CareJournal is a British progress journal for SEND schools. Staff capture meaningful observations from a phone. Leaders see progress across the school. Families can be included carefully when the time is right.
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CareJournal is a British progress journal for SEND schools. Staff capture meaningful observations from a phone. Leaders see progress across the school. Families can be included carefully when the time is right.
Currently being piloted with Oakwood Special Academy.
What it is
Many progress journals were designed for early-years settings, where children are often assessed against shared developmental bands. SEND provision is different.
Each child may follow a bespoke pathway across communication, self-care, emotional regulation, independence and life skills.
CareJournal is built around that reality: quick observations from staff, clear oversight for leaders, and one careful record of progress over time.
What it is
Many progress journals were designed for early-years settings, where children are often assessed against shared developmental bands. SEND provision is different.
Each child may follow a bespoke pathway across communication, self-care, emotional regulation, independence and life skills.
CareJournal is built around that reality: quick observations from staff, clear oversight for leaders, and one careful record of progress over time.
What you actually use
A phone app for staff in the room. A web dashboard for school leaders. Both working from the same record, shaped around your school’s own pathways.
On a phone, in the room
Choose a child. Select a target from your school’s learning tree. Add a few words of context, the level of support given, and a photo or short video if needed. The observation is saved in the right place, without paperwork building up at the end of the day.
Photos + Videos · max 100 MB
On the web, across the term
Every observation contributes to a wider view of progress across pupils, classes, learning areas and time periods. Leaders can see where evidence is strong, where attention may be needed, and which children or pathways are worth reviewing more closely.
Last 30 days · all students
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What you actually use
A phone app for staff in the room. A web dashboard for school leaders. Both working from the same record, shaped around your school’s own pathways.
On a phone, in the room
Choose a child. Select a target from your school's learning tree. Add a few words of context, the level of support given, and a photo or short video if needed.
The observation is saved in the right place, without paperwork building up at the end of the day.
Photos + Videos · max 100 MB
On the web, across the term
Every observation contributes to a wider view of progress across pupils, classes, learning areas and time periods. Leaders can see where evidence is strong, where attention may be needed, and which children or pathways are worth reviewing more closely.
The same record can support reviews, governor reporting, inspection conversations and parent meetings.
Last 30 days · all students
Who it's for
For schools and senior leaders
A classroom visit shows a moment. CareJournal helps leaders see the pattern across a week, a term or the whole school.
Review observations by pupil, class, learning area or pathway. See where evidence is building, where gaps are appearing, and where support may need a closer look.
Your school keeps its own language, targets and pedagogy. CareJournal adapts around your provision, not the other way round.
For practitioners and support staff
Staff can log meaningful moments quickly from a phone: what the child did, the context around it, and the support they needed.
They see the children assigned to them and can return to their own observations when they need to add detail or make a correction.
The tool stays quiet, simple and close to the work.
Family access · planned for Phase 2
Family access will give parents and carers a private view of selected moments from their own child's school day.
No feed. No algorithm. No comparison with other children.
Just the moments that matter, shared carefully by the people who know them best.
Who it's for
For schools and senior leaders
A classroom visit shows a moment. CareJournal helps leaders see the pattern across a week, a term or the whole school.
Review observations by pupil, class, learning area or pathway. See where evidence is building, where gaps are appearing, and where support may need a closer look.
Your school keeps its own language, targets and pedagogy. CareJournal adapts around your provision, not the other way round.
For practitioners and support staff
Staff can log meaningful moments quickly from a phone: what the child did, the context around it, and the support they needed.
They see the children assigned to them and can return to their own observations when they need to add detail or make a correction.
The tool stays quiet, simple and close to the work.
Family access · planned for Phase 2
Family access will give parents and carers a private view of selected moments from their own child's school day.
No feed. No algorithm. No comparison with other children.
Just the moments that matter, shared carefully by the people who know them best.
In SEND, progress does not always arrive as a neat milestone. Sometimes it is a glance, a sound, a choice, a gesture, a calmer transition, or one more step towards independence.
CareJournal exists to help those moments be noticed, recorded and remembered.
A child’s progress is more than data. It is a story built from the moments people notice.
Our design principle
Restrained.
No social feed. No unnecessary notifications. No engagement tricks. CareJournal is designed to stay in the background, so staff can stay present with children.
Careful.
Role-based access, audit trails, encrypted data and clear permission boundaries help schools manage sensitive pupil information responsibly.
British.
Built for UK SEND settings, written in plain English, and designed around the responsibilities schools already carry.
Tell us about your setting and we will arrange a calm walkthrough using example data.