eAA Award Winners 2026 Webinar Series with Julie Carson - Woodland Academy Trust
Online webinar
eAA Award Winners 2026 Webinar Series
Join us for a special webinar series showcasing the winners of the 2026 e-Assessment Awards. Each session will provide an opportunity to hear directly from award-winning teams as they share the ideas, innovations, and experiences behind their recognised work.
This session will be hosted by Julie Carson from Woodland Academy Trust, who won the Best Schools Digital Assessment Programme/Implementation award:
Traditionally, assessment often happens after learning, through marking books or tests, which can take a lot of time and doesn’t always help teachers respond quickly to what pupils need. We wanted to change that. Our project is about making assessment work better for both children and teachers.
Across our schools, we now use Magma Maths to help teachers see, during the lesson, what pupils understand and where they are struggling. As children work, teachers can immediately spot misunderstandings, adjust tasks, offer extra support or stretch pupils further, all in real time.
This means children are more confident because the work is pitched at the right level for them. They are less worried about getting things wrong and more willing to try. For pupils who find learning harder, especially those with additional needs, this makes learning feel fairer and more accessible.
For teachers, it reduces time spent marking and paperwork, allowing them to focus on teaching and supporting pupils.
In simple terms, our project uses digital assessment to help teachers teach better in the moment, and to help children feel more successful while they are learning.
More details will be announced as they become available.
