Are You Getting the Coaching Impact You Hoped For?
Senior leaders across the UK share the same challenges:
Too much coaching time lost to rehashing lessons
One-size-fits-all models that don’t support everyone
Struggles to scale coaching without burning staff out
Introducing IRIS Connect
Video + AI-powered Instructional Coaching Solution
IRIS Connect gives schools a way to deliver meaningful, tailored professional development at scale, using tools that are smart, flexible, and genuinely useful.
Coaching is now quicker, easier and more streamlined thanks to video and AI.
See what others are saying about the tools:
“Now, we start with coaching – not catch-up”
“In the past, the first 30 minutes of a coaching session were spent discussing the lesson. Now, all the preparation happens beforehand – you already know what the coachee has reflected on, what the AI picked up, you’ve both watched the recording and made notes. When the session starts, you can dive straight into coaching and make the most of your valuable time.”
Jonny O’Connor, Deputy Headteacher, Willow Tree Park
Everything You Need to Deliver High-Impact Coaching – In One Platform
✔ Save time in every coaching cycle ✔ Increase focus on development ✔ Standardise your approach across teams
Break down barriers. Deliver coaching anytime, anywhere
Secure Video Recording
Our video technology overcomes challenges of time, timetables, and location, giving teachers and coaches the flexibility to collaborate meaningfully, whenever it works best.
Teachers can record and reflect on real classroom moments, while coaches provide targeted feedback and model effective strategies.
Highlight key teaching moments to guide deeper discussion
AI Coaching Insights
AI Insights automatically generates feedback using the latest theories and research on key instructional strategies, highlighting moments of interest for further investigation.
Using these key moments as a starting point, you no longer need to review entire lessons or rely only on partial observations. Instead, you can immediately focus on the identified development areas and easily revisit their context on video to build situational awareness.
Personalised coaching journeys aligned to school goals
Adaptive Coaching Pathways
Pathways provide teachers with evidence-informed frameworks to successfully develop, adapt, and embed new skills in a way that’s suitable for their individual contexts and levels of experience.
Whether following ready-made development journeys or designing your own, Pathways give you the flexibility to target any pedagogical focus – from questioning techniques to curriculum delivery.
Track engagement, evidence progress, and measure impact
Progress Dashboards
Visualise teacher development and coaching engagement across your organisation with powerful, easy-to-use dashboards.
Give school and trust leaders clear visibility into how teachers are engaging with coaching, video reflections, and Pathways. Monitor participation trends, track completion of developmental journeys, and see how key strategies are being adopted over time.
With built-in evidence capture, you can go beyond anecdotal feedback to demonstrate the real impact of your professional development initiatives – all while identifying opportunities for further support and celebrating progress where it’s happening.
Bridge the gap between theory and classroom impact
Research-backed Resources & Technique Library
Gain insights from domain experts, and view video models by experienced teachers implementing strategies across varied contexts.
WalkThrus members can also access their collection of over 150 teaching and learning strategies directly within the IRIS Connect platform.
*Separate WalkThrus subscription required
“At first, we used IRIS Connect just for video observations—to ease timetabling and cover challenges in coaching. But with Pathways and AI, it’s now been embedded into our coaching model and school ethos. It helps us truly personalise support and easily adapt coaching cycles to each teacher’s needs.”
Tejinder Deeks, Deputy Headteacher, Langley Heritage Primary
From Classroom Impact to Trust-Wide Change
IRIS Connect Enabled Hales Valley Trust to:
- Create a shared language for coaching across five primary schools
- Build confidence and consistency in teacher development
- Adapt coaching across diverse school contexts
- Share good practice across the trust via secure video libraries
“The impact of IRIS Connect on pupil outcomes has been phenomenal.”
Kerry Burns, Deputy Head, Woodside Primary, Hales Valley Trust
Why Choose IRIS Connect as Your Instructional Coaching Platform?
| Capability | IRIS Connect |
|---|---|
| Secure video observations | ✓ |
| AI-assisted lesson insights | ✓ |
| Asynchronous feedback tools | ✓ |
| Adaptive coaching pathways | ✓ |
| Library of teaching techniques | ✓ |
| Condensed research summaries | ✓ |
| Progress tracking | ✓ |
| WalkThrus integration* | ✓ |
*Separate WalkThrus subscription required
Ready to Unlock the Full Potential of Coaching?
Discover how IRIS Connect’s instructional coaching platform helps you build a coaching model that saves time, supports every teacher, and delivers impact across your school or trust.