Professional Development That Actually Changes Classroom Practice.
Trusted by 100,000+ educators in 50+ countries
Case Studies
Real Schools. Real Outcomes.
How leaders across primaries, secondaries, multi-academy trusts and teacher training providers are using IRIS Connect to change practice.
Bringing Adaptive Teaching to Life – Case Study
Rethinking CPD in One of England’s Largest SEND Schools
Built Around Them: How The Charles Dickens School Tailored Its PD Platform
How AI is Transforming Teacher Development in UK Schools
Ensuring Alignment and Consistency Across Centre and School Settings
How this Trust Built a Family of Success in Diverse Schools
What Our Customers Say
The Numbers Behind The Stories
Independent survey of teachers across UK schools using IRIS Connect for at least one academic year.
90%
said their teaching practice had improved
96%
felt more willing to take risks in the classroom
88%
said their confidence as a teacher had increased
94%
would recommend IRIS Connect to a colleague
*surveyed in a research project by MirandaNet Fellowship
“The impact of IRIS Connect on our pupil outcomes has been phenomenal. Since 2019 -2023 we have seen a 20% increase in reading and writing at the end of key stage 2.”
– Kerry Burns, Deputy Headteacher at Woodside Primary
What Changed?
- +20% KS2 reading and writing (2019–2023)
- Coaching cycles now running consistently across every school in the trust
- Teachers reflecting on their own practice through structured video evidence
Supporting Research
Built On The Evidence of What Actually Works
IRIS Connect is grounded in independent research from Mathematica, the EEF, the University of Birmingham, and Harvard. We do not invent best practice. We make it operationally possible at scale.
Mathematica: Structured Video Coaching Improves Pupil Achievement
An independent, randomised controlled study by Mathematica, one of the world's most respected education research firms, evaluated the impact of structured video coaching on classroom practice and pupil outcomes in maths.
The study found that when teachers were supported with structured coaching, of the kind enabled by the IRIS Connect platform, their pupils made significant additional progress compared to a control group.
Read the Mathematica Study →EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
The 14 Mechanisms of Effective Professional Development
This research shows that there are 14 mechanisms (grouped in 4 categories) that make PD effective. Through IRIS Connect you can enable all of these mechanisms in your school, providing an effective PD solution for your teachers.
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Video, Reflection, and the Shift From Telling to Showing
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Birmingham undertook a rapid evidence assessment to see if effective teacher education could be achieved in remote and blended programmes, including solutions like IRIS Connect.
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Best Foot Forward: Video Observation Trial
The Best Foot Forward Project led by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University investigated whether video technology can make the classroom observation process easier to implement, less costly, and more valid and reliable.
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