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Every lesson counts.

Planwell is the curriculum platform for a secondary school: what is taught, lesson by lesson, in depth, with everything else running off the lesson.

The MIS knows who was where. Planwell knows what was taught.

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What inspectors find, and what Planwell does about it

Planwell's free Inspective tool has read every secondary report card Ofsted has published under the 2025 framework, 672 to 5 October 2026. Each finding below is in Ofsted's words, with how many of the schools that had an issue in that area it was written about, and the part of Planwell that answers it.

In the classroom

Teaching quality varies between subjects, classes and key stages

“This is because the curriculum is not taught consistently well.”
The schools this was written about
In Planwell: Curriculum

One curriculum model for every subject, unit by unit, lesson by lesson, the same fields in Maths as in Drama, with coverage shown against the National Curriculum.

Teachers do not check pupils' understanding consistently

“Teachers do not routinely check pupils' understanding or address misconceptions.”
The schools this was written about
In Planwell: Curriculum

Every lesson holds its check-for-understanding questions with their answers, the misconceptions to expect and the retrieval questions on prior learning, written once by the department and read by every teacher who teaches it.

Adaptations for SEND inconsistent between teachers and subjects

“Sometimes, staff do not adapt their teaching effectively to provide support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
The schools this was written about
In Planwell: Curriculum

Every lesson's resources carry an enlarged accessible version and an audio version of each section, made once and held on the lesson. A teacher who needs one that is missing requests it from the SEN team, in a queue leaders can see.

For every pupil

KS4 attainment below national, often over several years

“Overall, published outcomes show that pupils do not achieve well at the end of key stage 4.”
The schools this was written about
In Planwell: Assessments

Assessment points for every year group, tracked against target, each unit's assessment tied to the lessons that taught it.

Overall attendance too low, below national, over several years

“Too many disadvantaged pupils have gaps in their knowledge and skills. This is often a result of poor attendance.”
The schools this was written about
In Planwell: Every Lesson Counts

An absence is a lesson missed. A person issues the card, the catch-up work comes from that lesson's content, the tutor records it. Try it in the demo school.

For leaders and governors

Leaders do not evaluate the impact of their actions, so cannot tell what works

“Sometimes, leaders do not robustly analyse the impact of their actions.”
The schools this was written about
In Planwell: Development Plan, CPD, drop-ins

Drop-ins recorded against the timetabled lesson, a CPD plan drawn from what the drop-ins found, a development plan with a name and a date on every action.

Governors do not challenge leaders or hold them to account robustly

“However, governors do not hold leaders to account with sufficient rigour.”
The schools this was written about
In Planwell: Governors

Governors sign in to the same system and see live attendance and achievement against the same date last year and against England, not a termly pack.

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Inspective

Every report card Ofsted has published, read and searchable. Your school against England, the schools like yours, what inspectors wrote and when they are due.

672secondary
2,310primary
130special
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Everything in Planwell

Curriculum

Year 8 History, Unit 2, Lesson 5 · one lesson, written once, taught by everyone
ObjectivesPrior knowledgeDo NowContentChecks for understandingMisconceptionsHomeworkSpecificationResourcesCatch-up workAccessible versionAudio
  • Subject framework: intent, concepts, the KS3 assessment map, KS4 qualifications and exam papers
  • Units with their medium-term plan; lessons with every field above; the Do Now bank; PowerPoint to screens
  • Catch-up work for every lesson, written by the teacher or generated from the lesson and its resources
  • Accessible versions of Word files, audio versions of lessons, and a request queue for the SEN team
  • National Curriculum coverage; completion status and deadlines; whole-school Curriculum Overview

Every Lesson Counts

  • Attendance import; cards issued by a person from each week's absences, the lessons missed named on every card
  • Pupils see their card, the lessons and the work, and submit it on the pupil portal
  • Tutors mark complete or incomplete at the check; heads of year decide extensions; reflections go to the attendance office
  • Stickers, SEN support sign-off, whole-school dashboard, emails

Assessments

  • Progress-check cycles for every year group with their dates
  • Departments book a date and period for every class, enter revision content, resources and the paper; a tracker shows what is still missing
  • Mock papers, tiers and requirements for Years 10 and 11, and the mock exam timetable
  • Pupil timetables, exports and email nudges

Tutor group

  • Tutor Today: the one page for tutor time, opening on what needs action
  • Tutor Announcements: notices for pupils and notes for tutors, repeating notices, files, the tutor-time Display, a Do Now for each weekday
  • Achievement Points for the group, the year and the whole school
  • Weekly Awards: points, top tens, value of the week, tutor and subject stars, shout-outs, the hall display
  • Behaviour Monitor and Equipment Tracker for the tutor group

Tasks and timetable

  • My Tasks: dates, times, priority, sticky, sub-task checklists
  • Departmental Tasks assigned by the head of department and ticked off by the department
  • HOD Panel: one task to every head of department, with who has done it
  • Own timetable by day, week or fortnight, with lesson notes, to-dos that roll to the next lesson, links and tags

Calendar

  • The whole-school calendar by half-term, colour-coded by category, with a day view
  • Star, hide, add yourself, send to tasks, star for the department, webcal feeds
  • Named editors per category; terms, holidays, INSET and Week A/B behind every other module
  • Import from Outlook, Google Calendar or an iCal file

Development Plan, CPD Plan, drop-ins

  • Whole-school plan; department sub-goals under the school goals; a name and a date on every action
  • Progress reviewed by the head of department and the line manager in dated windows; oversight grid and review queue for SLT; year cycle; Word import
  • CPD Plan: the half-termly department planner, Monday sessions, Tuesday briefings, data-week flags
  • Drop-ins scored against the school's criteria, teacher replies and self-assessment, a scoped grid with an audit log; PD days

Bulletins, newsletters, meetings

  • HODs Bulletin: weekly notices, dates, work of the week and attachments, scheduled and emailed; notices become tasks or newsletter items
  • Dept Newsletter: weekly per department, pulled from the curriculum, tasks, assessments, points and the calendar, with a frozen archive
  • Morning Briefing archive by year and term
  • Meetings: the weekly line manager meeting per department with standing items, agenda, notes and actions

Student portal

  • Today, the week timetable, notices, behaviour, achievement points, reflections
  • Catch-up cards and the work for each lesson; assessment timetable and revision

Governors

  • The headteacher's termly report written by named contributors, with figures that read live and freeze on a date; issue, Word and PDF
  • Overview of live figures against the same date last year and against England
  • Meetings with agenda, papers, decisions and actions; the board list; each governor's visits, training and yearly confirmations

The platform

  • Microsoft sign-in for staff, pupils and governors; your school on its own address with its own database
  • Roles from settings: tutor, head of year, head of department, SLT, SEN support, governor; onboarding, approvals and yearly confirm
  • Imports from the MIS for pupils, staff, timetable, class lists and attendance; view as another role; notifications and email

Bring your own AI

  • Use the school's own API key, so the data agreement and the bill are the school's own
  • Or no key at all: copy the prompt Planwell writes, run it in the AI the school already uses, paste the JSON output back, and Planwell checks it and files it on the lesson
  • Either way only lesson text leaves the school, never a pupil; see the AI statement

Pricing

One price per school, per year, for everything.

  • Every module, every member of staff, every pupil, every governor
  • Your school on its own address, in its own database
  • Set-up and the imports from your MIS, your calendar and your curriculum
  • Inspective and the demo school stay free

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