What is SchooliP?
At SchooliP, school improvement isn’t an extra task — it’s the thread that ties everything together. That’s why we built The Improvement Platform: a smart, connected system that supports every aspect of a school’s development, from strategic planning to day-to-day progress.
Designed for schools, academies, and trusts of all sizes, SchooliP brings clarity and cohesion to the processes that drive improvement. Strategic goals, staff development, quality assurance, safeguarding, and self-evaluation — all aligned, visible, and working in sync.
Every feature of SchooliP is designed to reduce duplication, streamline workflows, and help schools move from insight to action. CPD links to school priorities. Performance reviews become meaningful and manageable. Evidence is easy to capture, report, and reflect on — turning compliance into confidence.
No two schools are the same, and SchooliP reflects that. With flexible workflows, custom reporting, and tailored support, the platform adapts to the way you work — not the other way around. Whether you’re focused on inspection readiness, long-term planning, or day-to-day alignment, SchooliP helps schools focus less on admin, and more on impact.
We work in partnership with schools to support a culture of continuous improvement. Because real improvement isn’t just about having the right data — it’s about connecting the dots between people, plans, and progress.
Recommended Usage
30 minutes per week
Educational Impact
Additional evidence
Feb 2025
Amity International School, Abu Dhabi
Jan 2025
John Taylor Multi-Academy Trust, Staffordshire
Nov 2024
Tudor Hall School, Banbury, UK
Aug 2024
Billing Brook School, Northampton, UK
Sep 2024
The BRIT School, Croydon, UK
Jul 2024
International School of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Jun 2024
Sheikh Zayed Private Academy For Girls, Abu Dhabi, UAE
May 2024
Bleak Hill Primary School, Saint Helens, UK
Mar 2024
Babington House School, Chislehurst, UK
Nov 2023
Crossgates Primary School, Rochdale, UK
Awards
The EdTech Impact Awards are based on independent, verified customer feedback, and recognise the top 10 solutions across each of our 13 impact metrics.
Top School Processes-improving Tool
2025
Top School Data Management Tool
2025
 Company | Business Name: Derventio Education HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 2009 |
| Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ |
 Features | All Staff Appraisals (teachers And Non Teaching Staff)Performance ManagementSchool DevelopmentSchool ImprovementProfessional LearningProfessional DevelopmentCpdQuality AssuranceCoachingMentoringStrategic DevelopmentCollaborationLesson ObservationLearning WalkWork ScrutinyObjectivesTrust DashboardSupport For All Standards (including Teachers' Standards)Staff DevelopmentSefSelf-evaluation FrameworkDashboard Displays/reportsVideo Lesson ObservationsSurveys E.g. Pupil VoiceMobile App (apple And Android)Real-time ReportingAction PlanningStrategic PlansBloggingEvidence TrailVideo AnnotationsSharing Feed E.g. Sharing Best PracticeOfstedIsiPoliciesAuditsSafeguardingQuality AssuranceSustainabilityPolicy Management |
 Languages | English, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian |
 Accessibility | Moderate features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Internet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android SchooliP supports single sign-on and incorporates integration with all the major School Management Information Systems (MIS) including Capita SIMS, Arbor, iSAMS, WCBS, ScholarPack and many more . SchooliP is cloud based and may be accessed through any browser. |
 Set Up | At SchooliP, we don’t wait to get started. As soon as your school signs up, our team begins configuring your system, even before your first meeting. Using your school’s branding (including colours and logo, typically taken from your website), we pre-install a customised version of SchooliP that’s already aligned with your identity. By the time we meet for your initial one-hour setup session, your system is already branded, structured, and ready to go. During the session, we: • Tailor key elements to your processes (e.g. lesson observation forms, QA templates) • Schedule your key cycles, check-in points, and calendar dates • Align the platform with your strategic goals and desired outcomes Most schools are fully operational the same day. After this, we continue working with you based on your preferred pace, whether rolling out all features at once or focusing on individual areas in stages. |
 Training | In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos At SchooliP, we believe every member of school staff deserves expert support, not just at the start, but throughout your journey. That’s why we provide free, unlimited online training and support to all users, from classroom teachers to senior leaders. Whether you're just getting started or looking to deepen your use of SchooliP, our training is available whenever and as often as you need it; at no extra cost. Our training is led by our Chief Customer Success Manager, a former headteacher who understands the realities of school life. His insight ensures every session is grounded in real-world school improvement, making our guidance both practical and impactful. To support ongoing development, SchooliP also includes a comprehensive library of resources, including step-by-step guides and video tutorials, all accessible directly within the platform. With SchooliP, you’re never on your own. We’re here to support your success, every step of the way. |
 Support | EmailFAQs/ForumKnowledge BasePhone Support24/7 Live Rep Free online and telephone support is available 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri (excluding public and Bank Holidays) |
| Home Learning | School must create the account. |
 Tags | Appraisalmonitoringlesson observationwork scrutinylearning walkteachers' standardsCPDevidenceprofessional dialoguepay progressionsuccession plannningdevelopment planSEFself-evaluationpoliciesauditsPerformance managementprofessional developmentteacherssupport staff |
AIAI usage  The SchooliP team has not stated whether it uses AI. | |
SchooliP PricingPricing Plans Free TrialPaid Subscription SchooliP pricing starts from £595 / year Our pricing is designed to be fair, flexible, and scalable to suit schools of all sizes.
We also offer multi-year agreements with additional discounts, providing even better value for long-term planning. For multi-school organisations, trusts, or group pricing, please get in touch to discuss bespoke packages tailored to your needs.  Optimised for a quick response | |
 Special Offer | We offer an additional 10% discount to Edtech Impact schools. SchooliP is available free of charge to MAT central teams! We also offer free live trials - get started now! |
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SchooliP Reviews
from 135 Verified Reviews
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Feb 2025
It's a system that has much more to offer than we currently use and can help to monitor a wide range of different aspects of school life such as policy documents, training requests etc.
Michael Watson found SchooliP:
- Significantly improves school processes“The tracking of training, tracking improvements and keeping aims in view. We use it for our appraisal system.”
- Moderately provides school data“We are working on this but so far it has been great for checking on CPD engagement and we're working towards getting data about teaching quality.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“At the moment teachers are getting used to the system and this increases time spent on it BUT as I keep stating, it keeps all information about CPD and improvement in one place. I have now asked all meetings to involve making notes on SIP in order to get people more proficient with the system.”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“Tough one. It depends mostly on the teacher using it but it is hoped that it will.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Development points and tracking improvement is easy as it's all there.”
Feb 2025
The system is very good and we get a lot of support using it. However, it is not merged with other college systems e.g. iTrent, so all new starters need to be imported manually.
Claudia Boerescu found SchooliP:
- Does not significantly improve school processes“Monitoring of teaching and learning”
- Moderately provides school data“Monitoring of teaching and learning for quality monitoring processes”
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“it exports excel spreadsheets to communicate data”
- Does not significantly improve teacher wellbeing“n/a”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“Based on data, we can develop meaningful cpd”
Feb 2025
School IP is a great platform for school improvement because it provides data-driven insights into teaching quality and staff development enabling targeted interventions. By streamlining performance management and professional learning, it helps create a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that both teachers and students achieve their full potential.
Tom Bithell found SchooliP:
- Significantly improves school processes“School IP helps our wider leadership team in our quality assurance processes ensuring that all colleagues are being consistent in their approach in delivering high-quality teaching and learning.”
- Significantly provides school data“School IP enables data-driven discussions in performance management reviews which proves to be incredibly useful for evaluating departmental effectiveness.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“School IP reduces teacher workload by streamlining performance management, lesson observations, and CPD tracking in one centralised system, eliminating the need for excessive paperwork. It also simplifies appraisal processes by automating evidence collection and providing easy access to past reviews, making performance reviews more efficient.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“School IP supports teacher well-being by providing a transparent and structured system for appraisals, reducing stress around performance management and professional development. It allows colleagues to collate evidence easily and efficiently.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“School IP improves teacher efficiency by streamlining appraisal processes, lesson observations, and CPD tracking, reducing time spent on administrative tasks. It also provides clear data insights on performance and development needs, allowing teachers to focus on targeted improvements that enhance their teaching effectiveness.”
Feb 2025
Well supported in set up and development tailoring the system to our needs. Excellent joining together of processes for smart working :)
Jonathan Budd found SchooliP:
- Significantly improves school processes“Monitoring has been made simple and has excellent outputs. The links between SEF, SDP & Staff Development make the cycle of improvement clear and well documented.”
- Significantly provides school data“Impact of improvements through monitoring data. To target CPD against teacher standards.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Reduced work, not duplicating information when working on school or subject improvement as well as appraisals.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Encourages positive and well structured professional conversations making them feel valued. Blogs to have informal discussions. A place to celebrate success.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Linking together processes: staff development, appraisals, school development and evaluation.”
Nov 2024
It aligns and simplifies a lot of your education tasks as a leadership team. The support is outstanding no the phone (in particular Steve no problem too big or too small). Training offered is excellent and makes you reflect on what you are trying to achieve (trainers have a school background which really helps)
Michelle found SchooliP:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Easy access to systems and processes over a multi-site school which does impact on workload. How things link to PM etc Distributing objectives massively reduces my workload. The management of everything is much easier and quick.”
- Significantly provides school data“Teacher performance”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Focused areas for development for improving quality of teaching”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing
- Moderately improves school processes“As previously mentioned and the tracking of CPD and evaluations is much easier and readily accessible”
Phillip Morris
Principal
Used SchooliP daily for 3-4 years
Oct 2024
Phillip Morris found SchooliP:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Their personal targets, cpd record and development plans are all interlinked and electronic. Staff can link multiple tasks into single actions and easily track their own progress.”
- Significantly provides school data
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“Reduced workload and fair and equal reviews of lessons using preset forms”
- Significantly improves school processes
Oct 2024
Amy found SchooliP:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Significantly provides school data
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing
- Moderately improves school processes
Jul 2024
The intuitive portal and the wrap around support from experienced consultants leaves no room for inconsistencies or inefficiencies in process or flexible practices.
Kelli Horner found SchooliP:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“A single portal to hold competency based evidence such as targets being met and CPD planning and reflections.”
- Significantly provides school data“Compliance reports such as review meeting, target settings and more qualitative reports such as themes of areas for development.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“Reliable and transparent records of support received and access to targets and CPD opportunities.”
- Moderately improves school processes“The use of a single portal that is established and can be individualised to meet the College's needs.”
Jun 2024
It's an incredibly sophisticated system with a lot of capabilities. At times, it can be tricky to navigate, especially when an element of the system hasn't been used for a while. The date ranges can sometimes cause issues with rolling-over targets or closing off objectives. The support School IP offers through Andy and Steve is really good - if we are in doubt, we know we can call to ask.
Gemma Day found SchooliP:
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“It is a good space to keep school improvement evidence together. School IP allows all members of SLT to access information that adds to our understanding of SIP progress and to identify next steps.”
- Significantly provides school data“By changing the status of targets, we can see visually how well we are progressing towards our intended aims and can adjust our plans accordingly if needed.”
- Does not significantly improve teaching efficiency“Before we used School IP to record information from lesson observations, we simply used Word documents. This meant having to open them individually to gain a full picture of each teacher's effectiveness. Since we have been using the 'strengths' and 'next steps' feature, this is easier to find in one place, although we still need to refine how we are using this to ensure it is even clearer.”
- Does not significantly improve teacher wellbeing“Some teachers like the fact that they can record their evidence on the portfolio so they can show the work they have been doing to develop themselves and their practice over the year. Other teachers find using the system difficult which can add to their workload when they need to find time to meet with someone to help them to do this. As a line manager, I personally find the evidence base very useful for performance management discussions and to identify ways to further support each staff member. This impacts positively on my wellbeing as I know I can be prepared for upcoming meetings by reading uploaded documentation and evidence. Since we have been using the grading system against the teaching standards, there has been some additional pressure felt by some teachers as they struggle with making a decision about where they feel their practice best fits.”
- Significantly improves school processes“SIP being a live document with progress monitored. Observations linked to teacher portfolios makes feedback easy to access. Good way to record CPD. Performance management is a two-way process.”
May 2024
Penny found SchooliP:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“CPD requests and workflow”
- Significantly provides school data“Quality assurance / CPD data”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Areas of development/tracking of strengths etc”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing
- Significantly improves school processes“SDP, SEF and CPD functions”
Sadie
Director of Co-Curriculum and Operations
Used SchooliP daily for 7–12 months
May 2024
The ongoing customer support is excellent, I enjoy the 1-1 meetings with Andy which help to get to know the system more, and really build a system that works for our school.
Sadie found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“All of the forms are automatically populated on SchoolIP therefore there is no need to find the form, complete it and upload it.”
- Significantly provides school data“We are just getting to grips with this as we are approaching the end of the first year. It is proving useful to see areas of strengths and areas that require development. Seeing all the questions and trends from questions is really useful in ascertaining whether we are meeting our SDP targets.”
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“This allows staff to share their work with their line manager, thus meaning they feel valued and noticed for their contributions.”
- Significantly improves school processes“The process of Appraisal is now much simpler, everything is accessible in one central place which saves time, meaning more time can be spent on other areas of school life.”
Louis
Assistant Headteacher
Used SchooliP weekly for 1-2 years
May 2024
Linked to above comments surrounding the streamlining of processes and excellent support when required.
Louis found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money“N/A”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Recording or QA processes on pre-set templates. 1 location for many aspects of performance enhancement and QA Monitoring of performance in 1 place”
- Significantly provides school data“QA processes”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“N/A”
- Significantly improves school processes“QA processes streamlined Performance enhancement linked to QA processes and school development plans”
May 2024
The team are helpful, the system is easy to use and the help available in particular suggests that the development of the software is obtainable.
Kelly Day found SchooliP:
- Does not significantly save school money“It saves time as lots of things are located centrally.”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Allows staff to review observation, teaching & learning, and other teaching standards in one place.”
- Moderately provides school data“Reporting on performance, reporting on exceptions, and multiple cross-departmental sharing and access.”
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“There is more transparency of developmental aspects of teaching & learning as previously this was not shared directly with the teacher, therefore, indirectly affecting teacher wellbeing.”
- Significantly improves school processes“All staff have live visibility of in-year objectives. Are able to record evidence in support of achievement of said objectives.”
May 2024
very easy system to use, helpdesk are only a call away and always so friendly and helpfu
Chloe Smith found SchooliP:
- Significantly saves school money“very cost efficient”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“creates a space Teachers can use to record notes etc”
- Significantly provides school data“easy to identify data when needed”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“easy system to use, never any issues”
- Significantly improves school processes“makes processes easier”
May 2024
Excellent support service and flexibility to individualise use. User friendly software.
Kelli Horner found SchooliP:
- Moderately saves school money“Less paperwork!”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Clear tracking of decisions”
- Significantly provides school data“Monitoring audits”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“Can access records to reflect on practice or actions”
- Moderately improves school processes“All records stored centrally”
Apr 2024
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Tony McCoy found SchooliP:
- Does not significantly save school money“A relatively expensive resource”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“centralises what we already have and makes it easier to access”
- Moderately provides school data“Reports can be generated for governor meetings.”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“no examples”
- Significantly improves school processes“Streamlined our previous systems into one place and therefore easier and quicker to access”
Laura Knapper
School Business Manager
Used SchooliP weekly for 0–3 months
Apr 2024
Simple friendly system and exceptional support staff.
Laura Knapper found SchooliP:
- Significantly saves school money“Combines a number of systems saving money on various subscriptions.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It combines a number of systems to streamline workload.”
- Significantly provides school data“Provides data in a simple format that is easily accessed and utilised.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing
- Significantly improves school processes“information in one place helps when producing information and documents for staff, governors and the LA”
Trudie
Principal
Used SchooliP occasionally for 3-4 years
Apr 2024
It is a comprehensive system that serves a purpose
Trudie found SchooliP:
- Does not significantly save school money“None”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Less paperwork”
- Significantly provides school data“Observations and KPIs”
- Does not significantly improve teacher wellbeing
- Moderately improves school processes“easy to manage appraisals”
Mar 2024
I am yet to take full advantage of all the features on SchoolIP but will gladly recommend for the features I have used.
Ismail Lawal found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“SchoolIP allows teachers organise their evidences online saving tons of paperwork which would have been additonal burden to teachers workload”
- Significantly provides school data“A quick look at SchoolIP helps the school to know staff members that have not completed mandatory trainings.”
- Does not improve teacher wellbeing
- Significantly improves school processes“The process of Performance Management has been gretaly enhanced and made transparent. Everybody plays their part in the process.”
Mar 2024
The system is so easy to use, it has been set up to mirror our performance management process, it aligns with our policies and the support team are incredibly helpful.
Vicki found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money“It saves us having a costly system to process our appraisals”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“All lesson observations are done within Schoolip, so there is less duplication. The forms have been imported into the system so it supports the performance management process of the school. Both the team leader and the teacher can see the details.”
- Significantly provides school data“School data reports are excellent, I can track the progress of probations, performance management and the outcome of lesson observations”
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“The benefits of having tools all within one area, makes life considerably easier and is appreciated by the team”
- Significantly improves school processes“The system has streamlined our probation, performance management and lesson observation processes.”
Christina Beadle
Head of Business Operations, Compliance and Data Protection Officer
Used SchooliP daily for 3-4 years
Feb 2024
Customer Service are ready to help with any question. The platform is overall very easy to use and navigate through.
Christina Beadle found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“teachers are able to upload schemes of work/planning for clubs etc on the platform for others to use”
- Significantly provides school data“SDP completion and appraisal targets”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“ease of finding relevant documents other system created anxiety”
- Moderately improves school processes“all staff know where to go to get process documents. These are reviewed regularly and staff will always have the most current document”
Jan 2024
Carrie Cain found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Online learning evaluation forms. Avoids need for paper copies.”
- Significantly provides school data“Reports following QA”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“Reduction in workload due to report facility.”
- Moderately improves school processes
Sadie
Director of Co-Curriculum and Operations
Used SchooliP daily for 7–12 months
Jan 2024
It keeps information in one central place, it saves time, helps with quality assurance and means that everyone is working towards the school priorities.
Sadie found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money“No”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Pre-populated forms, forms all in one place, no need for double data entry.”
- Significantly provides school data“How many targets link to SDP and school priorities.”
- Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“Makes the staff feel valued, and engaged in their development. It alleviates stress as they are in control of appraisal process”
- Significantly improves school processes“The appraisal process is much simpler, with all forms and data in one centralised place. Making it easier for quality control and succession planning.”
Jan 2024
SchoolIP has been able to facilitate the direction of our PD vision; working with us to make this possible and being able to work with our requests. We have been able to work collaboratively with SchoolIP to support processes and be innovative with how it can work
Nicola Holland found SchooliP:
- Does not significantly save school money“Staff engagement in their own PD supports value and sense of belonging, which in turn could support staff retention. This would impact on school resources as the staff turnover would be less. Staff feel more included in their professional development and lead their own learning; supporting autonomy over this and moving away from the performance related pay which will be stopped next year through recent guidance.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Staff are able to link in all areas of their work to SchoolIP, sharing with other colleagues but also building up a virtual portfolio. Connections can be made with other staff in the school to share practice and ideas; supplementing the professional development of all staff and not just themselves. With the use of SchoolIP on phones and iPads as well it means that reflections, evidence and actions can be completed wherever the staff are and instantly loaded to their platform.”
- Moderately provides school data“Engagement within the system and reflections of the teaching standards support SLT to be able to understand the strengths and areas for development across the school. We have also been able to include new developments such as the work we are doing with professional focus groups; supporting collaboration between staff, and including their reflections on this through the monitoring forms. We have built our paperwork into the system to support this and will be able to extract data as a result from this. SLT can also input SDP and SEF information which shows at a glance where we see ourselves as a provision and what we celebrate, as well as where we are heading next”
- Moderately improves teacher wellbeing“Being able to reduce the workload of staff through the collaborative system, as well as having access to personlised monitoring forms has meant that wellbeing has improved. However the move to a more staff led PD cycle; giving autonomy over the target for the year, which is focused and allows for regular check ins over the year to ensure discussion and reflection, has had the biggest impact on wellbeing. Staff are invested in the target they have set and see ways to move it forward, using the PD partner as a coach or facilitator to share ideas and discuss next steps; rather than having the meeting and focus being identified for them. Autonomy and competence are celebrated; building on prior success and acknowledging that the direction of the PD can change course and be tweaked over the year rather than having to stick with an outcome which they don't know or want to work on for the duration.”
- Moderately improves school processes“Although having only used this with staff for a couple of months; we have already noted that the engagement of staff, being able to use it as a professional portfolio as well as allowing all records to be in one place has really streamlined the paperwork. Where possible we are looking to use SchoolIP to be our 'paperwork' base; adapting the monitoring forms where possible to ensure that we are not creating additional work but that this is also accessible to staff across school where needed. There is no more need to share through emails or in a paper document which could get lost; it is all centralised”
Dec 2023
It is easy to use and good value for money with responsive customer service.
Rachael Merritt found SchooliP:
- Slightly saves school money“We find SchooliP to be good VFM in terms of recording & monitoring staff performance management & strategic planning & review.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It is great to have one centralised system for performance management & strategic planning.”
- Significantly provides school data“Easy to collect data re staff performance”
- Slightly improves teacher wellbeing“It is a user friendly system which allows for transparency also.”
- Significantly improves school processes“We have effectively linked a number of school improvement processes by using SchooliP.”
