The Earwig tech development roadmap · 2026–2028
Six strands of AI, built into the software you already use. No new systems to learn, no school data leaving the bubble, just less admin for the people who should be teaching.
Special needs teachers are always balancing three roles, and the DfE keeps adding to the one that helps children least.
Roughly a third of a SEND teacher's time now goes on paperwork rather than on pupils.
How a typical SEND teacher's time divides across the working week.
These are the nine tasks that consume most teacher admin time. Earwig handles the seven highlighted below today, and AI will make every one of them faster.
Both routes are open to you. One is available now, one is where the platform is heading.
Take your Earwig data out to an external AI agent, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Power BI and analyse it there. Three ways to do it:
The traditional route. Export most assessment data to a spreadsheet and go from there.
The API route · Power BI. Select the data you want and send it straight into Power BI.
The API route · data lake. Feed a data lake for multi-school trusts.
Use AI features built into the Earwig modules your staff already use every day.
No material change in processes. Gradual evolution, not a migration.
Data security. No school data leaves the bubble.
Data reliability. You always know exactly which data the system is working from.
Ten years of SEND-specific records, gathered by the teachers who wrote them.
We asked Earwig users which features they actually wanted. The percentage on each feature is the share who said yes.
Identify pupils in images in the Evidence Bank
Spot pupils who appear in an image and offer to blur them
Suggested commentary for records
Suggested commentary for reports
Suggest EHCP (ISP) outcomes for annual reviews
Break outcomes down into medium and short-term targets
A half-termly summary of school activity for each set of parents
Suggested activities for parents to do at home to support learning
Ask for the report you want in plain language, then adjust it by voice
Exception reports for teachers, leaders and governors, who is falling behind and who is pulling ahead
A Next Steps list based on your frameworks and previous performance
Suggested lesson outlines with content you can use
Percentages are from a survey of Earwig users.
Through 2026 we lay the groundwork, the export APIs, the Accreditation module, the new staff and parent app. Through 2027 the six strands go live, one at a time.
Choose the strands you want and add more as you go. Beta testers get an initial discount.
Bronze
Low cost, self setup, self-managed
£30per strand
£150full pack
Silver
More flexibility, more support
£60per strand
£300full pack
Gold
The full Earwig package
£90per strand
£450full pack
Trust package
Designed for multi-school groups
−25%off the total schools charge
Designed around special schools, not adapted from mainstream.
Every suggestion traces back to a record a teacher made.
School data stays inside the Earwig bubble.
AI drafts. Staff decide what is kept, changed or thrown away.
The goal is not better technology.
The goal is better outcomes for children — and less stressed staff.