Evidence for Learning

I’ve been using this app for a number of years and it’s been brilliant. However, the recent iOS16 update has bugged the share feature making it frustratingly difficult to print or save to pages as the app closes down. The only way to bypass it is some long winded camera permission workaround. I was hoping this would of been fixed by now but it still hasn’t.

I rave about this app to any teacher I know, it is brilliant, especially for pupils with SEND as any targets can be inputted and assessed against. Our teachers love it too, it makes assessment a pleasure.

This app is a game changer for us as a college and the ongoing support from the team at EfL is fantastic!

I have used this app for 3 years and can not give it a high enough score! It is simple to use and makes observation, assessment and next steps planning really easy!

Multiple screens make actually releasing updates to parents, or assessing a child/class tedious. No parent version of the app, so they have to log onto a browser to access - something that is inconvenient for many parents. No automatic update email for parents, so they just have to check it periodically. Little flexibility in how children are assessed - all based on numbers of pieces of evidence rather than the quality of each piece (i.e. beginning, securing, mastery). If you want to do this, then it needs to be transferred to the 'assessment book' (another tedious step) when you are allowed to look at one child at a time, rather than the whole class. A number of colleagues have lost data input after hours of work. Feedback to the company is ignored - they really don't care if it works well once they have your school's money. Do not enter into a three year contract with them - make sure it has been thoroughly tested for a year by a range of staff first. It will be more user testing than Evidence do.

I would highly recommend this app to anyone. Having tried out a variety of apps to make nursery paperwork easier I have found this one to be the easiest to use. It gives you access to a variety of frameworks while also allowing you to easily create your own. Observation are quick and easy to record allowing you to add photos, observations, tag children, link up to your chosen framework, to name a few. The app does all the work for you by linking observations etc to learners profiles. You can even make up tracker sheets. All I can say is I wish I had found it sooner and it would have saved me a mountain of paperwork time!! Huge thanks to Alan for helping with any questions I've had. It's good to know there is a real person available to chat to at any time.

Able to use this app to profile, track and report. Using with kids to put them in control and make it easier for the teacher. Enjoy Lizx

After 10 years of producing 1000's of learning journeys by hand, evidence for learning is a far more simple, time-effective and professional system! We searched plenty of apps, before choosing this one. Easy to use and with the ability to cross reference EYFS area of learning. 👍

Crashes every single time. (On iPhone 6, latest software). Shame!

I think the app is good and a very quick way to write up an observation, when you get to grips with how it works and learn the steps you need to do to make sure it saves etc as you sometimes find you loose all info just added if you miss a step. I like that the photos can be added, EYFS and child's name is already in the memory and easy to fine/add. The only real negative is that I have had to right a simple step by step guide for the other staff to follow as there does seem to be the odd pGe/step that is extra therefore can be confusing to what you need to do next.