VESPA Academy Video Resources
Welcome to VESPA Videos!
Dive into our curated collection of inspiring and insightful videos! We've handpicked some of our absolute favourites and even created a few originals, all designed to boost your Vision, supercharge your Effort, refine your Systems, enhance your Practice, and shape your Attitude.
Explore by VESPA category or theme. Whether you're looking for a specific strategy or tackling a particular challenge, we've got a VESPA-approved (wink, wink!) video to help you on your journey to success!
Transform Student Success with VESPA Academy
Go beyond academic content and develop the crucial non-cognitive skills that predict success. Built on the proven VESPA framework (Vision, Effort, Systems, Practice, Attitude).
How it Works:
Students take a quick assessment, receive personalized reports, and engage with targeted activities. Teachers gain valuable insights via a dashboard for personalized coaching.
Proven Impact:
Our approach delivers measurable results. A rigorous study showed GCSE Maths resit students using VESPA interventions improved grades by more than double the rate of the control group.
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Community Favourites
Goal Setting and Dopamine
1. Managing your Physical Environment
2. Managing your Digital Environment
Featured Series: Revision Series
Ten short videos guiding students through effective study practices. Covering designing study environments, selecting topics, and applying research-based strategies. Perfect for Key Stage 4-5.
1. Managing your Physical Environment
2. Managing your Digital Environment
3. Will vs Skill - Strategic Study
VISION
Connecting present work to future goals. Developing clear aspirations and purpose, building future-mindedness, and empowering students to take control.
Goal Setting and Dopamine
8. Test your Future Self
Announce your Goals!
EFFORT
Challenging the myth of effortless success. Focusing on efficient effort, quality and quantity of sustained hard work, and building productive study tools.
1. Managing your Physical Environment
2. Managing your Digital Environment
3. Will vs Skill - Strategic Study
SYSTEMS
Organization as the foundation of success. Structuring information, time management, addressing underperformance through project management, and developing effective habits.
25Min Sprints
4. Sticky Timetables
Chunking Steps
PRACTICE
Making deliberate practice the cornerstone of improvement. Focusing on *how* to study effectively, implementing research-backed methods, and transforming effort into progress.
1. Managing your Physical Environment
10. Teach your imaginary Class
2. Managing your Digital Environment
ATTITUDE
Building psychological resources for academic resilience. Developing confidence, emotional control, academic buoyancy, and cultivating a growth mindset.
Breathing Exercises to Reduce Stress and Anxiety - Full Video
Breathing Technique Video
Define your fears, instead of your goals
REVISION
Ten short videos guiding students through effective study and revision practices, from environment to strategies.