Arc Pathway includes parent sharing features so families can see their child's learning journey and stay connected to their progress. Settings using Arc Pathway report strong parental engagement - as one head of primary noted, "we have had great feedback from parents and staff."

Nurseries and schools track children's progress through a combination of observations, assessments and learning journals. Practitioners document what they see children doing - capturing photos, notes and video - and map these against developmental milestones. Software like Arc Pathway brings this together in one place, generating progress reports, highlighting children who may need extra support, and sharing updates directly with parents.

Personalised next steps are specific, actionable suggestions for supporting an individual child's development based on their current needs and abilities — as opposed to generic activities or simply moving to the next item on a checklist. Practitioners using Arc Pathway describe being able to "assess children and look at their learning pathways and plan next steps" in a way that feels specific and meaningful rather than formulaic.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the statutory framework in England governing learning, development and care for children from birth to age 5, covering nurseries, childminders and reception classes. Good assessment at this stage - and beyond into primary school - helps practitioners understand where each child is developmentally, identify children who may need additional support, and plan next steps that are right for each individual child. The habits and approaches to assessment established in early years have a lasting impact on how children are supported throughout their education.

Holistic assessment means looking at the whole child - their emotional wellbeing, social development, physical growth and cognitive learning - rather than measuring progress against academic milestones alone. It recognises that how a child feels has a direct impact on how they learn, and that meaningful assessment should reflect all areas of development. As one of our users put it, Arc Pathway is "very much centred around the wellbeing of the child."

Arc Pathway is used by nurseries and schools across the UK and internationally, including in the UAE, Kenya, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia, Portugal and more. The platform is flexible enough to work across different settings and contexts beyond a single national framework.

Yes. We support settings moving from other platforms and can guide you through the process. Visit our switching page to find out more about how it works.

Arc Pathway is designed to be straightforward to set up, with onboarding support included. Our users regularly describe the platform as easy to navigate - one nursery manager noted it was "so easy to navigate" and another that it made their processes "stress-free."

Yes. Arc Pathway is currently used by standalone nurseries, nurseries within schools, and reception classes across state and independent sectors in the UK and internationally. We are actively expanding to support Primary and SEN settings.

Arc Pathway combines holistic profiling with personalised next steps — assessing children across all areas of development, not just academic milestones, and generating individualised suggestions for what to do next. A 2025 University College London study found it has a significant positive effect on teacher competence. Our users describe it as "meaningful and not just a tick box exercise" - something many early years leads tell us they struggled to find elsewhere.