Pupils log placements from their phone. Employers confirm the hours with one tap. Your careers team sees who is falling behind, and your Gatsby Benchmark 6 evidence builds itself.
Free for the spring term for our first five pilot schools. Hosted in the UK.
Schools are expected to give every pupil real experience of work, and to prove it. Today that proof lives in paper forms, inboxes and a spreadsheet only one person understands.
Visits, talks and tasks set in real workplaces, logged for a whole group or one pupil at a time.
At least one placement in a real workplace, split across employers and days when that works better.
If it is not recorded, it did not happen.
Judged through Gatsby Benchmark 6 and Ofsted. EarlyRoot keeps the record and the proof behind it.
The pupil, the employer and your team each do one small thing. EarlyRoot joins them into one record you can trust.
A whole-school view for your careers team. See who is on track, who is at risk and who has not started, months before the deadline.
Hours are confirmed by the person who supervised them, with a time stamp you can show an inspector.
See who will miss the target months before the deadline, with one weekly summary instead of an email for every event.
Spot which groups are getting fewer or weaker placements, and act before the gap widens.
Keep your current careers platform. Pupils sign in with the school's Microsoft or Google account.
Every placement becomes one record with a name, a time and a signature at each step. Once it is verified, nobody can quietly change it.
Dates, hours, a short reflection, and a photo or PDF if they have one.
The supervisor confirms by a one-tap link. We record who, how and when.
A named member of staff checks it, or sends it back to the pupil with a note.
A permanent audit trail, one click away from any number in any report.
Most platforms record what a pupil says happened. EarlyRoot proves it, and costs less.
| Area | Typical platform | EarlyRoot |
|---|---|---|
| Year groups | Mainly Year 9 upwards | Year 7 to 13, with simpler screens for younger pupils |
| Verification | Staff approve the pupil's own entry | The employer confirms first, then staff approve. Every step shows who and when |
| Staff accounts | Capped at a handful | Unlimited, with roles for tutors and heads of year |
| Signing in | Pupils register in a lesson | School Microsoft or Google sign-in. Nobody registers |
| Notifications | An email for every event | One daily or weekly summary, plus urgent alerts |
| Reports | A spreadsheet with automatic scores | Every number opens the evidence behind it. PDF, Excel and Compass+ |
| Price | A set-up fee, then a higher yearly price | From £799 a year, locked |
No jump in year two, no limit on staff accounts and no charge per pupil.
The full evidence loop
Everything in Starter, plus
Everything in Growth, plus
Pilot schools use EarlyRoot free for the spring term 2027. Our first ten paying schools keep their price for three years.
We have both made the choice every Year 11 faces, and taken different paths. We built EarlyRoot so every pupil sees both routes early, with real experience behind them.
Studied at the University of Southampton, then moved into quantitative trading in London. Builds the product and the forecasting behind it.
Went from A levels straight into work and a degree apprenticeship, earning a degree with no debt. Works with every school we support.
Built for schools from the first line of code. Private by default, and only the data we need.
Pupil data stays in UK data centres, encrypted in storage and in transit.
A data processing agreement with every school. You own the data; we process it for you.
Built to the ICO Children's Code: private by default, and only the data we need.
A first name, the dates and the hours. No messaging between employers and pupils.
We never track where a pupil is. Hours are confirmed by a person, not a phone.
No adverts, no data sales and no third-party tracking.
Something else on your mind? We visit schools in Bristol, London and Reading.
No. EarlyRoot works alongside it. Keep your current platform for careers guidance and use EarlyRoot for work experience evidence.
They get a reminder by text and email. If they still do not confirm, a member of staff can approve the hours with a note, and the record shows that.
Most schools are running in a day. Upload a list of pupils, invite your staff and share the sign-in link. Year groups roll over by themselves every September.
Years 7 to 13: group activities for younger pupils, and individual placements from Year 10.
Yes. It runs in the browser on Chromebooks and older phones, with nothing to download and no third-party scripts for your filters to block.
A 20-minute demo, on a call or in person in Bristol, London or Reading.