The Curriculum Tool Your Most Vulnerable Pupils Need
The Evidence Your Leadership Team Will Want
now>press>play is used by over 500 primary schools to close the engagement gap, support SEND inclusion and deliver a curriculum that is rich, broad and genuinely memorable. This page is for you - the headteacher who needs outcomes, not a product pitch.
70%
say it particularly benefits lower-ability pupils
99%
say it includes every child in the class
500+
primary schools subscribed
97%
of teachers report high pupil engagement
Built for the White Paper - Built Before It
The Government's Education White Paper 'Every Child Achieving and Thriving' sets out seven priorities for primary education. now>press>play was designed to address every one of them — not because we retrofitted ourselves to a policy document, but because we started with the same question the White Paper asks: what do the children most let down by the system actually need?
White Paper Priority
now>press>play delivers this because...
SEND inclusion in mainstream
Every child participates equally — volume adapts individually, no child is excluded by ability, language or sensory need.
Closing the disadvantage gap
Extends life experience for pupils with limited horizons. Vocabulary, knowledge and cultural reference points built through story.
Rich, broad curriculum entitlement
100+ Experiences across History, Geography, Science, PSHE, RE, MFL and Literacy - curriculum-mapped to your school by our team.
Belonging and re-engagement
Immersive, joyful, active learning restores children's sense of belonging. Powerful for pupils with persistent absence.
Active, not passive, learning
Children are the protagonist. Movement, imagination and response are structural - not optional.
Reducing teacher workload
Every Experience comes with a complete lesson: follow-on resources, discussion guides, writing opportunities. Planning done.
Enrichment as universal entitlement
A school trip to the Stone Age, a mission to Mars, the Amazon rainforest - for every child, regardless of family income or postcode. At £1.06 per child per Experience.
For Your SEND Pupils: Inclusion That Actually Works
More children are being educated in specialist settings than at any point in the last 50 years. The White Paper's ambition is clear: every child should be able to attend their local mainstream school and thrive there.
now>press>play is the only primary curriculum resource where SEND pupils participate identically to their peers - not with a modified version of the lesson, but with the same experience, at the volume that works for them, moving as much as they need to.
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Individual volume control means children with auditory processing difficulties, anxiety, or sensory sensitivities set their own level.
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No writing required during the experience - EAL learners and children with dyslexia access the full curriculum through sound and movement.
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70% of teachers report that the product particularly benefits lower-ability pupils.
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99% of teachers say it includes every child in the class.
"SEN children love it and all learners have engaged really well. Being immersed in the experience helps the knowledge to stick."
- SENCO, Midlands Primary School
For Your Pupil Premium Cohort: Life Experience That Cannot Be Bought
The attainment gap is not only about literacy and numeracy. It is about cultural capital - the reference points, vocabulary and life experiences that give children the context to learn. Children in persistent disadvantage arrive at school with fewer of these. The curriculum rarely compensates.
now>press>play was built to address exactly this. Every Experience places children somewhere they have never been - the Amazon, Ancient Egypt, NASA, the Stone Age. Not as passive observers, but as the protagonist of the story. The vocabulary, knowledge and emotional memory that builds is precisely what the disadvantage gap is made of.
"Our pupils have very limited life experiences outside of school — this is the perfect way to broaden their horizons. It is inclusive and engages children of all abilities and backgrounds, whilst supporting language development and vocabulary."
- Headteacher, Urban Primary School
For Your Next Ofsted Visit: Evidence of Curriculum Breadth and Inclusion
Ofsted's deep dives increasingly focus on curriculum intent, implementation and impact — particularly in foundation subjects and for disadvantaged and SEND learners. now>press>play gives you a credible, evidence-based answer to the questions inspectors are most likely to ask.
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Bespoke curriculum mapping shows inspectors exactly how NPP integrates into your curriculum intent.
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Impact data by cohort - SEND, EAL, pupil premium — available from your Account Manager.
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Teacher testimony and pupil voice are built into the experience — follow-on resources generate written evidence of learning.
OFSTED READINESS
now>press>play provides: evidence of curriculum breadth across History, Geography, Science and foundation subjects; evidence of SEND inclusion in mainstream; evidence of pupil premium provision that extends life experience; and a rich vocabulary programme embedded across all year groups.
The Cost Case: Fundable, Justifiable, Measurable
At an average of £1.06 per child per Experience - across a library of 120+ adventures - now>press>play is among the lowest cost-per-learning-moment in your curriculum budget.
It can be funded through:
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Pupil premium - directly evidenced impact on disadvantaged learners
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Sports Premium - movement-based, whole-body learning
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Curriculum Enrichment Budget - replaces trips and external events at a fraction of the cost
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MAT-level Procurement - group pricing available for trusts of 3+ schools
THE MATHS
A 1-form entry school pays approximately £125/month.
That is £1,499 per year to give 210 children 120+ curriculum adventures - each with full follow-on resources, teacher training and dedicated account management included.
What School Leaders Say
Deputy Headteacher
"In my 20 years in education, never has a product had such an impact. Three years after introducing it, it is still constantly used and loved by pupils and staff alike."
Headteacher
"Our whole curriculum is based upon making real and memorable experiences and now>press>play is an integral approach for us to achieve this. It supports all our pupils to engage with the life of the school."
SENCO
"Our SEND pupils are able to take a full and active part — adjusting the volume and interacting on an individual basis. It has transformed how we think about inclusion across the school."
