Tapestry

Tapestry is an online learning journal built for early years and primary educators. Staff record observations of each child, plan next steps and share progress with families through a website or a mobile app.

It describes itself as made by educators for educators, and it is used in nearly 17,000 schools and settings worldwide.

What Tapestry offers

• Learning journal — captures observations, photos and notes about each child's development.
• Family engagement — keeps parents and carers informed, with the setting deciding what relatives can see.
• Assessment frameworks — comes with well-known frameworks already added.
• Bespoke Frameworks — lets a school upload its own framework as a CSV and set its own scales.
• Nursery management — covers invoicing, occupancy planning and attendance registers for children and staff.

Who it works with

Nurseries, childminders and schools teaching the early years foundation stage and Key Stage 1 and 2, in mainstream and special educational needs provision.

Key facts

• Access: web browser, iOS and Android
• Reach: nearly 17,000 schools and settings
• Training: sessions offered to help staff get started