Bespoke Educational and Social Services Projects

Early Learning Network

UKERI™ provides face-to-face educational consultancy and develops associated content and supporting tools, all of which is typically consolidated through an underlying secure web-based information/ resource portal. Over it’s 30+ year history thousands of UK schools and academies have used one or more of UKER’s services, national programmes, locality projects or web sites and software.

If you would like to gain access to any aspect of the exemplar work described below, or develop your own solution to a problem then please get in contact. The intellectual property of the concepts and technology behind these resources remain with UKERI.

Exciting new UKERI projects in 2024…

UKERI ‘DBE+’

‘DBE Plus’ is an exciting new, powerful & pre-populated diocesan-level reporting tool to further empower evidence-driven practices, inform risk registers, reports, strategies, and generally bolster advocation for the value-added contribution of diocesan schools, academies and MATs. The resource makes use of our powerful and configurable ‘eData’ compare and contrast platform, developed to help organisations manage ‘big data’, employing computational documentation and AI techniques to massively cut staff time otherwise spent analysing spreadsheets etc., thus releasing them for front-line support.

UKERI ‘Diocesan Support Service’ (DSS) – a technology enriched support service

For use by diocesan education teams, ‘DSS‘ does not replicate existing provision, but increases capacity through value-added services, each of which can be tailored, branded and re-presented as an enriched part of a diocese local offer. By enabling alternative delivery mechanisms the project extends the capacity of a diocese to offer universal support to all diocesan MATs, schools and academies. This releases overstretched diocesan teams to prioritise their time on those with immediate challenges and issues.

The developed services (each brandable to individual diocese) have been identified from a research project into those areas where alternative sources of provision have the most potential to bring capacity relief.

Component service offers can be accessed on a pick-and-mix basis, thus adding capacity and value where it is most needed to release staff time.

UKERI ‘Collaborate’ – a peer-to-peer ‘support exchange’

Simple in concept but very powerful in use, ‘Collaborate‘ is a mobile-enabled web-App that connects peers together, enabling the sharing of strengths and a private way to ask for and connect with peer support. It moves beyond the traditional model of a public broadcast request for support (via email or social media) and creates a reciprocating model in a more structured and private manner, with group monitoring and reporting.

The App acts as a support broker between organisations and individuals who are seeking – and also willing to offer – reciprocal collaborative support in a set of pre-defined areas (as easily setup by an administrator). Any user can search for, identify, have geographically mapped, and be supplied with the contact details of a peer willing to offer support in a specifically required area. To do so all they have to do is be willing to also offer support in any other area!

The App has a history of usefulness: following an earlier pre-COVID developmental phase, it subsequently proved its value during the 2020 pandemic where it was used for regional local-government crisis-response planning. Such usage proved its potential wider value, leading to further development and simplification to meet the needs of any organisation seeking to share good practice and invoke a structured culture of peer-to-peer support exchange. For more information see here.

UKERI ‘Governor Support’ – ‘the little bank of big questions!’

A resource for non-education specialist school governors, ‘The Little Book of Big Questions!’ is a print book, eBook, web-site and podcast. It fills a critical gap for the thousands of committed but none-specialist, school governors. It sets out how to be a supportive critical friend to school leaders, explaining in clear terms what governors should ask school leaders (and why), and what assurances to look for in any answers. The resources plus Podcast aims to increase the confidence of all governors by providing a bank of ‘Big Questions’ to ask school leaders,  helping them to act as a critical friend through giving supportive challenge. Along with the questions are notes on the desired qualities to look out for in the discussions that such questions give rise to. By design, all questions and expectations are aligned to Ofsted’s definition of a good or better school.

UKERI ‘eSafety Cyber Challenge’ – ‘the ten important decisions all children should be equipped to make online’

Aligned with the all-important ‘Online Safety Bill‘, this resource helps educators isolate the ten most important age-appropriate judgements that children should be confident to make when online. The resource provides a simple and quick online way to role-play ten common scenarios, gently but clearly checking on a learners response and giving feedback along-the-way. The resource thus enables a teacher to know that what has been taught in theory has been understood in practice, as evidenced through good eSafety behaviours at individual child-level. Participants can print an optional ‘I’m eSafe‘ certificate having met the ‘Tech-ten Cyber Challenge‘. The resource has back-end reporting on group progress, and is very easy to administer requiring minimal set-up time. It is currently designed for KS1 – KS2 & KS3 – KS4 aged children.

Ongoing and previous projects (sample of)…

UKERI ‘School2School’ Support Project

This exciting programme provides a means for school-to-school brokerage of support across a region, displayed via an innovative and interactive map. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see school2school.org.uk

UKERI ‘MAT2MAT’ Support Project

Similar to the ‘School2School’ project, this innovative initiative provides a means for Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) to brokerage support between each other, via an innovative and interactive map. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see mat2mat.org.uk

UKERI ‘Stakeholder Voice’ Project

The programme provides a key client with the capacity to provide e-learning to their professionals via a bespoke portal with learner tracking and course content management. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see pupilsurvey.org.uk / parentsurvey.org.uk / staffsurvey.org.uk

UKERI ‘Governor Support’ Project

The programme provides a key client with the capacity to provide support to their governors. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see governorsupport.org.uk and/or governor.org.uk

UKERI ‘Curriculum’ Project

The programme provides support and guidance on modern curriculum matters, via a bespoke portal with downloadable resources and content management. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see nationalcurriculum.info

UKERI ‘eSafety’ Project

The programme provides a means to understand and validate safe behaviour when using all kinds of technology. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see esafe.cc and esafety.me.uk

UKERI ‘e-Learning’ Project

The programme provides a key client with the capacity to provide e-learning to their professionals via a bespoke portal with learner tracking and course content management. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see elearn.cc

UKERI ‘KS1 & 2 Learner Tracking and Assessment’ Project

The programme provides a group of schools and academies with the capacity to provide learner tracking using an innovative ‘Forensic Learning’ approach pioneered by UKERI, entailing support with face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see forensiclearning.org.uk / learnertracker.org.uk

UKERI ‘Apps for Learning’ Project

The programme signposts a group of teaching professionals with an up-to-date profile of the latest mobile Apps relevant to their learners. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see apps4learning.org

UKERI ‘Adult Care’ Project

The programme provides clients with the capacity to profile skills-gaps in relation to the occupational standards required to work with vulnerable adults. UKERI support entails face-to-face consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see adultcare.org.uk

UKERI ‘Award Scheme’ Project

This innovative project provides a range of clients with the ability to assess and certificate various standards required in their professional work. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see award-scheme.co.uk / equiz.cc

UKERI ‘Early Years’ Project

This innovative project provides a set of resources, including those useful for assessment and profiling, covering the Foundation year age span. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see eyfs.me / early-leaning.net

UKERI ‘Data-Mapping’ Service

A specialist project that provides an accessible means for clients to request maps analysing socio-economic and other geo-data. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see datamap.org.uk

UKERI ‘Pupil Premium’ Programme

A service to support client schools seeking to close the educational attainment gap between those from socio-economically challenging contexts and those from more affluent areas. UKERI support entails  face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see pupilpremium.info

UKERI ‘Driving Test’ Programme

A unique and inspirational project to help young people from poorer economic backgrounds to access the life-skills of learning and being licensed to drive: this skill opens work opportunities but can often prove prohibitively expensive for those from certain backgrounds. UKERI support entails  face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see driving-test.biz

UKERI ‘Eye Safety’ Project

This important project provides critical up-to-date eye safety information for a group of school working in science education. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see eyesafety.info

UKERI ‘Key Skills’ Profiling Project

A portal to enable groups of schools to profile their young adult learners in the key skills required to work in a modern workplace environment. UKERI support entails provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see key-skills.info / key-skills.net

UKERI ‘News Service’ Programme

A automated news service for clients seeking to keep their schools up-to-date with local and national news content. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails  face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see education-news.org (all sector)  head-lines.info (primary) / head-lines.org.uk (primary) / SMTupdate.co.uk (secondary) / SMTupdate.info (secondary) / SMTupdate.info (secondary)

UKERI ‘Course Enrolment’ Service

A cost effective service for clients seeking to manage the enrolment of students on online and face-to-face learning courses. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see nrole.eu

UKERI ‘Office4 Education’ Training Resource

This programme provides a portal for schools seeking to help their learners learn basic workplace office IT skills: word processing, spreadsheets, email and presentation software from a range of software providers. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see office4education.co.uk

UKERI ‘School Data’ Progarmmes

A range of resources to enable schools to collect, analyse and benchmark their learner performance data. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see school-data.co.uk / school-data.net

UKERI ‘Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator’ Programme

A portal to support the sharing of advice, guidance and information relating to the provision of services for SENCO’s working in UK schools. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see senco.org.uk

UKERI ‘Training Schools’ Project

A portal to provide services for a group schools acting as a collective accredited teacher training provider. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see training-schools.co.uk

UKERI ‘Teaching Tracker’ Project

A portal to provide services for a group schools the means to collect performance and professional development needs from a range of schools and academies, centralising the data and reporting it on a collective basis. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see teachingtracker.org.uk

UKERI ‘Advisory Service’ Project

Advisory service is an exiting programme devised to allow a client to access expert support and advise on a range of professional issues. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see advisory-service.org

UKERI ‘Cambridge Education’ Project

A set of resources signposting education opportunities across the Cambridge region, from early years to further and higher education. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see cambridge-education.org

UKERI ‘Deputy Head’ Network

A forum and resource bank for deputy heads working across a large group of schools in a region. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see deputyhead.net

UKERI ‘Functional Skills’ Programme

A programme that gives learners access to a set or profiling tools to assess their learning needs for functional skills. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see functional-skills.info

UKERI ‘Independent Inspections’ Advice Portal

A resource created for a client seeking to give their portfolio of independent, academy and maintained schools access to up-to-date national inspection expectations. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see schoolinspection.org.uk / independentinspections.org.uk

UKERI ‘Ink4Education’ Sollution

A system to receive, monitor, assess and procure orders for printer ink across a range of schools. UKERI provided face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private andinitially accessed through a password protected portal: see ink4education.co.uk

UKERI ‘Academy Alliance’ Portals

A series of resource bases and discourse forums for a group of academies working in partnership to share expertise, resources and economies of scale. UKERI provide face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see academyalliance.org.uk (principals & governors) / primaryalliance.org.uk (headteachers & governors) / primaryacademy.net (primary teachers) / secondaryacademy.net (secondary teachers)

UKERI ‘Software Directory’ Project

A directory of software for a group of client schools to use to improve the effectiveness of various classroom IT learning tools. UKERI support with face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see software4projectors.co.uk /software4tabletpc.co.uk / software4whiteboards.co.uk

UKERI ‘Schools Gallery’ Project

This unique project for a large group of schools presents a virtual art gallery showcasing and celebrating the work of young artists. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see schoolsgallery.org

UKERI ‘Sports News’ Portal

A single results page for the fixtures, arrangements and results for a group of schools sporting activities. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see sports-news.biz

UKERI ‘Website4Schools’ Project

An advisory service for a group of schools on maintaining website compliance with governmental regulatory expectations. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see websites4schools.net

UKERI  ‘World Radio/ World Languages’ Project

A unique and exciting project to help language students have easy access to multi-lingual radio channels across the world by mapping real-time internet broadcasters. UKERI support entails face-to-face educational consultancy, content and tools.

This programme is private and initially accessed through a password protected portal: see world-radio.org

Software Projects

– a small sample to give a flavour of previous work…

• Care-Map – Every Child Matters software enabling children to map where they feel vulnerable in the school and community. (published by Tintisha)Virtual Satellite Receiver – meteorological software for KS 4 (published by Tintisha)
• Thinking Skills system. (published by Education West)
• Presenting Numbers – maths spreadsheet software for KS 2/3.(published by Soft-Teach)
• MathsCAD – maths computer-aided design software for KS 2/3. (published by UK Education)
• Mars and Back, children’s computer book on programming. Distributed by all major book retailers: 3000+ copies sold. (published by Bright Books Ltd.)
• CD ROM encyclopedia published 1995 (published by ECM)
• MakeIT – computer aided design software for KS 1 of the design technology curriculum. (published by Soft-Teach)
• Easyfiler: enables all Archimedes users in school to organise file access without a network. (published by Soft-Teach)
• BoxIT: computer aided design software for KS 2/3 of the Design Technology curriculum. (published bySoft-Teach)
• Globe Maker: Geography software for KS 2/3. (published by Soft-Teach)
• Skeleton: Science software for KS 2/3. (published by Soft-Teach)
• Geomapping: three dimensional mapping software for KS 3. (published by Soft-Teach)