Tapestry Press & Media

Tapestry is the original, and leading, childhood education platform, providing an online learning journal and management system for early years settings and primary schools. It helps educators to celebrate children and engage families in mainstream and SEND provision. Tapestry keeps parents and carers in touch with how their child is doing, enables educators to build a picture of each child’s development and interests, and provides the tools for the daily running of a setting.

Tapestry is used in more than 40 countries, and supports over 14,000 schools and settings – more than any other platform. It was launched in 2012 by the edtech company Foundation Stage Forum and is based in Lewes, UK.

Tapestry is the brainchild of husband and wife team, technologist Steve Edwards and educator Dr Helen Edwards. Both regularly write and speak about education and technology, and they continue to support initiatives like the APPG for Childcare and Early Education.

Tapestry has been shortlisted for the Bett Awards and TeachPrimary Awards and most recently was ranked number 3 in Business Cloud’s EdTech 50.

Articles, Studies and Awards where Tapestry has featured

2025

Latest

• Child development is more than £180k tutoring job – Nursery World
• ‘Let Play Lead the Day’ – Education on Fire
• Now is the time to review staff supervision – Nursery World
• How bootstrapped Tapestry became a national favourite for teachers – Business Cloud

Coverage of the 2025 Tapestry Survey

• Parent engagement more difficult survey finds – Nursery Management Today
• Despite challenges two thirds of the early years workforce would recommend the job – The Educator
• Early years educators finding it harder to engage with parents – Nursery World
• Nursery workers more likely to use AI – Nursery Management Today
• Early years educators invited to share their views on AI – Nursery World

Other coverage

• A letter to the education secretary – Teach Primary
• All aboard the tech train – Nursery Management Today
• Lewes firm in top three edtech ranking for third year – Sussex Express
• Point of view: learning spaces – SEN Magazine
• Play ready, not school ready – Education Today
• Sussex based Tapestry launches new-look for childhood education platform – Sussex World
• What do you wish for in the early years from 2025? – Helen Edwards in Nursery World

2024

Coverage of the 2024 Tapestry Survey

• Tapestry Survey 2024 Results – Expanded offer falls short
• New survey seeks to find out if settings are prepared for expanded offer – Nursery World
• Settings only providing expanded offer places to existing families – Nursery World
• Expanded offer falls short in creating more places – Nursery Management Today
• Early years educators want new government efforts to focus on improving status and funding in the sector – Twinkl

Other coverage

• SEND: do we always need to sound the alarm? Stephen Kilgour for TES
• School celebrations and engaging families Ben Case for Nursery World
• What’s the point of observing a fake lesson? Jack Dabell for Headteacher Update
• Gypsy Roma and Traveller representation in your primary library. Gemma Lees for Headteacher Update
• Discover what best practice looks like in other settings. Juliet Mickelburgh for Nursery World
• The Sector’s Hopes and Ambitions for 2024. Helen Edwards for Nursery World
• BusinessCloud EdTech 50 Innovation Ranking – 1st Place. BusinessCloud

2023

• Inclusive assessment – how to do it in the Early Years. Stephen Kilgour for Teach Early Years
• MANDELA reflective practice workbook. Prof. Eunice Lumsden for Northamptonshire Telegraph
• What to look for in your professional communities. Juliet Mickelburgh for Nursery World
• Take a thoughtful and personalised approach to building your curriculum. Ben Case for Nursery World
• Case Study: Getting pupils to talk about their learning. Andrew Simpson for Headteacher Update
• Putting the Tech In The Hands Of Children. Ben Case for Teaching Times
• Reception to year 1: How to support pupil transition. Ben Case for Headteacher Update
• BusinessCloud EdTech 50 Innovation Ranking – 3rd Place. BusinessCloud

2022

• How nurseries are keeping track of their toddlers. Katherine Latham for BBC.
• How to make EYFS assessment more inclusive. Stephen Kilgour for TES.
• Falling in love with observations all over again. Ben Case for Nursery World.
• Special Report: Digital partnerships – keeping parents in the loop. Nicole Weinstein for Nursery World.
• A fifth of practitioners ‘don’t invite children to contribute to their own learning’ – survey. Katy Morton for Nursery World.
• Value of CPD needs closer attention. Nursery Management Today.
• Teach Primary and Teach Secondary Awards shortlist 2022 announced. Teachwire.
• Ofsted reports reinforce need for parent partnerships. Dr Helen Edwards for Early Years Educator.
• Using positive language to support Autistic children. Emily Lees for Headteacher Update.
• Scaffolding the development of your TAs. Anya Edwards for The Headteacher.
• BusinessCloud EdTech 50 Innovation Ranking. BusinessCloud.

2021

• Revealed: the teachers and schools on the EdTech 50 list. Matilda Martin for TES.
• 8 great EYFS podcasts worth checking out. Jess Gosling for TES.
• Nursery Management: Technology – What’s changed? Joanne Parkes for Nursery World.
• Development Matters – preparing for the new EYFS. Dr Helen Edwards for Teach Early Years.
• More Early Years practitioners using video to engage families since pandemic. Kathy Oxtoby for Early Years Educator.
• Opinion: Reflecting on the science, the art, and the craft of teaching. Dr Helen Edwards and Juliet Mickelburgh for Early Years Educator.
• Focus: Guide to management software. Sal Mckeown for Early Years Educator.
• Reception to Key Stage 1: Achieving transfer of learning. Juliet Mickelburgh for Headteacher Update.
• Implementing Development Matters: Six things to do now. Stephen Kilgour for Headteacher Update.
• We should all be playing a bit more. Jack Dabell for Learning With Parents.
• Is LFH here to stay? Meet Tapestry, an ’emergency service’ during COVID-19. Jonathan Symcox for BusinessCloud.
• EdTech 50 Awards 2021/22, page 32. EdTech UK.

2020

• Tes campaign: Classrooms to Care Homes. Grainne Hallahan for TES.
• Revealed: the 50-plus online platforms used by schools. Amy Gibbons for TES.
• EYFS : 6 ways we adapted our teaching during lockdown. Helen Pinnington for TES.
• 7 tips for using online learning journals in EYFS. Helen Pinnigton for TES.
• Technology Use in Schools During Covid-19. Tony Parkin, Dita Caunite-Bluma, Kristaps Ozolins, and Ernest Jenavs for Edurio. Page 27.
• Answering your questions about EY online communities during a crisis. Helen and Steve Edwards interview for Nursery Management Today.
• Parent engagement – Our simple parent communication strategy has paid dividends. Kerry Stamp for Teachwire.
• Christmas performances and how to salvage them. Ben Case for Headteacher Update.
• Post lockdown: three areas for primary schools to build on. Emma Lee-Potter for Headteacher Update.
• Being outside is more important than ever. Juliet Mickelburgh for The Headteacher.
• This is the story of how a pen and paper solution in a special school went digital and became a global success. Stephen Kilgour for Teaching Times.

Tapestry Announcements

• Technology helps hospital early years education to share young patients’ learning with their parents – Press Release
• Lewes-based Tapestry hosts exhibition of four local artists – Press Release
• ‘Let Play Lead the Day’ Launch – Press Release – Amber Ogunsanya-William launches animated film, in partnership with Tapestry
• Tapestry Survey 2025 results – how the early years workforce feels about their role, the use of AI, and engaging with families
• Tapestry Launches its 2025 Survey
• Tapestry in the top three for Business Cloud’s EdTech 50 ranking
• Tapestry is awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the Teach Primary Awards 2024
• Tapestry introduces professionally printed journals
• Tapestry launches the 2024 survey to get the views of primary educators.
• Tapestry launches the 2024 survey to get the views of early years educators.
• Tapestry scoops No1 position in edtech ranking.
• Tapestry are finalists twice-over for edtech Bett Awards.
• Tapestry shortlisted for the Teach Primary Awards 2022 SEN category for its Cherry Garden Branch Maps.
• New research finds video the key tool in primary for engaging families.
• Cherry Garden’s system for recording progress of children with SEND.
• Early years teachers urge new govt to listen to sector.
• Tapestry launches essential reflective practice feature.

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