe units build over time. Misconceptions are easy to unpick with children e.g. Teaching Y5, last week, children through a sprite was just a character. We clarified that sprites are used in Scratch to represent any image that can be moved or interacted with.β
- Significantly builds student knowledge
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Mar 2024
I would like Kapow to give presentations which can be edited according to pupils needs across the class. The rest is all there.
Hina Malik found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβKnowledge organisers already made, key vocabulary and PowerPoint presentations helps.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβTeacher knowledge videos as well as pupils videos really help. Everything needed at finger tips. Supply also benefits from quality teaching.β
- Moderately improves teacher knowledgeβPre topic read, linking into topic back ground knowledge.β
- Significantly improves attainmentβPupils more engage, access subject related vocabulary and use in writing, sometimes fun lessons, assessments show progression in learning and attainment.β
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβDefinitely! Pupil have started using subject related vocabulary and confident in subject knowledge.β
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Mar 2024
It improves everything we need it for (e.g., planning, leader subject maps, modelling videos, subject knowledge). Not 10/10 because we usually have to take each slide and adapt it to our school which is also time consuming but not KAPOWs fault. Sometimes, flicking between interactive slides on KAPOW is a bit confusing.
Megan Price found Kapow Primary:
- Moderately reduces teacher workloadβPlanning, ideas, modelling, route mapping, leadership guidanceβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβPlanning, route maps, leadership, modelling videosβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβMy subject knowledge is poor - KAPOW makes me feel like an expert. I like the videos prior to teaching and I like the modelling videos.β
- Slightly improves attainmentβI can't truthfully say yes yet - we've only introduced KAPOW for 2 terms. However, I would say I can see a big difference in our topic books and content of work.β
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβContent in books, discussions, information they have retained, end pieces.β
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Colette Jones
Class Teacher and Leader of Learning - Communication
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 4-6 months
Feb 2024
I have found using Kapow very useful and helpful.
Colette Jones found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβResources are already prepared for you, making it easier to focus on other things or just allowing you time to improve your subject knowledge.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβThe videos, subject knowledge section and the misconceptions sectionβ
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβThrough the discussions throughout the lessonβ
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Jan 2024
CPD videos are excellent, lessons are clearly sequenced and build on knowledge. Kapow lessons also show some great ideas for learning that I wouldn't have necessarily have thought of myself. Lesson plans are clear, most subjects come with the 'three Is' intention statements which make it incredibly easy for subject leads to take hold of a subject that may be new to them and run with it!
Rhiannon found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβLesson are near fully provided with accompanying slides. knowledge is clear and lesson plans are useful.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβResources are create are extremely useful. Again relieving teacher workload but also extremely efficient.β
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβCPD videos are extremely good. With clear expert knowledge from individuals in the field. Teachers are able to access these at any time, I've sometimes used them in lessons where I may have completed a step wrong!β
- Significantly improves attainmentβThrough data analysis. However, engagement of the children is high which inevitably as an impact on attainment.β
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβThere are occasions where children can reflect on previous knowledge through clearly sequenced lessons, building their ability to know more and retain more.β
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Dec 2023
Kapow is organised, has interesting topics, tells you exactly what the teacher needs to know with videos, links to the NC are spot on and the planning and activities are fantastic.
Clare found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβThinking about topics, searching for resources and examples.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβEverything you need for the lesson is there. I love that.β
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβI just use Kapow for Art and Design and DT. Information re artists is excellent.β
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβExcellent topic specific vocabulary, Artist knowledge.β
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Dec 2023
Some aspects could still be more user friendly like the presentations but overall it is a really useful scheme and makes teaching some subjects so much easier
Jess Bonshor found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβPresentations and worksheets are already made so it makes the lesson easier to pick up and go rather than spending hours planningβ
- Moderately improves teaching efficiencyβMore time can be focused on showing the skills and knowledge rather than understanding the tasksβ
- Moderately improves teacher knowledgeβTeacher videos and voice clips help show what is expectedβ
- Moderately improves attainmentβSeen this in french as activities have a purpose and children have been able to remember moreβ
- Moderately builds student knowledgeβFrench. Children who didnt feel confident in knowledge still did well in end of unit assessmentβ
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Dec 2023
We use kapow for art, dt, computing
Saqib found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβPre planned lessons are off high qualityβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβComputingβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβLearning about scratchβ
- Significantly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
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Andrew Smith
Year 6 Teacher
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 0β3 months
Dec 2023
A super interactive resource
Andrew Smith found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβExcellent resourcesβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβA starting point/ a structureβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβRefreshed knowledgeβ
- Slightly improves attainmentβNot as yetβ
- Slightly builds student knowledgeβNeutralβ
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Dec 2023
It has made my life easier and I would want others to benefit the way I have.
Amanda Hobbs found Kapow Primary:
- Moderately reduces teacher workloadβDidn't have to write a resources list for our latest D&T project as they are provided this made ordering resources for the project much easier and quicker.β
- Moderately improves teaching efficiencyβKnowing exactly what is needed for each student before the lesson so resources are ready to be distributed.β
- Moderately improves teacher knowledgeβTeacher videos help to ensure teachers can support students effectively.β
- Moderately improves attainmentβChildren's knowledge was improved over previous years completing a similar topic.β
- Moderately builds student knowledgeβAs aboveβ
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Virginia
Teacher
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 3-4 years
Dec 2023
Videos and assessment tools for art
Virginia found Kapow Primary:
- Slightly reduces teacher workloadβI create worksheets and design my own Medium Term Planβ
- Moderately improves teaching efficiencyβVideo tutorials are great to learn.β
- Moderately improves teacher knowledgeβKnowledge organisersβ
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledgeβStudents are using key vocabulary nowβ
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Anna Baldini
Class Teacher/SENDCo
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 1-2 years
Dec 2023
time saving planning and clear lesson focus makes for happy teachers and children
Anna Baldini found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβResources available for lessons and teacher videos mean less time researching before teaching a unitβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβfocused learning tasks building on prior knowledgeβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβfor a non music specialist key terms are explained clearlyβ
- Significantly improves attainmentβbetter taught lessons lead to greater pupil attainmentβ
- Significantly builds student knowledge
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Dec 2023
Very well structured scheme
Ammara Ismail found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβGreat schemes which cover the EYFS component knowledge too.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβVery well structured.β
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβGreat lesson plansβ
- Significantly improves attainmentβAble to adapt for different abilitiesβ
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβSuper ideasβ
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Dec 2023
A real support for delivering the curriculum
Emma Williams found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβResourcing for lessons is readyβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβExpert teacher videos to ensure content is delivered successfullyβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβAgain, subject matter knowledge videos from experts are a fantastic resourceβ
- Significantly improves attainmentβExamples of work of a high standard for children to aspire toβ
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβKnowledge organisers, sequences of lessonsβ
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Dec 2023
Great value for money, great for CPD, great for teacher knowledge
Jenny Barnes found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβreduces planning / prep timeβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβgreat for CPD in subjects i'm less confident in (Art / DT)β
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβStaff more confident in delivering the demanding curriculum due to the resources providedβ
- Moderately improves attainmentβchildren more engaged and inspiredβ
- Significantly builds student knowledge
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Dec 2023
Resources could be more child friendly/dual coded
Melanie Hayden found Kapow Primary:
- Moderately reduces teacher workloadβLessens lesson planning timeβ
- Moderately improves teaching efficiencyβQuick to set up and implementβ
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
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Dec 2023
It is easy to follow. It reduces workload. It gives good detail and videos.
Annie found Kapow Primary:
- Moderately reduces teacher workloadβIt reduces planning and resources for DT and Artβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβIt is set out well for me to prepare and pick up. I can follow the steps to improve my subject knowledgeβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβIt explains things well to improve my knowledge.β
- Moderately improves attainmentβGood examples for children to follow and understandβ
- Moderately builds student knowledgeβThe simple PowerPoints allow the children not to be cognitively overloadedβ
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Dec 2023
Kapow is easy to navigate and supports teaching very effectively, thank you π
Jane found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβUseful activities and planningβ
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβTime saved planning and thinking of activitiesβ
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβInformation readily availableβ
- Significantly improves attainmentβMore detailed information for childrenβ
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβUp to date and relevant knowledgeβ
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Delores Drummond
Creative Arts Lead
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 0β3 months
Dec 2023
It has a good mix of music theory with practical. Teachers can prepare for the lessons through the videos and it has certainly raised standards in teaching & learning in a short space of time.
Delores Drummond found Kapow Primary:
- Significantly reduces teacher workloadβAs a music lead, Iβve had a lot less to plan& the teachers have everything they need to deliver the lessons.β
- Significantly improves teaching efficiencyβTeachers have all of the resources so once they are logged into Kapow, they donβt need to waste time searching for resources.β
- Significantly improves teacher knowledgeβTeachers get to use the teacher videos before the lesson which explain musical terms clearly.β
- Significantly improves attainmentβEspecially for the SEND and EAL children. They achieve equally.β
- Significantly builds student knowledgeβThe children really understand call and response within music through repetition and skills progression through the lessons!β
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Lis Carver
Year 3 teacher
Used Kapow Primary occasionally for 1-2 years
Dec 2023
I find the website very difficult to navigate, trying to click things that move. The planning has way too much to expect to be a lesson. Having 34 children makes most of the DT lessons impossible. They are very stressful and I dread the terms I teach DT.
Lis Carver found Kapow Primary:
- Slightly reduces teacher workloadβThe preparation for the content of the lessons, understanding what each lesson entails, resourcing the lessons takes hours and hours.β
- Slightly improves teaching efficiencyβIt is impossible to do all that is expected in a lesson with 34 children and no other adult support, when for example children are to prepare food - vegetable tarts for example. Also going to buy the ingredients, especially when a child has a severe dairy allergy, meant all children had to have dairy free, because of the risk of a child coming into contact with a dairy product made the teaching very inefficient. Also when sewing and 34 children are expected to complete a cushion in one lesson, makes for very inefficient teaching.β
- Slightly improves teacher knowledgeβNot sure of the top of my head. Maybe countries different foods come from, although I can't find proof that strawberries originate from Japan, as Kapow states.β
- Slightly improves attainmentβAssessment is clearer, so knowing who has attained the ARE is clear.β
- Moderately builds student knowledgeβLearning Physics in pneumatic toy constructing.β
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Dec 2023
It is an excellent resource which saves time and money with the CPD support that it provides. The cost compared to other DT resources is higher, but to me the instructional support outweighs this.
Phil Clark found Kapow Primary:
- Moderately reduces teacher workloadβExcellent for staff CPD and to improve confidence levels.β
- Moderately improves teaching efficiencyβIt allows staff to feel confident about what they are teaching and to be able to replay videos for pupils who require repeated input to support their learning.β
- Moderately improves teacher knowledgeβIt has been an excellent CPD tool, especially for new staff and those who are underconfident in teaching DT.β
- Slightly improves attainmentβnot sureβ
- Moderately builds student knowledgeβThe excellent instructional videos show pupils new skills in simple steps.β
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Martin Jackson
Teacher & Curriculum Lead: Innovation
Used Kapow Primary weekly for 0β3 months
Dec 2023
Planning is all there. Not full marks because it can be annoying using the system embedded into the website. I have to sit at my computer and click the slides so they change.
Martin Jackson found Kapow Primary:
- Moderately reduces teacher workloadβInformation is available to read and use.β
- Moderately improves teaching efficiencyβQuicker to planβ
- Moderately improves teacher knowledgeβTeacher videosβ
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledgeβThe information availableβ
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