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The Engagement Platform

Actionable insights into school engagement through an easy to use platform

TEP's mission is to improve school engagement for better outcomes, culture, and community relations.

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Lead, not lag data

Easy to use platform, clear next steps

TEP facilitates and supports leaders to act where it is most needed.

Live benchmarks

Live benchmarks from national census windows throughout the school year.

Quick reporting

Immediate reporting after census windows with downloadable reports.

Insightful metrics

Easy-to-interpret metrics and scoring for quick focus areas.

Pupils, employees, families & communities

Fixed research-led question sets for pupils, employees, families, and communities.

Automated collection

Automated data collection and tracking.

Dashboards

School and Trust level results and insights.

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Not a quick fix, but a sustained practice

The TEP cycle

Get beyond the annual feedback surveys. TEP supports schools to take part in a meaningful cycle of feedback and action throughout the academic year, supporting within year and long-term strategy.

Collect data

Automatically collect responses from groups via the platform in half-termly census windows.

Access support resources and live tracking to secure high response rates.

Individuals remain anonymous with data redacted for small groups.

Share and act

Respond to anonymous comments (for employee surveys) directly through the platform. Resources provided for leadership teams to review data and plan dissemination to their teams.

TEP provides trend insights and case studies from the TEP community, sharing sustainable practice across the sector.

Download tailored reports for trustees, governors, Ofsted, leadership teams and all staff.

Action plan

Data automatically populates your TEP dashboard, highlighting headline score and overall trends.

Compare your scores to the benchmarks, pinpointing areas to celebrate success or direct action.

Leaders can analyse data by various categories depending on the groups surveyed.

Connecting the research to practical application in schools

An intuitive platform, innovative methodology and supported leaders

Transforming education sector stakeholder engagement with powerful research and pragmatic leadership action.

Holistic approach to school improvement

Engagement is an effective lead indicator and predicts pupil outcomes, attendance, and staff retention. Our method eliminates guesswork, supporting school improvement year-round.

Research designed question sets

Fixed, regularly tested questions for different age groups and roles to reduce survey fatigue.

Holistic measures

Covers headline engagement and a range of drivers for actionable insights.

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Comprehensive insights and reporting

Actionable insights, breakdowns, and post-census support for leaders.

Live benchmarking

Live benchmarks from national census windows, reflecting changing sentiment throughout the year.

Downloadable reporting

Easy sharing with your team, trustees, governors, and Ofsted.

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Intuitive and integrated platform

Quick setup, time-saving, and easy maintenance with deep insights. TEP team supports setup and briefing.

Seamless integration with school systems

Works with all MIS systems for personalised data collection and demographic breakdowns.

Detailed demographic breakdowns

Drill down into groups to pinpoint action areas and key themes.

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Ownership of engagement for all leaders

Grant platform access to all leader levels, and share reports to give ownership to use and act on engagement data for their area of responsibility.

Headteachers

Live benchmarked engagement data to identify strengths and areas for development, simplifying reporting for governors and Ofsted.

Governors/Trustees

Detailed school engagement overviews to inform discussions and support school leaders.

Trust Leadership

Trust-wide dashboards with aggregated results, trends, and detailed insights for inspections.

Middle leaders

Department-specific data to prioritise actions and support team development.  

Teachers

Pupil and family engagement reports for targeted interventions and planning.

Supporting leaders across the sector

We cater for all school types, groups, set ups and all stages in the school improvement journey.

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“The TEP team has been invaluable in supporting the analysis process to drill down into the data and make informed choices, using an evidence based approach.”

Toby Sutherland

Headteacher, St Clement Danes School

Sudbury Primary School
Kamini supports middle leaders to get best use of the data for their own development.
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"TEP covers all school areas, tailored to different staff roles. It supports teaching, behaviour, wellbeing, leadership, and management."

Kamini Mistry

Headteacher, Sudbury Primary School

“The TEP team has been invaluable in supporting the analysis process to drill down into the data and make informed choices, using an evidence based approach.”

Toby Sutherland

Headteacher, St Clement Danes School

Sudbury Primary School
Kamini supports middle leaders to get best use of the data for their own development.
Read more here
"TEP covers all school areas, tailored to different staff roles. It supports teaching, behaviour, wellbeing, leadership, and management."

Kamini Mistry

Headteacher, Sudbury Primary School

“We wanted rigorous, comparable data, and TEP provided that.”

Mark Tilling

Headteacher, High Tunstall College of Science

Brooklands Farm
During the last census window, they achieved an impressive response rate of 90%, encouraged by Maxine urging her staff to ‘have a voice’.
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"We really appreciate the thoughtful and pragmatic approach, rooted in research and the genuine desire to build the service shaped around the needs of school leaders like me. TEP data is now a key part of our decision-making "

Alison Tones

Headteacher, Rufford Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham

“We wanted rigorous, comparable data, and TEP provided that.”

Mark Tilling

Headteacher, High Tunstall College of Science

Brooklands Farm
During the last census window, they achieved an impressive response rate of 90%, encouraged by Maxine urging her staff to ‘have a voice’.
Read more here
"We really appreciate the thoughtful and pragmatic approach, rooted in research and the genuine desire to build the service shaped around the needs of school leaders like me. TEP data is now a key part of our decision-making "

Alison Tones

Headteacher, Rufford Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham

Supporting leaders across the sector

We cater for all school types, groups, set ups and at all stages in the school improvement journey.

Get a quote
“The TEP team has been invaluable in supporting the analysis process to drill down into the data and make informed choices, using an evidence based approach.”

Toby Sutherland

Headteacher, St Clement Danes School

"TEP covers all school areas, tailored to different staff roles. It supports teaching, behaviour, wellbeing, leadership, and management."

Kamini Mistry

Headteacher, Sudbury Primary School

Sudbury Primary School
Kamini supports middle leaders to get best use of the data for their own development.
Read more here
“The TEP team has been invaluable in supporting the analysis process to drill down into the data and make informed choices, using an evidence based approach.”

Toby Sutherland

Headteacher, St Clement Danes School

“We wanted rigorous, comparable data, and TEP provided that.”

Mark Tilling

Headteacher, High Tunstall College of Science

Brooklands Farm
During the last census window, they achieved an impressive response rate of 90%, encouraged by Maxine urging her staff to ‘have a voice’.
Read more here
"We really appreciate the thoughtful and pragmatic approach, rooted in research and the genuine desire to build the service shaped around the needs of school leaders like me. TEP data is now a key part of our decision-making "

Alison Tones

Headteacher, Rufford Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham

Resources

Events

Regular community events sharing new research and practice around TEP data.

News

Latest updates, news and blogs from TEP.

Research

Latest research publications, blogs and case studies on engagement in the UK education sector.

Pricing

Individual schools

£400-2,600/pa

Subscriptions are based on school size to reflect budgets. Ranging from under 300 pupils to over 1,200. There are some subsidies in the first year, and depending on individual school circumstances we can discuss with you.

Subscriptions include:

Full platform access

Pupil and Employee Engagement

Support and resources from the TEP team

Automated response collection and tracking

Live national and contextual benchmarks

Downloadable reports

First access to research publications

Community events and case studies

Extra bolt on

Family Engagement (coming Spring 2025)

Governor Engagement (coming Summer 2025)

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School groups

Custom pricing*

*Based on school sizes and amount of centralised coordination

Subscriptions include:

Full platform access for all schools

Pupil and Employee Engagement

Trust/Group level dashboards on platforms to support response tracking, aggregated results and reporting

Support and resources from the TEP team, including briefings and training sessions for Headteacher groups

Automated response collection and tracking

Live national and contextual benchmarks

Downloadable Group/Trust level reports and school level reports

First access to research publications

Community events and case studies

Extra bolt on

Family Engagement (coming Spring 2025)

Governor Engagement (coming Summer 2025)

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Any last questions?

Drop us a line with any questions you have.

Is it worth just joining as an individual school?

Yes! You don't need to be a in a MAT or large school to get the full benefit of TEP. TEP provides contextual benchmarks for all school types and takes the heavy lifting away from the process of collecting and reporting on stakeholder feedback. Take a look at some of our case studies to see how individual schools utilise TEP to the full.

What support is available for Ofsted visits?

We generate instant one pager summary reports to provide to an Ofsted inspector. This will take the highlights, areas of good progress and identified areas for development from the most recent census window data your school has participated in. This can provide a quick read for an inspector. You can also share your more detailed, and most recent, TEP reports.

How do you create the question set?

We have created our question sets based on the existing research and our own psychometric testing undertaken during pilot and trial phases of the project. They are fixed, schools can't choose the questions to ask, but can add 1-2 custom questions to get feedback on something specific to the school or trust. The reason we do this is to keep the question sets focused (not asking anything that is statistically meaningless) and can reduce survey fatigue. It's important to keep response rates high to make sure your results reflect the true picture of your stakeholders - being very purposeful about what we ask is crucial to doing this well.

Is the question set suitable for non-teaching staff?

TEP Employee engagement collects data for all school staff role types. For non-teaching, pupil facing staff, we offer a tailored routes through the question set to reflect the nature of the non-teaching roles.

How will our data be used and shared?

Any identifiable school data is only shared with the school leaders. We will collect case studies and banks of effective actions from schools with their express permission to share across the TEP community.

We will only share individual school data with their multi-academy trust if there is an explicit agreement in place with the central trust for MAT platform access and reporting.

No individual teacher data will be shared with school leaders. All data is presented in groups of three of more to protect anonymity.

Is the question set validated?

The question set has been designed following an evidence review conducted and peer review by Dr Neil Gilbride and Dr Sam Carr, of Universities of Gloucestershire and Bath. The majority of the question set is composed of items from previously validated and open-access surveys, such as the Engaged Teacher Scale. We haven’t re-invented the wheel when strong measures already exist. Our expertise is in mobilising this research so that it reaches schools.

These sit alongside a selection of originally composed questions to tackle factors affecting engagement underrepresented in the literature. It comprises 15 distinct engagement drivers, linked to factors affecting engagement: namely the nature of work, the school environment and individual factors. It has been tested with over 100 schools and 4,500 teachers for ease of comprehension, accessibility and practicality of implementation.

We have now completed the TEP pilot and will be using the research findings to further refine the question set within the Foundation Year ahead of validating the whole question set.

Can we customise the question set for our school needs, for example adding on the Ofsted questions?

The power in the benchmarks comes from schools answering the same questions at the same time. Schools cannot edit the standardised question set, but can add a small number of custom questions.

While we would not recommend using the Ofsted questions as a holistic measure of engagement, TEP partner schools report that the question set is useful to address questions 4 (involvement in shaping initiatives from the senior leadership team) and 5 (teacher safety). TEP reports can of course be shared alongside other evidence to relevant stakeholders.

What’s next in TEP development?

We have lots of exciting features coming up in the TEP pipeline. These will provide even more support for leaders to utilise engagement data and share it effectively with their teams.

First up we’ll be adding a rotation feature to the question set to shorten completion time and reduce survey fatigue. We’ll also be launching data insights to school and MAT platform reporting.

We’ll release these and more in beta format to test with our TEP community. We regularly conduct user testing and source feedback from TEP partner schools to ensure the platform does what you need it to.