EdShed: Educate. Engage. Empower.
Welcome to EdShed. We are an education company run by teachers, for teachers. Our products encapsulate traditional teaching resources along with technology and are designed based on current research and proven pedagogy.
We were founded in 2017 by Martin Saunders and Rob Smith after a conversation about improving how spelling was taught in primary schools. We launched Spelling Shed as a relatively simple app shortly after and it's escalated ever since. Now, we serve over two million learners in schools and households across 180 countries for a range of products. As educators ourselves, it is a huge privilege to be able to affect so many children and educators in a positive way and to deliver the most impact with the least hassle.
Our Products
We are proud to offer a suite of interactive learning platforms that leverage cutting-edge technology to revolutionise learning for primary school pupils. Through interactive e-lessons, engaging quizzes, enriching eBooks and stimulating educational games, we create a dynamic and adaptive learning environment that engages young minds and helps to foster enthusiasm for learning.
Meet Our Directors
EdShed is not just a company; it's a community of passionate teachers, technologists and artists who are working tirelessly to transform the educational landscape.
Dr Martin Saunders
Martin is a qualified school teacher, a recovering scientist, has spent twenty years working in tech and is a long-standing primary school chair of governors. Martin is our CEO and allegedly has a plan.
Rob Smith
Rob has over ten years of experience as a classroom and primary school teacher and has a keen interest in Literacy. His enthusiasm sparked the creation of Literacy Shed, an ever-evolving, curated collection of inspiring resources.
Alexander Athienitis
Alex is EdShed's Curriculum Director and go-to source for weird and wonderful facts. Having previously worked as a primary school teacher and subject leader before entering the world of education technology, he loves spreadsheets and editing videos.
Our Global Reach
EdShed is creating a buzz across the globe! EdShed proudly serves teachers, parents and pupils across the world and has specific schemes in the United Kingdom (UK), United States (US), South Africa (ZA) and is coming soon to Australia. Our aim has always been to provide products that create as much educational impact as possible with the least amount of hassle for educators. We are so happy that our resources are having an impact far and wide.
Where has EdShed been used recently?
Something to Buzz About!
Since September 1st, EdShed has had 7.5 million unique active users. This has grown staggeringly from 3.03 million last Autumn.
Our peak daily usage is 170 thousand users, growing from 130 thousand users last year.
Across the pond, in the US, our number of active users has tripled since last year. In the last month, we have had 50,000 unique active users, with 6,000 in Texas alone!
Working For Us
To get a real sense of what it's like to be part of the EdShed family, we'll let some of our wonderful team members tell you more about their experiences.
Emma Mallett
Marketing Copywriter
You would never guess we live hundreds, or even thousands, of miles apart!
Jay Abbott
Full Stack Developer
Across the whole company, EdShed fosters an environment of transparency and teamwork.
Chris Scrivens
Art
Like many teams within EdShed, my team has grown and what was one is now a flourishing three!
We are always looking for talented people who are committed to improving children's education through technology.
If you are interested in joining us, please check our careers page for available roles
Working For You
See what teachers and educators are saying about EdShed
The updated spelling scheme is a game changer. It literally has everything you need to deliver an engaging spelling curriculum.
Teacher, Victoria Park Junior School
The updated scheme is amazing. The clearly structured planning makes life so easy. The online games are great fun and the children are actually engaged.
St. Swithuns Catholic Primary
EdShed has helped children learn at a fast pace. Planning is well structured and easy to teach from, as are the interventions.
Rachel Warner, Phonics Lead, Seven Stars
MathShed has many useful resources, including the MTC simulator, and is great for Year 6 children to practice SAT questions. There is great curriculum progression and the site is easy to use. I often use slides from the PowerPoints in my own lessons and the quizzes are great for revision. The assignments are excellent; they are easy to set and keep track of. Pupils enjoy using MathShed and use it outside of the allocated time.
Kristen Hopwood, Keyworth Primary and Nursery School
First year of using it. I love that it includes etymology and morphology in spelling lessons. We use Phonics Shed for phonics too. Our Year 1 phonics screening results were fabulous. In Year 2, all children except one (SEN) passed their resits. Our phonics data went up 6% to 85%!
Year 2 Teacher, UK
I just wanted to thank you again for the twilight sessions you did for us. You made it accessible to all and personalised it to our needs. During the sessions, I liked the clarification of terms and the nuggets of advice you gave, including what to pick up on and what not to in their writing, depending on their stage of development.EdShed has helped children learn at a fast pace. Planning is well structured and easy to teach from, as are the interventions.
Kathryn Delisser, Assistant Head/KS1 Phase Lead, Peel Park Primary School
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