The professional growth platform we wished we'd had in schools.
Professional learning should move teaching forward, not create more admin.
When Andrew Mowat and I built EduSpark, we wanted to solve the problems we'd experienced ourselves: disconnected learning, clunky systems and professional growth that too often stopped at a tick box.
Today, over 19,000 teachers in 75+ schools worldwide use EduSpark to bring professional learning, safeguarding, appraisals, goals, observations, PD requests and insights together. It's simple to use, cost-effective and built around each school's own language, standards and workflows.
One place for the whole professional growth journey.
Powerful enough for school groups. Simple enough for every educator. Unlike rigid, one-size-fits-all platforms, EduSpark adapts to the way your school already works, making professional growth easier to manage, more meaningful and more visible.
01Professional learning and safeguarding
250+ expert-led courses across 30+ domains including safeguarding, child protection, AI, leadership and classroom practice. Relevant learning, in one place.
- Bring your key safeguarding and professional learning priorities together.
- Give teachers flexible access to relevant courses, resources and communities.
- Track engagement and connect learning to growth and practice.
02Goals, appraisals and evidence
Flexible goals and appraisal journeys mapped to your teaching standards, supported by reflection, evidence portfolios and meaningful growth conversations.
- Use your own teaching standards, rubrics and school terms.
- Connect goals with evidence, feedback and professional learning.
- Give teachers and leaders a clearer picture of progress over time.
03Observations built around your school
Scheduled or informal observations, configurable templates, feedback and links to goals, using the language and processes your staff already know.
- Choose the types of observation you actually use.
- Tailor templates to your priorities and expectations.
- Connect feedback to follow-up actions and professional growth.
04PD requests and school-wide insight
Streamline professional development requests and approvals, connect relevant data and reduce unnecessary administration while making school investment more visible.
- Replace disconnected forms and approval chains with a clearer process.
- See the professional learning your teams are requesting and completing.
- Use participation and evidence to inform decisions across a school or group.
Learning, safeguarding, growth and evidence should connect. EduSpark helps schools focus on outcomes, not administration.
I don't just advise EdTech businesses. I'm building one.
EduSpark is more than a product Andrew and I launched. We develop it alongside the educators and schools using it, listening to what isn't working, adapting our approach and turning feedback into practical improvements.
It's why we know schools aren't buying features. They want better learning, less administration, confident staff and evidence that professional growth is making a difference.
That experience shapes every Ignite EdTech engagement. We're in the detail of product development, school relationships, implementation and growing an education business, not watching from the sidelines.
