What is Widgit?
Widgit Symbols help people read, understand and communicate.
For over 40 years, Widgit Symbols have been used to support language development, literacy, access to text and communication.
Our symbols and software are used in over 10,000 schools, 1,000s of homes and numerous healthcare settings. Additionally with an increasing focus on accessible information, our symbols are used by key public services, leading attractions and sporting venues.
Our core software products Widgit Online and InPrint 3 give you access to the complete Widgit Symbol Library, so you can create your own symbol materials for use in school, at home, and in the wider community.
Widgit Online lets you create visual, communication and learning supports in your web browser using over 20,000 Widgit Symbols and 100s of easy-to-use templates. No installation or updating required!
InPrint 3 is a desktop based solution with access to over 20,000 Widgit Symbols, 100s of editable templates and a range of powerful design features, InPrint 3 is the perfect tool to create visual supports and learning materials.
At Widgit we desire to be better tomorrow than today. We take pride in providing the most innovative technology solutions, as well as a personalised service to help provide the best results and advice.
Recommended Usage
No minimum amount of usage, impact can be seen from first symbol resources created.
Educational Impact
 Company | Business Name: Widgit Software Ltd HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 1983 |
| Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ |
 Features | Editable Templates Symbolised ResourcesComprehensive VocabularyVisual TimetablesCurriculum ResourcesCommunication AidsLiteracy AidsDual LanguageEarly YearsKs1Ks2Ks3SenEalMflWeb-based Editing20,000 SymbolsReady-made ResourcesSocial StoriesSignageLabellingWorksheetsColourful SemanticsAutism PacksBack To School ResourcesMakatonBsl Support Dual Coding |
 Languages | Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan, Spanish; Castilian, Swedish |
 Accessibility | Robust features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookMobile - iPad |
 Set Up | Less than 30 Minutes |
 Training | In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos |
 Support | EmailFAQs/ForumKnowledge BasePhone Support |
| Home Learning | Parent Access We provide a separate Home version of our software which is used by parents for their own children and not in collaboration with a school account. |
 Tags | symbolswidgitwidgitonlineEALSENDSENCOSENautisticinprintautismcommunicationliteracySLTinclusionpre-verbalnon-verballanguagevocaburlaryliteracyspeech |
Widgit PricingPricing Plans Free TrialPaid Subscription Widgit pricing starts from £90 / year Home user account for parents - £90 pa Standard account for schools - £295 pa Larger accounts available. Multi Subscription accounts available for MATs and Academies  Optimised for a quick response | |
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Widgit Reviews
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Nov 2024
I couldn’t be without it. It makes resources so accessible. Differentiation easy. All pupils can join in. We’ve added it to all aspects of curriculum and classroom environments
Kayleigh found Widgit:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Makes resources so quickly and easily. We have bought several resource bundles too”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Children with literacy difficulties are able to access curriculum learning through the use of Widgit”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Students able to join in a lesson they previously may have missed aspects of”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Makes differentiation easy!”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Pupils can join in with lessons without feeling overwhelmed from literacy difficulties”
Sep 2024
The customer service at Widgit is incredible, which is why I took time to complete this survey. Charlie Fowler in particular has been a tremendous help - his email efficiency was amazing and he went over and above to resolve my query, more than I had perhaps anticipated. Thank you :-)
Molly found Widgit:
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“I feel like it eases SENCo workload but perhaps not teachers but that is because I am the only one using the login!”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“We haven't explored this side yet and tend to use it for task plans and timetables but may explore this in future”
- Significantly increases student collaboration
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“It gives predictability to SEND learners, which in turn improves and maintains their wellbeing”
Aug 2024
Our son is autistic and struggles to understand spoken communication or anything other than simple text. The Widgit InPrint software and symbols effectively unlock even complex social stories for him. The symbols and ability to add images enable him to understand the meaning, almost immediately. The InPrint 3 social stories make it possible to navigate stressful situations, such as travelling (airports security / passport control, etc) that he would otherwise be unable to tolerate. As an occasional user, it's also good to know that, if required, the technical support provided is also excellent.
May 2024
It is an invaluable resource to have in school. We absolutely could not manage without it. We use Widget throughout school for all our children as an inclusive tool eg for Neurodivergent children who really value accessing the visual timetables and labels etc. If children do not need it, then they ignore it. It is there for all to use and enables access and inclusion in every aspect of school. Our school is fully labelled and will continue to be so.
Lynne Clegg found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Widget enables children who find reading difficult to access the curriculum and the task with more independence. The children become more self-confident and less reliant on constant adult support.”
- Does not significantly reduce attainment gap“Children who need to use Widget on a daily basis to access the learning are always significantly behind age-related peers, therefore the impact of Widget on the attainment gap is minimal, but it is there. The impact of Widget is most significant with independence and self-esteem because it enables children to work alongside peers without an adult needing to be there every minute.”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Children can access the learning and therefore know what is happening and can discuss their learning with adults and peers eg in a science lesson the instructions and all labels were in Widget, enabling a small group of children (who would otherwise have had to work with an adult) to work alongside their peers. These children then recorded their work using Widget labels for sorting and sticking - they achieved the same learning objective (about conductors and insulators) but just through a visual medium.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Teachers have a consistent tool (with many resources) to help them plan and make appropriate tasks for children to access learning with their peers. Widget has excellent templates and a wealth of resources. It is very quick and easy to use - effective inclusion with no fuss or lengthy preparation.”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Children who struggle to read lengthy texts or who struggle to read even simple instructions can access Widget through the visual symbols (or photos if the teacher chooses) and this makes them much more confident, raising self-esteem. When children feel safe and included and they know what to do and what is expected of them, their behaviour automatically improves.”
Loise
SENCO, Teacher, Thrive Practitioner
Used Widgit weekly for 1-2 years
May 2024
Has so many capabilities, which is constantly growing. It does take you more time initially to explore, discover and get used to what it can do. We have used links on instagram of others shared ideas too
Loise found Widgit :
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Once explored and familiar with what it can offer the impact on workload is more significant as many resources are either already prepared or made easier to make than previously. Support with differentiation and work that is accessible to all children is vastly supported using Widgit.”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“One of our 1:1 TAs has used Widgit to create personalised learning opportunities for the child she is supporting. This is both actual lessons and/ or tools to help him access the learning. Since doing this he is accessing more of his learning than he had done previously, is communicating more readily and is showing bigger steps of progress.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“It helps with differentiation and planning ahead for children who need additional visual prompts”
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Support for regulation scales, reward charts, etc. Complements and adds to our behaviour and well being practice”
- Moderately improves attainment“Attainment is enhanced by the support Widgit provides in helping children access learning”
Katy
Speech & Language Therapist
Used Widgit weekly for 3-4 years
May 2024
Feel like there could be easier editing features, does not feel as easy to use as boardmaker
Katy found Widgit :
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“social stories using widget, visual timetables, choosing boards”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“helping young person understand the question easier”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“N/A”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“social stories, visual helpers”
- Slightly improves attainment“N/A”
May 2024
Its so useful in a wide range of situations in both mainstream and SEN classrooms
Amanda found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“I can quickly create resources, set up activities etc”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“More children can access vocabulary etc when widgits are added.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I can tailor tasks the child in different ways quickly”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Children can communicate how they are feeling”
- Significantly improves attainment“For my SEN learners they can communicate and therefore express what they have learnt more easily”
Kerry
ELA teacher
Used Widgit daily for 5 years+
May 2024
I often give trainings within my school to ensure many colleagues use it. It is great for ELA students, which is my job, so I want them to use it in their own lessons too.
Kerry found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Quick visuals to make word lists; schedules with symbols for the lesson schedules; flashcards, bingo games etc”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“You can make written materials accessible to students who are not yet so fluent in reading but can understand the task well when written materials are put into Widgit; students for whom English is not their first language don't need to waste time translating unknown vocabulary when they can see a little picture next to the word.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I don't have to explain all the new words to students who are new to English when there are symbols with written material. The translate tool helps easily and quickly to make dual language word lists to help pre-teach new topic vocabulary.”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“For students who struggle with reading, frustration may lead to acting out. However, with Widgit documents, the students can more easily access the lesson materials and this helps them to stay engaged for longer. Also, visual timetables helps the students who need these to stay on-task.”
- Significantly improves attainment“I can give easy and accessible word lists or vocab charts that help the students to use a more varied vocabulary.”
May 2024
I have been using Widgit Products for nearly 14 years on a daily basis. It’s been an absolute pleasure to watch their products evolve, their database of symbols to grow and, all the additional resources and tools they provide expand overtime. Customer service is absolutely fantastic. They are very responsive and very helpful as well as kind and caring. I would highly recommend their products to other people and encourage them to look through the website and attend any webinars because, there is so much you can get from their products and, they never stop adding new features and new resources which means there’s always something new and exciting to look at or try.
Mar 2024
I have recently convinced my school to purchase subscriptions for the rest of the staff and will be sharing what I know form having Widgit online for some years now.
Nina found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It gives me peace of mind that what I am adjusting gives my students the best opportunity to access what I am teaching them.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“It gives my students equality of opportunity to engage in a meaningful way”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I have created work that allows my studnets to work on a more independent way otehr than having adults lead their learning”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“It helps with their self esteem knowing they can work more independently at times”
- Significantly improves attainment
Dec 2023
amazing resource, helpful ideas, resources, accessible
Jacqui found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“planning tools, behaviour plans”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“wide range of abilities in class so means all can access same activity but on their level”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“picture resources, sequencing”
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing“helps to have extra ideas, examples”
- Slightly improves attainment“occasionally - especially with low attainers”
Dec 2023
crapinpascale60@gmail.com found Widgit :
- Does not reduce teacher workload“crepinpascale60@gmail.com”
- Does not reduce attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing
- Moderately improves attainment
Dec 2023
don't know yet
Lisa found Widgit :
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“don't know yet”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“don't know yet”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency“don't know yet”
- Slightly improves behaviour or wellbeing“don't know yet”
- Slightly improves attainment“don't know yet”
Dec 2023
I really value the impact widgit has on my day to day teaching. It allows me to cater to all of my pupils to ensure they can access the learning.
Tiarna found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It helps me to ensure that all of my students can access the lesson.”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“Children who may not have been able to access the learning now can through widgit examples.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“It helps to make lessons more visually appealing.”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“Children want to use their widgit examples in their books and will listen attentively and work well.”
- Slightly improves attainment“N.A”
Dec 2023
10/10
prince found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Nice it has new symbol”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“I don't know”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“h45uy”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“i like”
- Significantly improves attainment“it”
Kanchan Patil
People of Determination Coordinator
Used Widgit weekly for 1-2 years
Nov 2023
It's easy and convenient to use, more you explore more the features you understand. Pictures can be added automatically while typing the sentences. Voice feature is good to improve the attention span. Some of the symbols can be changed with our required images is really one of the best features of the WIDGIT.
Kanchan Patil found Widgit :
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Preparing worksheets on printing it on WIDGIT is easy and convinient.”
- Does not significantly reduce attainment gap“Attainment gap is of different types. Not sure if WIDGIT can be helpful for increasing the same.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Preparing worksheets based on the various concepts are really convenient and students like the colorful ones. Those are easy to explain and solve as well.”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“I feel so. Students were observed to be more attentive during classes using WIDGIT. Various wellbeing concepts can be taught with it.”
- Slightly improves attainment“Not sure”
Tobby Philip Jacob
School Counsellor
Used Widgit weekly for 1-2 years
Nov 2023
It is cannot be always used as it is not user-friendly as most of the time we are accustomed with Office tools
Tobby Philip Jacob found Widgit :
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“It has helped to reduce the load by decreasing the time in preparing worksheets.”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“Some students were able to make progress by improving their sentence construction.”
- Does not significantly improve teaching efficiency“At times Widgit helps in giving ideas on worksheets”
- Does not significantly improve behaviour or wellbeing“Rules in classroom worksheets”
- Slightly improves attainment“None”
Nov 2023
Widgit is such a simple idea that has the most amazing impact on our young people. It can (and has been) truly life changing for so many.
Rachel Berry found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Providing a way to easily adapt lessons to provide access for all Supporting independent learning skills for ALL pupils. Reducing the need to repeat instructions Offering ready made templates for activities Offering the opportunity for shared folders to reduce the need to 'reinvent the wheel' amongst staff team Providing a range of ready made resources for specific texts, topics and themes.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Easily allowing adaptations to lessons to ensure that all child are able to share their knowledge and skills in an appropriate way. Removing the barriers to learning!”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“As above... It reduces workload Ensures that teachers can focus on the key objectives of the lesson Provides an opportunity to encourage and support relationships with parents by increasing accessibility to key information”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Providing visual reinforcements for behaviour expectations Reducing anxiety around transitions, thus lowering the likelihood of challenging behaviour Giving young people a 'voice' to reduce frustration around communication Ensuring access to learning with visual support, thus reducing frustration and increasing self esteem Supporting young people with understanding and regulating their emotions.”
- Significantly improves attainment“When barriers are removed, young people are able to actually access the learning and demonstrate knowledge and skills! Visual reinforcements can help to provide clear expectations for the skills needed to 'achieve' learning objectives Improved behaviour and wellbeing has a knock on effect for behaviours for learning. Children are more focussed and resilient to challenge”
Nov 2023
It’s essential for our school
Monica Kirkland found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Creating word maps and social stories”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Enabling dyslexic students make correct choices in their written work”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Visual timetables”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“I’ve used Widgit to create our zones of regulation”
- Moderately improves attainment“Word mats”
Maya Sultan
Special education teacher
Used Widgit occasionally for 1-2 years
Nov 2023
I love the library of images, ease of uploading other images and the variety of templates offered that minimizes preparation time.
Maya Sultan found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Creating differentiated worksheets”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Creating activities with meaningful images is a breeze”
- Moderately improves behaviour or wellbeing“Using the if/then and reward charts”
- Moderately improves attainment“Helping students reach an objective using level-based activities and worksheets that can be personalized based on topic or theme of a lesson.”
Nov 2023
Very useful
Anne Salway found Widgit :
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Ready-made resource templates allow people to just fill in, rather than having to design the resource themselves. For speech and language therapy, I can quickly and easily generate sets of pictures (for example, words ending in s and sh) without having to search for each word online individually”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Allows children who struggle with reading (dyslexic, EAL etc) access written text more easily”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“Providing visual representations of the behaviour expectations Allowing children to express how they feel”
- Moderately improves attainment
Nov 2023
Everything about it is brilliant. I have been using visuals for many, many years and used to make my own before discovering Widgit.
Liz found Widgit :
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Not having to search for suitable visuals”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Non-verbal children can communicate their needs.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“All staff wear and use visuals at all times with all children.”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“The children can let us know how they’re feeling when they have no words.”
- Significantly improves attainment“We can see the children making progress.”
Nov 2023
I love Widgit. It is brilliant. I now cannot do my job without it! So thank you very much!
Wendy found Widgit :
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“Widgit is used to support differentiation, so can increase Teacher workload when teacher is creating a task for a child in widgit format as per their My plan”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Children are able to read a piece of text when it is put into widgit, meaning the child can keep up with whole class reading then retrieve information from the text to answer questions. Before, the child couldn't read any of the text and certainly could not then retrieve information so did not answer any questions. Child able to work quicker.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Child able to work more independently and complete more work.”
- Significantly improves behaviour or wellbeing“School rules and expectations of behaviour have been put onto widgit and displayed around school and in classes. Individual schedules available to support pupils to remain or get back on task. Individual widgit cards and lanyard widgits to support the behaviour expected. Our school emotional coaching system has been fully transformed using widgit ( following pupil feedback). This is used for pupils to check in, let staff know that something is wrong, to ask for help. As the schools Licensed Thrive Practitioner as well, I have used widgit to prepare resources for emotional support. All of this has impacted on a more robust emotional coaching system and making sure that behaviour expectations are accessible to all.”
- Moderately improves attainment“Assessments widgitised for pupils to access the questions so that they can answer them, in turn they are now succeeding. This is evidenced by their scores.”