AI Coaching That Scales with Your School
Give every teacher access to high-quality instructional coaching without increasing workload on your coaching team. Starlight's AI provides personalised feedback between human coaching sessions.
The Coaching Capacity Challenge
Most schools have 1 coach for every 15-25 teachers
Teachers wait weeks between coaching conversations
AI coaching fills the gap with instant, consistent feedback
AI Coaching Complements Human Coaches
Starlight isn't replacing your coaching team - it's extending their reach
What AI Coaching Does
- Provides instant feedback on any lesson
- Analyses questioning, explanations, and discourse
- Tracks progress across multiple lessons
- Offers consistent, objective analysis
- Prepares teachers for coaching conversations
What Human Coaches Do Best
- Build trusting relationships
- Navigate complex school contexts
- Provide emotional support
- Model effective teaching strategies
- Make nuanced judgement calls
These results corroborate existing evidence that scalable and low-cost automated feedback can improve instruction and learning in online educational contexts.— Demszky and Liu, ACM Learning at Scale (2023)
The Best of Both Worlds
Teachers use AI coaching for regular self-reflection between human coaching sessions. They arrive at coaching conversations better prepared, with specific areas they want to discuss - making every minute with their coach more valuable.
How AI Coaching Works
A simple process that fits into any teacher's schedule
Record a Lesson
Teachers record audio of their lesson using any device. No video, no special equipment - just their natural teaching.
Receive AI Coaching
Within minutes, get detailed feedback on teaching practices, questioning techniques, and areas for growth.
Reflect & Improve
Use insights to set goals, track progress, and prepare for coaching conversations with specific discussion points.
Benefits for Your Whole School
AI coaching supports teachers, coaches, and leaders
For Teachers
- Get feedback whenever you want it
- Private space for honest self-reflection
- Track your growth over time
- Come to coaching sessions prepared
For Instructional Coaches
- Extend your reach to more teachers
- More productive coaching conversations
- Focus time on complex challenges
- Consistent feedback framework
For School Leaders
- Scale coaching without hiring more staff
- Organisation-wide insights
- Support teacher retention
- Evidence CPD investment
Research-Backed Approach
AI coaching is grounded in educational research and proven to improve teaching
Combining results across 60 studies that employ causal research designs, we find pooled effect sizes of 0.49 standard deviations (SD) on instruction and 0.18 SD on achievement.— Kraft, Blazar and Hogan, Review of Educational Research (2018)
Our findings indicate that automated feedback increased teachers' use of focusing questions by 20%.— Demszky et al., Computers and Education (2024)
Progressive Coaching
Unlike one-off feedback tools, Starlight's AI builds a picture of each teacher's journey. It acknowledges progress, remembers previous focus areas, and provides coaching that evolves as teachers develop - just like a great human coach would.
What Makes Starlight's AI Coaching Different
Built specifically for educators, not adapted from generic AI
Audio-First Design
No video means lower friction, less anxiety, and focus on what matters - your teaching, not your appearance.
Progressive Coaching
AI that remembers your journey, acknowledges your growth, and adapts feedback to where you are now.
Customisable Feedback
Create feedback templates aligned to your school's priorities, frameworks, or improvement plan.
Teacher-Controlled Privacy
Teachers own their data. They choose what to share with coaches or leaders - building trust and honest reflection.
UK Education Focus
Built with UK educators, aligned to Ofsted expectations, supporting ECT development and the ITTECF.
Organisation Insights
School leaders get aggregated analytics while respecting individual teacher privacy.
Explore More
Discover how Starlight can support your teaching journey
AI Feedback for Teachers
Get instant, AI-powered feedback on your teaching practice.
CPD Platform for UK Schools
Organisation-wide teacher development with Ofsted-aligned feedback.
ECT Support
Help Early Career Teachers develop with consistent AI feedback.
Teacher Talk Time Analysis
Measure and improve your classroom discourse balance.
Ready to Scale Your Instructional Coaching?
Start with our free Launchpad Programme - 5 lesson analyses and full platform access. See how AI coaching can support your teachers.
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