B Squared Customer Testimonials

Here is just a small selection of feedback from our customers!

Connecting Steps

Demonstrates all student progress, however small and helps improve learning outcomes

“We see Connecting Steps as a valuable part of our comprehensive assessment programme. We can now demonstrate all student progress, however small. It has also helped us to be secure in our judgements and improve learning outcomes as a result.” 

Michelle O’Reilly / Cedars School
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Teachers’ workloads have decreased over time and more staff can play their part in assessing pupils

“Connecting Steps has decreased our teachers’ workloads over time and allows more staff within the school to play their own part in assessing pupils. Teachers are now more confident in being able to go into a pupil’s assessment area, look at the progress that they have made, and find areas that will meet outcomes linked to the curriculum that they are working on.”

Joanne Watson / Bluebell Park School
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We can see the sustained progress our pupils are making from Early Years to Preparing for Adulthood

“Working with B Squared, we have found an assessment system that we can intrinsically link into our ambitious curriculum – from Early Years through to Preparation for Adulthood. This means we can now see the sustained progress our pupils are making.”

Mark Phillips / Barndale House School
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Enables us to personalise learning to individual needs

“Connecting Steps helps our teachers to accurately track children’s data and use it to inform their future planning. This has enabled us to personalise learning to individual needs, address barriers to learning and provide specific help where it’s needed.” 

Victoria Chandler / St. Edmund’s Primary School
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Experiencing small successes is so important for our pupils

“Connecting Steps has allowed us to celebrate successes on a micro level. This means we can still show progress for the cohort of pupils who make slower improvements or for those going through a tough time. Experiencing small successes is so important for our pupils and also our teachers.”

Claire Houghton / Headlands School
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Reduces workload and improves wellbeing

“Our educational aims are met through using a uniform data package across the school, whilst multiple assessment frameworks enable us to show progress for all of our pupils. Using one system reduces teacher workload and improves wellbeing. It also saves time developing reports for accountability.”

Caroline Rowlandson / Oak Lodge School
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A very positive impact on our assessment and it’s easy for all to use

“Since we introduced B Squared’s Connecting Steps into our Specialist Teaching Facility we have been able to clearly assess and track our students’ progress. Connecting Steps is also working well for staff who are understanding and inputting into the tracking of the students we teach. It has made a very positive impact on our assessment, and it’s easy for all to use.” 

Bridget Radford / Pontarddulais Comprehensive
Pontarddulais Comprehensive School

Fantastic assessment tool for our pupils working at Pre-Key Stage standards

“Connecting Steps has proven itself to be a fantastic assessment tool for our pupils who are working at Pre-Key stage standards. It enables staff to easily see the areas of learning that need to be focused upon and allows us to measure and record the small steps of progress that are made. This is vital for schools.” 

Rebecca Fogden / Poplars Farm Primary School
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Track, monitor and evidence the progress of our pupils far more accurately

We’ve been able to track, monitor and evidence the progress of our pupils far more accurately. The data analysis facilities have proved especially useful for Annual Reviews evidence and tribunals. The customer support team are always quick to respond to any queries. Regular email updates and CPD training opportunities are incredibly user friendly and helpful too.” 

Lynne Ward / Ackworth School
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Teachers can plan adapted lessons to meet each child’s needs

“Connecting Steps has been so useful in helping us to level our children that are working below Age Related Expectations. We now know exactly what year group they are working at and the gaps that need to be filled in order for them to make progress. This means teachers can plan adapted lessons to meet these children’s needs, which benefits everybody.”

Jody Ling / Reedings Junior School
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Thrilled with the ease and range of assessment criteria

“We have recently move onto Progression Steps across our core subject areas and are thrilled with the ease and range of assessment criteria. In addition to this the analysis tools are proving extremely useful and we are looking forward to using more of them as we move forwards.”

Sarah Delaney / Green Lane Community Special School
Greenlane Community School

Accurately tracks our SEND pupils and where their gaps are

“Connecting Steps has helped me to accurately track our SEND pupils and where their gaps are. This has helped teachers to better plan both in class work and interventions. It has also helped us to see if a child isn’t making progress and why not.”

Rebecca Clements / Woodvale Primary Academy
Woodvale Primary Academy

Showing small steps of progress is simple and visually engaging

“Teachers who regularly use Connecting Steps have found that it helps them focus on the needs of the pupils in front of them. It is an easy to use, and intuitive system to trace pupil growth. It makes showing small steps of progress simple and visually engaging as there are different ways of assessing the data in the reporting section of the site.”

Anna Cunningham-Piotrowski / Craigmarloch School

Data to inform, plan and celebrate the small steps of success

“Tracking pupil progress is made simple with B Squared and more importantly helps us plan for each student’s bespoke curriculum needs. This is not data for data’s sake! This is data to inform, plan and celebrate the small steps of success that our pupils make.”

Llinos Watkins / Canolfan yr Eithin

Shows small steps of progress in a holistic way

“Our school needed a coherent and effective assessment tool for our SEND pupils. Connecting Steps has allowed us to show small steps of progress in a holistic way for these pupils. It enables us to look at a child’s whole profile, assessing on multiple levels, to see strengths and areas of need.”

Alison Lea / West Wimbledon Primary
West Wimbledon Primary School

A great system for tracking the progress of our SEND pupils working below National Curriculum 

“Great customer service over the telephone and via email. Our existing system was updated in no time at all and we are really pleased with the outcome, including the Pre-Key Stage standards, Primary Steps and Engagement Steps, I have also been accessing the training via your website – thanks so much for this. B Squared has really made a difference in our school – it has been a great system for tracking the progress of our SEND pupils working below National Curriculum and now we have the upgrades I am sure it will continue to support us and our pupils. Thank you Dale and the B Squared Team. “

Carolyn Sykes / Ferndale Primary School
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This will revolutionise the way we can assess and present information to parents and LEA

“We feel this will revolutionise the way we can assess and present information to parents and the LEA. To quote Fiona ‘it is the stuff of magic and fairies’ & ‘how do I get my hands on this bad boy?’ referring I believe to a pie chart as opposed to you Dale! ;-)” 

Kay Jones / Bettws Lifehouse
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Essential tool to present progress to anxious parents, showing real progress made

“B Squared has proved to be instrumental in tracking the small steps progress of pupils who are not working at age related expectation. Recording vital steps of progress using the B Squared programme allows us to identify gaps in learning and focus our teaching accordingly. As a SENCO it has also proved essential as a tool to present progress to anxious parents, showing real progress made over a term. Using B Squared regularly, helps us as a school to address which interventions specific pupils will require supporting continuous progress in school.” 

Brett, SENCO / St William of York Catholic Primary School
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Enables staff to link evidence to outcomes 

“B Squared is going to be an excellent resource for our school. This will enable us to track the small steps of progress our learners will make. It will allow our teachers to identify areas of development and to celebrate successes with our learners. The online platform will give ease to staff members and enable them link evidence to outcomes. Whilst providing the resources to capture incidental learning opportunities.”

Jamie Wright / Acorn School
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Excellent resources for tracking progress 

“Excellent resources for tracking progress plus good source of CPD. We have always found B Squared resources for tracking our pupils to be excellent: easy to use and flexible enough to cope with a wide range of needs. In addition the first Virtual SEND Conference was excellent value for money: full of good content and made available in formats that provide ongoing access to the information.” 

Janet / Perrymount Primary School
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Comprehensive curriculum coverage

“Comprehensive curriculum coverage. Offers a range of assessment tools to cover different sorts of curricula – formal, semi formal, informal, life skills, traditional subject based. Online platform helpful for portability but hope it will become a bit more flexible to use. Data analysis module offers lots of ways to look at data and drill down though some bar graph options would be good – easier for governors and external partners to understand.”

Julian Lewis / Ysgol Pen Coch
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Evisense

Easily link evidence to the Characteristics of Effective Learning

“Using Evisense, we can securely capture and store evidence of learning and link it directly to the Characteristics of Effective Learning for EYFS. It is straightforward and easy to use.”

Yvonne Skillern / Highfield Ely Academy

End the frustrating process of printing, gluing and collating evidence

“I love using Evisense to organise my evidence of learning digitally. Before Evisense, evidence was static. It sat in a folder, I felt frustrated by the process of printing and gluing and collating. It was costly and not time efficient.”

Lindsay Ireland / Firpark School

Excellent support

“Very good, the support I received was excellent.” [online meeting with Lisa] 

Andrew Grant / West Lancs Community High School

Customer Service & Support

Devon answered all our questions

“Meeting was quick and easy to arrange and Devon answered all our questions.”

Kathryn Jones, SENDCo / Victoria Primary School

Useful meeting with Lisa

“I had a really useful meeting with Lisa who talked me through CSAM and how to check our data. We can also use the range of charts to inform our stakeholders of pupil progress. I particularly liked the option to compare different groups of pupils. Thank you!” 

Amanda Johnstone / Great Arley

Excellent support

“Very good, the support I received was excellent.” [online meeting with Lisa] 

Andrew Grant / West Lancs Community High School

Helping a non-techie

“Lisa has such patience with her support of non-techies like me. Thank you Lisa – so appreciate not been made to feel useless – keep on being nice and thank you again”

Diane Connell / East SILC

So fast

“Did not expect such a fast response – thank you” 

Sharon Arnold / The Hollies

Fantastic free training videos

“The online training videos for staff have been a fantastic resource, especially at this time of remote working and learning. They are really easy to use and follow and our staff team have commented on how good they were and how they already feel confident to use the system.” 

Claire Murless / Old Hall School

Quick ‘how to’ session online was really helpful 

“This was a good opportunity during lockdown for our TAs to participate in some online training that will help them support children in the classroom when they return to school. They have given me some great feedback. It has been useful to be able to access speakers and slides after the event too and revisit those we have already watched.”

Lindsay Martin, Centre Manager / Ashford Park Primary School

Devon could not have been more helpful

“Devon walked me through all the steps I needed to get started, answered all my questions along the way, and gave me additional time to make sure I was happy. Delighted with this service.”

Jan Cullen, SENCO / St Oswald's