How the jar fills up
Three small steps, over and over, all year. That's it.
A photo, a drawing, or their own words
Children choose how to capture their work — no reading needed, no accounts, just tap and make.
You see every moment first
Nothing joins a child's jar until you've approved it — tag a skill as you go, or send it back with a kind note. That's the safety promise, built in.
A year of evidence, child by child
Every approved moment joins that child's jar — dated, skill-tagged, and ready to show leadership, Ofsted, or a proud family.
The drawing canvas
A canvas that feels like a pot of felt-tips
Full-screen and child-led: pencils, pens and markers rise from the bottom edge, a rainbow colour slider, shapes, text boxes and pages. Four-year-olds find their way without a single word of instructions.
Photos
Point, snap, pop it in
The junk-model, the tricky maths on a whiteboard, the tower that took all of golden time — captured on the classroom iPad in seconds, with an optional caption in the child's own words.
junk model
“my rocket has 3 boosters”
whiteboard maths
“I did it a new way”
Activities
Set an activity once, use it every year
Build a library of reusable activities — instructions, tags, even a worksheet or drawn template children work directly on top of. Assign to the whole class or a few children, then reassign next September in one tap. And if you teach more than one class, they all live under one roof.
Label the parts of a plant
Science · worksheet template
Show me your best pattern
Maths · photo response
News from my weekend
Writing · reused from last year
The approval queue
Marking, minus the pile
Every submission waits calmly in one queue. Approve in two taps, tag skills as you go, send back with a kind note, or batch-approve the lot at 8pm with a cup of tea. Works beautifully on a laptop.
Poppy · drawing
Label the parts of a plant
Jesse · photo
Show me your best pattern
Amara · her words
News from my weekend
Our promises to your school
Not small print. The whole point.No child emails or passwords. Ever.
Children sign in with a class code and by tapping their own name. First names only — no surnames, no accounts, nothing to forget or leak.
Nothing exists until you approve it
Every single moment passes through your approval queue before it joins a child's jar. You are the gatekeeper, by design, always.
UK GDPR, data kept in the UK/EU
Built for UK schools' obligations from day one: UK GDPR compliant, data stored in the UK/EU, and a DPA ready for your office.
Built by a serving UK primary teacher
Storyjar is made by someone who does the school run, the marking and the moderation meetings. It exists because the classroom needed it.
One day, families will watch the jar fill up from home
A gentle, read-only view for parents and carers — only what you've approved, only their own child. On the roadmap alongside voice & video recording, groups, and scheduled activities.
I built Storyjar in my own Year 2 classroom in the North East, because the tools we were given made evidence-gathering feel like admin, and the children's work deserved better than a folder on a shelf. Every feature here has been tested by the toughest review panel there is: thirty six-year-olds and one very tired teacher on a Thursday afternoon.
— A Year 2 teacher in the North East
Simple, honest launch pricing
Start free with one class. Grow when your school does.
One class jar
Free
forever, for one class
- ✓ One teacher, one class
- ✓ Unlimited moments & approvals
- ✓ Drawing canvas, photos & words
- ✓ Class code sign-in for children
School plan
£4.99 per teacher / month
billed annually · final pricing confirmed at launch
- ✓ Every class you teach, one roof
- ✓ Reusable activity library & worksheets
- ✓ Skill tagging & evidence reports
- ✓ Priority support from a real teacher
Questions teachers ask
Do children need email addresses or passwords?+
No — never. Children sign in with your class code and by tapping their own name. We only store first names; no surnames, emails, or dates of birth.
Can anything go into a child's jar without me seeing it?+
No. Every moment a child makes waits in your approval queue. You approve it, tag it, or send it back with a note — nothing is kept without your say-so.
Does it count as assessment evidence?+
That's the point of it. Every approved moment is dated and can be tagged against skills, building a per-child evidence base across the year you can show leadership, moderators, or Ofsted.
What devices does it work on?+
Anything with a browser. Child screens are designed for classroom iPads in landscape first; the teacher side works beautifully on a laptop — including at 8pm on the sofa.
Where is the data stored?+
In the UK/EU, under UK GDPR. A data processing agreement is available for your school office, and you can export or delete your class's data at any time.
When can parents see the jar?+
A read-only family view is on the roadmap. Parents will only ever see their own child's approved moments — and you'll switch it on when you're ready.
Start your class jar today
Free for one class. Your children can pop their first moment in before home time.
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