The Starlight Blog
Evidence-based thinking on pedagogy, reflective practice and professional growth for UK and International educators.
Putting Starlight to the test: our independent impact study with EdTech Impact
An anonymous survey of Starlight users opens on 6 October. Find out why we commissioned EdTech Impact, what the study will explore, and how...
Your feedback, your way: putting teachers in control of AI lesson feedback
Choose the classroom discourse insights you want, hide ratings in one click, and shape Starlight around your priorities. Teacher autonomy is...
Coaching between coaching: Ross McGill on why instructional coaching stalls, and where Starlight fits
TeacherToolkit's Ross McGill has written his second piece on Starlight, and it names the problem every coaching lead recognises: coaching do...
The safest AI strategy for a MAT is no longer to stand still
MAT leaders are right to be risk-conscious. But as AI reshapes education, inaction creates its own exposure. Here is how Starlight replaces...
From meeting minutes to momentum: Starlight’s new meeting reports
Upload a meeting and Starlight turns the conversation into clear minutes, decisions, named actions and follow-up — ready to review, organise...
One teacher, many classes: how Starlight remembers the difference
Connect each recording to the class behind it, build class-specific context over time, and set academic years that match your school — where...
Built for the engine room: introducing Starlight’s Department Dashboard
Starlight’s Department Dashboard gives middle leaders anonymised, actionable insights to support collective improvement while protecting tea...
From Upload to Insight: A New Walkthrough for a Fast-Evolving Starlight
Starlight keeps evolving — and so does our walkthrough. From Upload to Insight gives teachers and Starlight Leads a clear introduction to th...
Starlight just got smarter. Again.
Starlight has upgraded its underlying AI for the fourth time in twelve months, bringing deeper reasoning, richer context and more powerful i...
Four words that decide whether feedback works
Why feedback sometimes makes performance worse — and what the research says about making it specific, timely, actionable and regular.
More time for the conversation: introducing the Starlight Careers Report
See how the Starlight Careers Report helps careers advisers capture conversations, manage actions, track progress and create professional re...
Evidence based practice comes home
Why the next chapter of the evidence movement is written in your classroom, not about it
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