How it works
ClassKeep is two things that share the same notes: a phone app for the classroom, and a website for when you're sitting down.
Capture in seconds
Something worth remembering happens dozens of times a week. The phone app is built for exactly that moment: pick the child, type or dictate a sentence, and put your phone away. Three taps is the whole job.
It works with no signal, because classrooms often have none. And if your hands are busy — glue sticks, a violin, someone's shoelace — you can dictate instead. Dictation is processed on the phone itself, so no audio ever leaves it.
It builds up through the term
You don't need to note something every day, and ClassKeep won't ask you to. A moment here and there is enough. By half term each child already has a handful of specifics attached to them — the thing they explained, the day they surprised you, the first time they asked for harder work.
On the web you can see your class at a glance, including the children you've barely written about. That's not a judgement — it's usually the quiet ones, and it's useful to know before parents' evening.
It's there when you need it
When you're writing reports or preparing to sit down with parents, open the child's page on the web. Every moment you kept through the year is there, in order. You're no longer trying to remember June in June — you wrote it down when it happened.
You still write the report. ClassKeep just makes sure you have something true and specific to write from, instead of reaching for the phrases you aren't proud of.
Questions teachers actually ask
- What if there's no signal in my classroom?
- Notes are saved on your phone first and sync when you're back on Wi-Fi or have signal. Capturing a moment never depends on the network.
- Can the school or anyone else read my notes?
- No. Your notes belong to you. Nobody at your school, and nobody at ClassKeep, reads them as a matter of course. You choose what to do with them.
- Is ClassKeep an assessment or tracking tool?
- No. There are no levels, scores, or progress grids. It's a notebook of specific moments, kept so reports and parents' evenings have something real to say.
- What happens to my notes at the end of the year?
- They stay with you. When a class moves on, you decide whether to keep the notes for your own records or delete them. Deleting them removes them properly.
- When can I actually use it?
- ClassKeep is pre-launch. The only thing available right now is the pilot — a small group of primary teachers using it in real classrooms. You can join the list on this site.
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