BusinessCloud can reveal its EdTech 50 innovation ranking for 2025.
Readers of the online technology publication and an expert judging panel have together decided the 50 companies blazing a technology trail in the education sector.
The EdTech 50 – supported by Tyto, the European PR and communications agency at the intersection of technology, science and innovation – celebrates businesses of all sizes creating original tech for education and workplace development.
Tassomai, ‘the learning program’, tops the ranking for 2025. The London-based firm develops software used by students to boost their key curriculum knowledge and understanding in 10 different subjects.
In second spot is Sheffield-based Chalkie, a tool for teachers to create lesson resources faster than ever before. When they tell Chalkie what they’re teaching, it uses AI to create fun and informative lesson slides filled with key facts, activities, pictures and even videos.
Tapestry, an online learning journal from the Foundation Stage Forum for children’s education, is third. Based in Lewes, East Sussex, Tapestry subscribers have access to a wide variety of features, designed to reduce workload and assist the development of each setting and school’s provision.
EdenFiftyOne (Liverpool) and Near-life (Bolton) complete the top five.
Also featuring is Manchester-based Vivify, which helps schools to rent out their facilities to their local community via a booking platform, and Birmingham-based Graide, which supports instructors by harnessing the power of AI assessment, streamlining the grading process and generating tailored feedback for every learner.
The ranking in full:
EdTech 50 – UK’s most innovative education tech creators for 2025
BusinessCloud called on its readers to vote for companies from the 105-strong shortlist. A combination of these votes and choices from an expert judging panel determined the top 50.
The judging panel was comprised of:
• Rachel Vecht, founder, Educating Matters
• Caroline Wright, director, EdTech Exchange
• Prof Janice Allan, pro-vice chancellor, academic leadership, UCLan
• Jonathan Symcox, editor, BusinessCloud