Reports

Create central, downloadable reports

Flexible Templates

As with all aspects of Tapestry, Reports have been designed to be flexible. You can create completely custom report templates to suit any curriculum, framework or flagset you use.  

Building a report template on Tapestry is simple: select from our range of predesigned modules (child voice, relative contribution, signatures, etc) and add your own blank text boxes with your own headings.  

You can also customise our existing report Templates: hide sections that aren’t relevant for you, choose whether you’d like to leave blank space on printed copies for you or for someone else to fill in later, and choose whether you fill in the relatives’ sections on their behalf or leave it for them to do from their own device.

Easily access supporting data

One of the main benefits of using Tapestry to do your reports is that everything is in one place. As well as drawing on their own professional knowledge, practitioners and teachers can refer to the written evidence they and their colleagues have been collecting. Some templates will have an ‘observations’ button to show you the observations for that child linked to the subject you’re interested in, but you can also take a look at the other sections on Tapestry e.g. Observations, and Reflections,  without having to search through paperwork or log into any other system.  

Some of the templates, such as those for KS1 & 2, allow you to autofill assessment data for a given time period based on the child’s summative assessment for that framework. If you feel they are not totally accurate, you can override or add to any of those assessment scores for the purposes of that report. This will spare you from filling it all in manually, saving you time and sanity!  

Help to improve parental engagement

Technology can make it easier for parents and carers to be engaged with their child’s school or setting. For Reports, we help with that by making it possible for parents to see, contribute, comment on, and sign reports that have been published by staff. Although we don’t think that sending reports digitally should replace conversations with parents and carer, having access to it through their Tapestry account makes it easier to find and view whenever is most convenient for them. 

Include media

You also have the option of adding media and documents to your reports. This might come in the form of supporting evidence – perhaps a report from an external professional. Get creative with collecting things like the child’s voice. For example, rather than just writing what they have said, you might want to record a video of them saying it. 

One step towards going paper free

Being able to create, sign and share reports through your computer, tablet, or mobile device means you no longer need to print out paper copies. The Reports are easier to store and find, and the process is more environmentally friendly. 

Autosave feature

Finally, let’s not forget the really useful autosave feature. Although we recommend that you do still save frequently, if you walk away without saving or have a sudden loss of power, there is a much lower chance of you losing any work. We all know what a nightmare that is! 

Explore our Reports system as well as everything else Tapestry has to offer and see if it will save you time and money, by taking out a no obligation, free, two week trial today.