The Starlight Blog
Evidence-based thinking on pedagogy, reflective practice and professional growth for UK and International educators.
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
Fifteen mentions of professional learning. Zero mentions of CPD.
Why the inspection vocabulary has changed, and why the evidence got there first. Here is a small linguistic detail with large implications....
Starlight’s Enhanced Feedback Report Is Now Live
At STAR21, the company behind Starlight, our mission is simple: to make high-quality feedback more specific, timely, actionable and regular....
The knowledge your school loses every week
Satya Nadella says the future belongs to organisations that own their learning loop. For schools, the whole organisation is the dataset, and...
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