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Company

BlueSky Education

Founded: 2001
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

BlueSky Education

BlueSky Education is the leading platform for people development in the education sector, supporting schools to enhance appraisal, professional development...
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While open-ended problems allow students to exercise creativity, they are difficult and sometimes frustrating for students. Understanding the elements of “good”...
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Educational Impact

BlueSky Education

improve school processes88%
provide school data81%
reduce teacher workload69%
improve teaching efficiency66%
improve teacher wellbeing57%
 

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Most Helpful Reviews

BlueSky Education

Tom Hardy, Assistant Network Manager: Great, thanks!
Simon Jackson, Deputy Headteacher: Great potential, but system needs improving. Things like mandatory focus on an observation (I don't want one, it is in the title of the form), mandatory training evaluations (short and long term) are really frustrating. I would like to be able to personalise these forms more and remove some of these fields.
Sally Filek, Performance & Development Coordinator: Very good system, but it would be made easier if as Administrator you could clear completion of say objectives if impact statements were missing without having to contact Blue Sky. Also to reinstate leavers who return.
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Age Range

BlueSky Education

0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ 

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5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ 
Features

BlueSky Education

360 FeedbackAction ResearchAppraisal ProcessBespoke FrameworksCareer DevelopmentCoaching ConversationsCollaborationContinued Professional DevelopmentCpdDeep DivesEarly Career FrameworkEvidence Profile Individual PortfolioIndividual Progress SummaryInstant ReportsInternational StandardsIsiJournalLearning WalksLesson ObservationNational StandardsOfsted InspectionPerformance ReviewsPerformance ManagementProfessional DevelopmentProfessional LearningProfessional ObjectivesQuality AssuranceReal-time ReportingReview MeetingsSchool DevelopmentSchool ImprovementSefSelf-evaluation FrameworkStaff DevelopmentStakeholder ReportsStrategic PlanningTeacher StandardsTalent ManagementTrust-wide Reporting 

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Languages
Accessibility

BlueSky Education

Moderate features 

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Policies

BlueSky Education

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

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Requirements

BlueSky Education

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

Browser-based online platform: Access via any device with an internet connection.

Single sign-on (SSO) with Office 365 and Google.

MIS integration via Wonde.

 

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Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision 
Training

BlueSky Education

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

Tailored online planning and initial training is included in your membership. BlueSky is designed to be very easy to get started and intuitive for all staff to use for day-to-day processes.
We provide key leadership staff with online training and resources to ensure training can be disseminated to all staff. We offer periodic review calls to ensure you get the most out of BlueSky, in line with your desired outcomes and school priorities.

 

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In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

Short training videos as needed

 
Set Up

BlueSky Education

Set up usually takes less than 24 hours.

Our Customer Success managers will work with you to support set up implementation aligned to your school's requirements. We work with you to plan how the system will be set up to meet your school's requirements and agree your strategic goals for using BlueSky. We can support building templates for pro-formas such as Lesson Observation forms and other quality assurance processes. The set up session is usually around one hour and following this, we aim to have your school up and running within one working day.

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A few minutes

Support

BlueSky Education

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

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24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

BlueSky Education

Not available To parents 

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Not available To parents 
Pricing

BlueSky Education

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

BlueSky Education pricing starts from £350 / year

Pricing plan available upon request.

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Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate