Twinkl

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Twinkl
TypePrivate company
IndustryEducation
Founded2010;13 years ago (2010)
FounderJonathan Seaton and Susie Seaton
Headquarters
Sheffield
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jonathan Seaton
(CEO)
ProductsEducational resources, teacher planning materials, teacher assessment materials
Number of employees
500+
Website twinkl.co.uk

Twinkl is an online educational publishing house founded in 2010 and headquartered in Sheffield, England, producing teaching and educational materials. [1] Twinkl was founded by Jonathan Seaton [2] [3] and Susie Seaton. They also produce resources based on movies.

Contents

In 2018, its international sales were £2,600,000. [4]

Products

Twinkl creates digital teaching materials for educators worldwide. [5] This includes materials for primary schools, [6] secondary schools, parents [7] [8] home educators, [9] childminders, English as a second language, special educational needs and disabilities, adult education, [10] and international markets. [11]

Location

The company moved to its current headquarters in Sheffield, England in 2014. As of 2020, the company has over 710 staff in 15 locations around the world. In 2017, it opened a second office [12] in Wollongong, Australia. [13] [14]

Recognition and achievements

In April 2018, Twinkl received The Queen's Award for Enterprise [15] for the company's work in international trade. Twinkl was awarded a second Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2020, for innovation. [16] [17]

Jonathan Seaton, co-founder and CEO of Twinkl was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for Twinkl’s services to Technology and Education during the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. [18]

Coronavirus response

Twinkl offered all its resources for free to parents, teachers and carers globally for one month during the Coronavirus school closures. [19]

The firm partnered with BBC Bitesize to supply educational materials to support home learning. [20] It has partnered with BBC Children in Need to offer a range of free resources, supporting children and schools to fundraise for the charity. [21] In June 2020, the firm partnered with BBC Studios to create a range of educational Doctor Who resources for primary school children. [22] Twinkl collaborated with UEFA Champions League and their partner, Santander, to launch The Numbers Game Champions Challenge Cards, made available for free on the Twinkl website. [23]

TwinklHive

In 2019, Twinkl launched a startup accelerator, TwinklHive [24] based in Sheffield, UK. TwinklHive launched a young entrepreneurship programme [25] in 2020, offering investment and mentorship to young people who want to grow a digital business.

Natterhub, a social media platform and framework created for teachers to share with pupils, is part of TwinklHive. [26] Founded by Manjit Sareen and Caroline Allams, [27] the curriculum aimed platform is aimed at students aged 5 to 11 in the United Kingdom.

Another prominent company receiving investment from TwinklHive is Learning Ladders [28] - a software for curriculum planning, portfolios, assessments,  progress tracking, remote learning and family engagement.

Champion Health, a digital wellbeing platform, received investment from TwinklHive [29] in 2020.

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