Lee Parkinson’s first look at Student Radar
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Machine-assisted transcript reviewed for product names and education terminology.

Now, as much as I love using technology in the classroom, one thing I have noticed is that a lot of teacher workload creep comes from schools using a different platform for every different job.

We’ve all been there. A pupil concerns me, and the SENCo’s got CPOMS on one tab, provision map on another, attendance downloaded from SIMS into a spreadsheet, Class Charts on a third screen — multiple systems for one child, none of them talking to each other.

That’s most schools every day. Like, the data’s all there. You just can’t see it in one place. Attendance is over here. Behaviour referrals are over there. Mum’s gone quiet on the emails. No one’s joining the dots until the kid’s already in crisis.

This is where this can help. Student Radar pulls it all into one view. You spot the pattern before it becomes something serious.

Take an EHCNA: evenings digging through attendance, behaviour, provision history. Student Radar’s already done the gathering for you. So you’re still writing the thing, but the donkey work’s been done.

Now, this has been built by a former Assistant Head and SENCo, and it’s just been named a finalist for the BESA Start-up of the Year 2026. Now, it’s less than a fiver per pupil per year, but you can get a free demo at studentradar.com. Just an email login, no payment details needed.

Because we all know, when it comes to attendance, it’s a symptom of an issue. What Student Radar can do is show you the cause.