Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Education |
Founded | February 2010 |
Founders | Jonathan Seaton and Susie Seaton |
Headquarters | , England |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jonathan Seaton (CEO) |
Products | Educational 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.
In 2018, its international sales were £2,600,000. [4]
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]
The company moved to its current headquarters in Sheffield, England in 2014. As of 2020 [update] , 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]
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]
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]
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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