Welcome to iAbacus for Northern Ireland
Welcome to iAbacus for Northern Ireland
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For schools across Northern Ireland, iAbacus provides a clear, collaborative framework that is fully aligned with the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) framework. Whether you are a primary school undertaking self-evaluation or a post-primary school building a School Development Plan (SDP), our platform helps you to evaluate your practice, drive meaningful improvement, and support every learner's journey.
For schools across Northern Ireland, iAbacus provides a clear, collaborative framework that is fully aligned with the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) framework. Whether you are a primary school undertaking self-evaluation or a post-primary school building a School Development Plan (SDP), our platform helps you to evaluate your practice, drive meaningful improvement, and support every learner's journey.
Align your self-evaluation with the official ETI framework.
Create a single source of truth for your School Development Plan (SDP).
Drive targeted improvement to address educational disadvantage with a specific action plan.
Strengthen your school's approach to wellbeing with a dedicated framework.
Develop your digital learning strategy using relevant educational frameworks.
Support staff professional development and reflective practice.
Demonstrate impact with clear, evidence-based reports for the ETI.
Empower your school community with a shared collaborative planning tool.
Develop leadership capacity with a reflective, structured process.
How it's used in Northern Ireland
How it's used in Northern Ireland
iAbacus brings clarity and consistency to all your improvement work, from strategic self-evaluation against the ETI framework to planning your digital learning strategy.
iAbacus brings clarity and consistency to all your improvement work, from strategic self-evaluation against the ETI framework to planning your digital learning strategy.
Create a collaborative, live self-evaluation using our dedicated templates aligned with the ETI framework. Bring your leadership team together to build a shared, evidence-rich picture of your school's strengths and priorities, and turn your self-evaluation into a meaningful, actionable School Development Plan (SDP).
Support every member of your team with a simple, structured tool for professional learning and development. Staff can evaluate their practice, evidence their impact, and create targeted goals for their growth, fostering a culture of meaningful reflection and supporting their professional learning journey.
Empower your leadership team to drive a whole-school priority, such as implementing a digital learning framework or strengthening your approach to wellbeing. Use our dedicated templates to ensure a consistent, evidence-based approach to strategic improvement across your school.
Create a holistic view of a pupil's journey. Use individual abacuses to track academic progress, monitor wellbeing, or coordinate support for pupils with additional needs, ensuring every child is supported to achieve their full potential.
A flexible tool for every purpose and role
A flexible tool for every purpose and role
Every purpose
Every purpose
From whole-school self-evaluation using the ETI framework and action planning for key priorities, to managing wellbeing provision and supporting staff development, iAbacus supports every aspect of your school's improvement journey.
Every role
Every role
In a Northern Irish school, collaboration is key. iAbacus empowers your entire team—from the Principal and Deputy Principal to classroom teachers and SENCOs—to collaborate on shared goals and contribute to a unified vision.
Principals
Principals
Lead collaborative self-evaluation and development plans, support your in-school management team, and report to your Board of Governors with confidence and evidence.
Middle Leaders
Middle Leaders
Drive improvement for your subject department or pastoral area with a clear, evidence-based process that develops your leadership and strategic thinking.
Teachers / TAs
Teachers / TAs
Own your professional growth with a simple, structured tool for reflection, professional dialogue, and evidencing your impact on learner outcomes over time.
ETI Framework: Leading improvement with confidence
ETI Framework: Leading improvement with confidence
Our whole-school templates, aligned with the ETI quality framework, give school leaders a single, collaborative hub for their development plan, turning evaluation into confident, strategic action.
Our whole-school templates, aligned with the ETI quality framework, give school leaders a single, collaborative hub for their development plan, turning evaluation into confident, strategic action.
Smart features that save time
Smart features that save time
Everything you need to embed a sustainable culture of self-evaluation and improvement.
Everything you need to embed a sustainable culture of self-evaluation and improvement.
Templates for schools in Northern Ireland
Templates for schools in Northern Ireland
Start straight away with templates or let us design one tailored to your needs.
Collaborative planning
Collaborative planning
Co-create plans with colleagues and build a shared culture of ownership across your school.
Instant one-click reports
Instant one-click reports
Export PDFs in a single click — ready to share with your Board of Governors or the Inspectorate (ETI).
Track progress visually
Track progress visually
See progress over time with a visual record that shows not just where you are — but how far you’ve come.
A Teacher-Centric Approach to Appraisal
A Teacher-Centric Approach to Appraisal
Support staff growth with a unique, teacher-centric approach. iAbacus transforms professional development into a meaningful dialogue, empowering teachers to own their learning journey and evidence the impact of their practice.
Support staff growth with a unique, teacher-centric approach. iAbacus transforms professional development into a meaningful dialogue, empowering teachers to own their learning journey and evidence the impact of their practice.
Not just evaluation
Not just evaluation
Too many tools stop at judgement. iAbacus moves you forward.
Too many tools stop at judgement. iAbacus moves you forward.
Unlike audit and compliance systems that simply show where you are, iAbacus connects evaluation to action. It leads you through analysis, planning and collaboration — ensuring insight becomes strategy and drives real improvement.
Supporting every learner's journey
Supporting every learner's journey
Create a holistic, 360-degree view of a pupil's progress. Use our learner-focused templates to coordinate support, track wellbeing, and ensure every child—especially those with additional needs—has a clear and personalised path to success.
Create a holistic, 360-degree view of a pupil's progress. Use our learner-focused templates to coordinate support, track wellbeing, and ensure every child—especially those with additional needs—has a clear and personalised path to success.
Instant Insights
Instant Insights
From multiple perspectives to one clear picture
From multiple perspectives to one clear picture
The true power of iAbacus emerges when evaluations and action plans are shared. Our unique "Overlay" features let you combine input from different teams, subjects or schools — instantly. This creates a panoramic view that reveals patterns, highlights good practice and supports more informed, strategic decisions.
What youre colleagues are saying...
What youre colleagues are saying...
"The most straightforward and simple improvement tool I have come across in the last 10 years."
-- HEADTEACHER --
"Because it’s not complicated everybody gets it! Not having to explain it makes it easy to share."
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"At strategic board level we use it to look at strengths and weaknesses across all the schools."
-- GROUP CEO --
"It was a revelation! Lo and behold, I only had to look at it to know what it is all about."
-- IT JOURNALIST --
"It's intuitive and reflects very simply the journey we want teachers to plan for themselves."
-- HEADTEACHER --
"The most powerful tool for providing concrete evidence towards appraisals."
-- HEADTEACHER --
"I like how it helps you reflect as a practitioner. The visual idea of an abacus makes it easy to use."
-- TEACHER --
"It’s simple and easy to use even for a computer-phobe like me. Thank you for all your help."
-- TEACHER --
"The idea is good, the display is good – the final report function is very good."
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Book a personal demo
Book a personal demo
Let us show you how iAbacus can be shaped around your goals — in a friendly, no-pressure session.
Try iAbacus for FREE
Try iAbacus for FREE
Unlock the full platform with your team and experience the clarity and confidence iAbacus brings.
Book a demo and get a free 30 day trial
Book a demo and get a free 30 day trial
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Align with Irish priorities using templates for the LAOS 2022 framework and DEIS.
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A single source of truth for your school's entire improvement journey.
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Empower every role with intuitive tools that foster shared ownership.
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Drive continuous improvement with a living, evidence-based process.
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