Access Education shortlisted for three Bett Awards 2027

Access Education’s entry focused on Access Evo, the platform that underpins Access Education software. It brings everything that needs attention into one place, answers questions from a school’s own data and takes on routine work in the background, so school staff spend less time on admin. Every capability is tested with schools and trusts through an early adopter programme before release. 

Over the last 12 months, GCSEPod has added AI tools that help teachers plan lessons, create assignments and mark work. They draw on GCSEPod’s own curriculum-mapped content, and the teacher reviews and approves everything before it reaches a student. Teachers have accepted the Marking Assistant’s feedback 99.1% of the time. The tools are included in every GCSEPod subscription at no extra cost.

For more than 16 years, GCSEPod has supported teaching and revision in secondary schools. Its library holds more than 13,000 short, curriculum-mapped video Pods, created with teachers and examiners. In the last year, it added 314 new Pods and more than 640 new assessments, and launched a student app so revision works on the devices students already use. Regular GCSEPod users achieve, on average, 1.5 grades higher than non-users. 

Jonny Cowlin, General Manager for Access Education, said: “Being shortlisted in three categories is a real credit to our product, design and development teams, and to the teachers, schools and trusts who give us their time and honest feedback. Whether it’s Access Evo giving school staff time back, or GCSEPod helping teachers plan, set and mark work with content they can trust, we’re committed to developing our products with and for the people who use them. 

“We’d also like to thank the teams behind these products. Many of them have spent years shaping Access Education alongside the teachers, customers and examiners we work with. They deserve all the recognition.” 

The Bett Awards 2027 winners will be announced on 20 January 2027.