Why we exist

We believe

every child deserves a great teacher wherever in the world they go to school.

So we help every teacher become the best they can be, and every leader create the conditions for them to thrive. Because when teachers thrive, children receive the education they deserve every lesson, every day.

That's the mission of Elm Education: bringing world-class, evidence-informed teaching to every classroom. Setting The Standard develops exceptional teaching, and Learnalyze provides the evidence, insights and coaching to ensure that excellence is sustained.

A teacher and four primary-school children exploring a science activity with lightbulbs and a solar panel, smiling together around a classroom table.

The course — Setting The Standard

Nine sessions.
One standard of excellence.

A complete professional development programme, built on the evidence of how students actually learn. Every teacher watches, reflects, and proves their understanding — and earns a certificate that means something.

Accredited by The CPD Standards Office, with a completion certificate for every teacher
27 masterclass videos — over 15 hours of training
Fully bilingual: English and Arabic, one certificate
Reflection checks after every part, marked to 100%
A teacher portfolio of evidence to embed learning in lessons

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01Positive Behaviour Management
02How We Learn
03Learning Objectives, Success Criteria & Planning
04Planning the Learning Experience
05Effective Learning Strategies
06Individual, Group & Collaborative Learning
07Effective Use of ICT
08Assessing Learning
09Feedback

The engine — Learnalyze

Give every teacher a
coach in their pocket.

Learnalyze turns lesson videos into evidence. Upload a lesson and our AI analyses it like a trained observer — personalised, actionable feedback for teachers, and objective whole-school data for leaders.

Lesson analysis AI

Year 5 · Fractions

Analysed against your framework

Good Overall

Lesson Structure
Behaviour Management
Clarity
Formative Assessment
Engagement
Adaptive Teaching

Coaching insight

"Great progress — you're pausing more after open questions. Next, try naming the thinking time aloud."

+38% wait time

01Record & upload
02AI analysis
03Get feedback
04Track progress

AI lesson analysis

Six dimensions of teaching excellence, analysed in every lesson — with timestamped evidence and video explainers, not opinion.

Coaching & action plans

The AI turns each teacher's priorities into SMART goals, tracks them lesson after lesson, and answers "how am I getting on?" with honest progress checks.

Built for your inspection framework

Every lesson is evaluated against your own national inspection standards — giving Principals objective evidence to strengthen self-evaluation and prepare with confidence for inspection, wherever you are in the world.

Data for leaders, at every level

Not just teachers. Principals see the whole-school picture; executive leaders across a group or country get one clear, comparable view — and can simply ask, "Which schools are improving fastest?"

Any language. One standard.

Learnalyze analyses lessons in any language, including Arabic — and translates the analysis itself into any language too. So an English-speaking Principal can read the analysis of an Arabic-medium lesson and know exactly what was taught, where it was strong, and what that teacher should work on next.

For bilingual and international schools that changes what's possible: one consistent standard of teaching across every classroom, and leaders who can support every teacher on their staff — not only the ones who share their language.

See it on your own lessons

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How they fit together

One complete
improvement loop.

Setting The Standard creates a shared knowledge and skill-set of effective teaching across your whole staff. Learnalyze measures the impact in real lessons — and coaches every teacher to make sure it lands.

Create the change first.

Then let the data prove it.

1Setting The StandardDefine great teachingA shared, school-wide language for excellent practice.

2Setting The StandardDevelop practiceExpert-led CPD and a portfolio of evidence.

3In the classroom · where they meetTeach the lessonTeachers put the standard into practice, day to day.

4LearnalyzeRecord & analyseAI reviews each lesson against your framework.

5LearnalyzeFeedback, coach & dataActionable strategies for teachers. Data for leaders.

Steps 1–3 · Setting The Standard Step 3 · The classroom, shared Steps 3–5 · Learnalyze

Meet our founder

Phil Lupton

Founder & CEO, Elm Education

Elm Education was founded by Phil Lupton after more than 25 years working as a teacher, school leader and education adviser across the UK and internationally. Having worked with ministries of education, school groups and thousands of teachers across multiple countries, Phil founded Elm Education with one simple belief: every child deserves a great teacher, wherever they go to school.

Former teacher & school leader
National Education Adviser
Curriculum & assessment author
Speaker & trainer in more than 10 countries

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"The greatest privilege in education isn't standing on a stage speaking to teachers—it's seeing those teachers inspire children in classrooms months later."
Phil Lupton

Great teaching can be taught.

every child deserves a great teacher wherever in the world they go to school.

Nine sessions.
One standard of excellence.