The easy-to-use platform helping staff and families celebrate and support children’s learning.
Connect educators, families, and children through Tapestry — the leading Childhood Education Platform trusted across EYFS and Key Stages 1 & 2, in both mainstream and SEND provision. Tapestry’s award-winning tools help you nurture meaningful relationships with families, empower staff to elevate their practice, streamline everyday admin operations, and place each child’s learning journey at the heart of your provision.
From observation and assessment to planning and management, Tapestry simplifies the day-to-day running of early year settings and schools, so you can focus on what truly matters — happy children, happy families, and happy staff.
Streamline your nursery management system
Simplify processes for staff and families with smart booking, accurate invoicing, in-app registers, and adult ratio tracking — all in one place.
• Create clear, transparent invoices down to the penny. Set session prices, allocate funded hours, apply discounts or extra charges, send itemised invoices, record payments, and monitor balances effortlessly.
• Boost revenue with smart occupancy planning. Design sessions and pricing structures, manage regular schedules, identify gaps, and optimise capacity while maintaining ratios.
• Support daily operations with real-time child and staff in-app registers. Mark attendance on the go, manage absences, and keep records accurate and accessible wherever you are.
Discover Tapestry’s comprehensive Nursery Management System.
Nurture parent partnerships
Build strong, collaborative relationships with parents and carers through consistent, meaningful communication that celebrates every child’s development.
• Through Observations, staff and families work in equal partnership to create each child’s learning journal. Share unlimited photos, videos, and notes in the moment, while families contribute their own experiences to build a richer picture of each child’s world.
• Extend learning beyond your setting or school with Activities, giving families simple, practical ideas to support learning at home.
• Stay connected with secure direct Messaging, keeping communication easy and accessible for busy parents and staff.
• Share newsletters and announcements through Memos, and securely store policies, permission slips, and key Documents in one organised space.
• Provide clear, accessible Reports that build family confidence in their child’s development.
• Record routines, care information, and accidents with sensitivity and transparency using the Care Diary and Accidents Forms — including secure logs and body maps for reassurance and clarity.
Discover why Tapestry is the leading platform for strengthening relationships with families.
Enable child-centred assessment and planning
Place every child at the centre of their learning journey. Follow their interests, tailor next steps, and support personalised pathways so every child can thrive.
• Access built-in frameworks, including EYFS, Development Matters, and Birth to 5 Matters, to the National Curriculum for England, making it simplre to monitor progress against recognised standards.
• Create custom curriculums by designing and uploading your own frameworks to track progress against goals unique to your setting.
• Use flexible flags to organise observations and assessments your way. Apply built-in or custom labels to monitor development and gain clear overviews at a glance.
• Gain a centralised, real-time view of each child’s development, helping you identify strengths and needs quickly and plan with confidence.
Discover why Tapestry is celebrated for its commitment to child-centred practice.
Award-winning SEND tools
All children are entitled to child-centred assessment, not just those who are developing typically.
Exclusive to Tapestry, the Cherry Garden framework is a unique approach designed specifically for children with learning differences and difficulties. Its interactive orchard celebrates progress in a way that reflects each child’s individual developmental pathway, engaging both children and families in the learning process.
Learn more about Tapestry’s focus on inclusive SEND provision.
Encourage reflective practice and nurture staff wellbeing
Strengthen practice and pedagogy through reflection — individually and as a team — to create inclusive provision that truly impacts learning.
• Tapestry Reflections provides a dedicated space for staff to share insights, spark professional dialogue, and turn everyday experiences into opportunities for growth.
• Foster a culture of collaboration through shared reflection, peer mentoring, and collective expertise, ensuring professional development benefits the whole team.
• Tapestry CPD offers free, flexible online training that fits around busy schedules. Support continuous professional growth without added cost or complexity, embedding development into the fabric of your setting or school.
See how Tapestry helps you support your staff to elevate their provision.
Need to Know
1. The Tapestry app puts all essential functionality in the palm of your hand, delivering a seamless experience across devices.
2. Every subscription includes all features, plus unlimited staff and relative profiles, media uploads, and app downloads.
3. Give children agency over their learning and provide them with meaning feedback with the Child Login feature.
Discover what Tapestry can do for you at www.tapestry.info, and benefit from a no-obligation two-week trial today.