Classify
Classify
Making student progress tracking easier for primary school teachers
Making student progress tracking easier for primary school teachers
Context
Context
A group project as part of the Enterprise Rollout module in the final year of my degree
A group project as part of the Enterprise Rollout module in the final year of my degree
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The Challenge
The Challenge
Primary school teachers often struggle with effectively tracking student progress due to rigid, clunky systems that are not designed with their workflows in mind. These tools tend to be time-consuming and heavily reliant on manual data entry, making the process inefficient and taking valuable time away from teaching.
Primary school teachers often struggle with effectively tracking student progress due to rigid, clunky systems that are not designed with their workflows in mind. These tools tend to be time-consuming and heavily reliant on manual data entry, making the process inefficient and taking valuable time away from teaching.
Key Pain Points
Key Pain Points
Time Inefficiency: Data entry is manual and time-consuming, taking teachers away from higher-value tasks like teaching and student support.
Time Inefficiency: Data entry is manual and time-consuming, taking teachers away from higher-value tasks like teaching and student support.
Fragmented systems: Schools are forced to pay for and manage multiple platforms due to the lack of a single, comprehensive solution for student tracking.
Fragmented systems: Schools are forced to pay for and manage multiple platforms due to the lack of a single, comprehensive solution for student tracking.
Loss of individualisation: Rigid systems force children into predefined categories, causing their unique learning journeys and progress to be overlooked.
Loss of individualisation: Rigid systems force children into predefined categories, causing their unique learning journeys and progress to be overlooked.
The Solution
The Solution
The Classify app offers a streamlined solution to fragmented, manual progress tracking: educators can record verbal feedback during class or while grading. Our algorithm analyses these recordings to assess each student's performance across academic and personal development objectives. This enables teachers to view detailed profiles for each child and gain macro insights into overall progression.
The Classify app offers a streamlined solution to fragmented, manual progress tracking: educators can record verbal feedback during class or while grading. Our algorithm analyses these recordings to assess each student's performance across academic and personal development objectives. This enables teachers to view detailed profiles for each child and gain macro insights into overall progression.
Monitoring Progress
Monitoring Progress
Teachers can monitor the progress of individual pupils, entire classes, or entire key stages at a glance.
Teachers can monitor the progress of individual pupils, entire classes, or entire key stages at a glance.
Meaningful Insights
Meaningful Insights
Classify simplifies data management while delivering human-centred, actionable insights aligned with learning goals.
Classify simplifies data management while delivering human-centred, actionable insights aligned with learning goals.
Flexibility in Data Entry
Flexibility in Data Entry
Teachers can reflect in the way that suits them - by dictating during lessons or typing later.
Teachers can reflect in the way that suits them - by dictating during lessons or typing later.
User Engagements
User Engagements
We continuously engaged teachers throughout the research and design process to ensure Classify reflects their real needs and day-to-day challenges.
We continuously engaged teachers throughout the research and design process to ensure Classify reflects their real needs and day-to-day challenges.
User Interviews
User Interviews
Interviewed over 30 teachers to uncover key frustrations with existing tracking systems, from inefficiency to lack of flexibility.
Interviewed over 30 teachers to uncover key frustrations with existing tracking systems, from inefficiency to lack of flexibility.
Wizard of Oz Experiments
Wizard of Oz Experiments
Ran a Wizard of Oz experiment, turning lesson reflections into insights and presenting them on a mock platform to simulate automation.
Ran a Wizard of Oz experiment, turning lesson reflections into insights and presenting them on a mock platform to simulate automation.
Feature Prioritization
Feature Prioritization
Conducted a feature ranking exercise using seven feature cards to understand which capabilities mattered most to teachers.
Conducted a feature ranking exercise using seven feature cards to understand which capabilities mattered most to teachers.
Usability Testing
Usability Testing
Conducted usability testing with teachers using an interactive prototype in the classroom to assess how well it fit into real teaching workflows.
Conducted usability testing with teachers using an interactive prototype in the classroom to assess how well it fit into real teaching workflows.
Concept Validation
Concept Validation
Pitched the concept to headteachers to gauge interest, validate value, and assess willingness to adopt.
Pitched the concept to headteachers to gauge interest, validate value, and assess willingness to adopt.
Key Findings
Key Findings
Audio/dictation input was preferred for live marking and capturing key moments, saving time - especially in primary education.
Easy navigation proved more critical than expected, highlighting a key pain point in existing tools and making it a high-risk, high-priority assumption.
Teachers were able to easily use the Classify app while teaching and live marking, and did not find it to be a hindrance.
Many headteachers are willing and interested in transitioning to Classify.
Audio/dictation input was preferred for live marking and capturing key moments, saving time - especially in primary education.
Easy navigation proved more critical than expected, highlighting a key pain point in existing tools and making it a high-risk, high-priority assumption.
Teachers were able to easily use the Classify app while teaching and live marking, and did not find it to be a hindrance.
Many headteachers are willing and interested in transitioning to Classify.
Competitive Landscape
Competitive Landscape
We analysed the competitive landscape to understand existing solutions, identify gaps, and position Classify effectively.
We analysed the competitive landscape to understand existing solutions, identify gaps, and position Classify effectively.
Key Findings
Key Findings
No true all-in-one solution: Existing platforms each cover parts of the workflow, but none offer a complete end-to-end tracking and insight system.
Limited real-time support: Most tools lack functionality for live marking and in-lesson use, creating a disconnect between teaching and tracking.
Lack of actionable insights: While data is captured, it is rarely translated into meaningful, usable insights for teachers.
Poor usability is common: Navigation and ease of use remain a consistent weakness across competitors.
Heavy manual input: Systems rely heavily on time-consuming data entry, increasing teacher workload.
Clear opportunity for differentiation: Classify stands out by combining usability, real-time input, and automated insights into a single platform.
Competitive pricing advantage: Classify offers broader functionality at a comparable or lower cost, strengthening its value proposition.
No true all-in-one solution: Existing platforms each cover parts of the workflow, but none offer a complete end-to-end tracking and insight system.
Limited real-time support: Most tools lack functionality for live marking and in-lesson use, creating a disconnect between teaching and tracking.
Lack of actionable insights: While data is captured, it is rarely translated into meaningful, usable insights for teachers.
Poor usability is common: Navigation and ease of use remain a consistent weakness across competitors.
Heavy manual input: Systems rely heavily on time-consuming data entry, increasing teacher workload.
Clear opportunity for differentiation: Classify stands out by combining usability, real-time input, and automated insights into a single platform.
Competitive pricing advantage: Classify offers broader functionality at a comparable or lower cost, strengthening its value proposition.
Early Validation & Industry Recognition
Early Validation & Industry Recognition
We have strong early traction - from teacher commitment to pilot adoption and industry recognition - demonstrates clear belief in Classify’s value.
We have strong early traction - from teacher commitment to pilot adoption and industry recognition - demonstrates clear belief in Classify’s value.
13
Beta Testers Signed Up
Beta Testers Signed Up
We have 13 teachers who are excited to be part of our beta testing cohort!
We have 13 teachers who are excited to be part of our beta testing cohort!
3
Pilot Schemes Confirmed
Pilot Schemes Confirmed
We have 3 primary schools who are ready to be part of our pilot scheme!
We have 3 primary schools who are ready to be part of our pilot scheme!
We are delighted to have been finalists in the Mayor’s Entrepreneurship and the AXA Startup Angel competitions in 2024!
We are delighted to have been finalists in the Mayor’s Entrepreneurship and the AXA Startup Angel competitions in 2024!
Next Steps
Next Steps
We are currently building our platform, ready for our first pilot - stay tuned!
We are currently building our platform, ready for our first pilot - stay tuned!