K-12 learning 🇬🇧 Lewes, United Kingdom Since 2012 4.9 · 2K ratings

Tapestry

An online learning journal and nursery software for early years and primary schools.

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14,000
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on the UK App Store, 2,271 ratings
4.9

About Tapestry

Tapestry is an online learning journal from The Foundation Stage Forum Ltd in Lewes, East Sussex. Nurseries, childminders and primary schools use it to record observations with photos and video, and parents see them on the web or in the app. Since 2024 it also books sessions, sends invoices and keeps attendance registers for nurseries. A yearly subscription costs £68 for up to 6 children and £1,200 for up to 400, excluding VAT, with every feature in every size. Tapestry says 14,000 settings and schools in 40 countries use it.

Tapestry keeps a digital learning journal for each child. Staff add observations with photos, video, audio and notes, link them to a framework such as the EYFS, and track progress. Parents and other relatives read the entries, comment and add their own observations from home.

Steve Edwards worked for Ericsson for many years and first set up the Foundation Stage Forum, an online community for early years educators. Dr Helen Edwards trained as a primary teacher, ran her own nursery for ten years and worked as an early years Ofsted inspector. The couple launched Tapestry in 2012 to connect educators and families around a child’s learning.

In 2024 Tapestry added nursery management: bookings, staff ratios, invoicing and registers. In 2026 it released a new app, in-app payments through Unipaas and an MIS integration through Wonde. The company stays family owned and works from Lewes, near Brighton.

History

  1. 2006 The Foundation Stage Forum Limited is incorporated in England on 27 March.
  2. 2012 Helen and Steve Edwards launch Tapestry, an online learning journal.
  3. 2023 Shortlisted in two categories at the Bett Awards, its first entry. Tapestry says 1.2 million parents and carers use the journals.
  4. 2024 Launches nursery management with bookings, invoicing and registers.
  5. 2024 Starts printed learning journals with the publisher Group Hugs in August. Highly commended in the Apps category of the Teach Primary Awards in November.
  6. 2025 Ranked third in the BusinessCloud EdTech 50 in March. Releases a redesigned platform in September.
  7. 2026 Releases the new Tapestry Education Platform app in January and moves all accounts to the new design from 11 February.
  8. 2026 Ranked second in the EdTech 50, its fourth year running in the top three.
  9. 2026 Launches Tapestry Pay with Unipaas on 2 June and an MIS integration with Wonde.
  10. 2026 Adds a Funding Loop export and is shortlisted twice at the BESA Awards in July.
  11. 2026 Publishes its seventh early years survey in October, with answers from 637 professionals.

Leadership

  • Steve Edwards Co-founder and managing director, formerly at Ericsson
  • Dr Helen Edwards Co-founder and director, former nursery owner and early years Ofsted inspector
  • Stephen Kilgour SEND advisor and outreach teacher, former deputy head of Cherry Garden School

Tim Pagett is the data protection officer. The team includes former educators, product support specialists, testers and developers.

How Tapestry works

package sizes, all with every feature
15
children per subscription
6–400
free trial
2 weeks
  • Observations and memos
  • Unlimited photos, video and audio
  • Family observations
  • Care Diary and daily logs
  • Accident and incident forms
  • Monitoring and planning
  • Built-in and custom reports
  • Reflections for staff
  • Document hub
  • Direct messaging
  • Child Login
  • PDF journal exports

Frameworks on Tapestry

Early years4

  • EYFS
  • Montessori
  • IEYC
  • The Archetype Approach

Primary3

  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • Pupil progress tracker

SEND2

  • Cherry Garden
  • SEND assessment tools

Own frameworks2

  • Custom curriculums
  • Bespoke frameworks from a CSV file

Frameworks listed on tapestry.info on 15 October 2026. A setting picks the frameworks it uses for monitoring and planning.

Products

  • Online learning journal Staff add observations with unlimited photos, video and audio and link them to a framework. Relatives comment and add observations from home. Learning journals
  • Nursery management Bookings, rooms and staff ratios, invoices built from bookings, and registers for children and staff. Invoices export to Xero, QuickBooks and Funding Loop. Nursery software
  • Tapestry Pay Parents pay invoices in the app by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, bank transfer or Tax-Free Childcare. Unipaas processes the payments, and Tapestry matches them to invoices. How Tapestry Pay works
  • Child Login Pupils log in on their own, upload work and read teacher feedback. Child Login
  • Tapestry CPD Online courses for staff, made with sector experts and Siren Films, with certificates. They come with every subscription. Professional development

How much is Tapestry?

  • Smallest Up to 6 children £68/year £68 a year, childminders, about £11.33 per child
  • Up to 12 children £85/year £85 a year, excl. VAT
  • Up to 20 children £132/year £132 a year, excl. VAT
  • Up to 40 children £164/year £164 a year, excl. VAT
  • Up to 60 children £212/year £212 a year, excl. VAT
  • Up to 90 children £290/year £290 a year, excl. VAT
  • Up to 120 children £370/year £370 a year, excl. VAT
  • Up to 180 children £544/year £544 a year, excl. VAT
  • Up to 270 children £810/year £810 a year, excl. VAT
  • Largest Up to 400 children £1,200/year £1,200 a year, schools and groups, £3 per child

Is Tapestry free?

A free, no-obligation two-week trial with full access. Converting the trial keeps its data, once the first invoice is paid.

Prices on tapestry.info/pricing on 15 October 2026, in pounds, excluding VAT, billed once a year. Every size includes every feature. The price changes only with the number of active children. A Wonde MIS integration costs £60 + VAT a year extra. Remote training costs £30 + VAT per 30-minute session.

How to change or renew a Tapestry subscription

FAQs
  • tapestryjournal.com ↗
    1. Log in as a manager in the browser version
    2. Open Help, Account, Account Management
    3. Click Change, select a size and confirm
  • Only a manager on the account can change the subscription.
  • A size change at renewal replaces the renewal invoice at once.
  • A mid-year upgrade starts when the upgrade invoice is paid.
  • Parents cannot manage the subscription and contact their school or setting.

Refund rules

Unpaid renewal
The account freezes on the renewal date and reopens if payment arrives within 90 days.
Recent upgrade
To reduce a size paid for in the last 30 days, email customer.service@eyfs.info.
Late upgrade
To increase the size within 2 months of renewal, email customer.service@eyfs.info.

From the Tapestry FAQs and the Managing your subscription size tutorial, checked on 15 October 2026.

App ratings

Tapestry Education Platform app

Name
Tapestry Education Platform
Developer
The Foundation Stage Forum Ltd.
Released
January 2026, replacing the old app
Price
Free, the setting pays
Google Play
100K+ downloads
Devices
iPhone and iPad on iOS 15.6+, Android, Amazon Fire

Latest news

  1. Tapestry Survey 2026: the results are in
  2. Tapestry shortlisted in two categories at the BESA Awards 2026
  3. Tapestry launches a Funding Loop compatible export
  4. Tapestry launches MIS integration with Wonde
  5. Tapestry Pay: in-app payments powered by Unipaas
  6. Tapestry second in the BusinessCloud EdTech 50

Contacts and company data

Legal entity
The Foundation Stage Forum Limited, Watercourt, 65 High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XG, England
Company number
05757213, Companies House
Incorporated
27 March 2006
Status
Active
Nature of business
SIC 85100 Pre-primary education, 85200 Primary education
Hosting
Amazon Web Services in Germany and Ireland
Backups
Separate location, up to 24 hours old, 90 days kept

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Tapestry FAQ

Staff and parents use the same page: tapestryjournal.com. Enter the email address and password from your activation email and click Log in. On a phone, install the Tapestry Education Platform app for iPhone, Android or Amazon Fire. Pupils use the separate Child Login page.

Reset your password from the Forgot your password link on tapestryjournal.com. If the activation email did not arrive, check your spam folder. Your child’s school or setting manages your account, so contact them. Tapestry support answers only managers on the account.

An online learning journal for early years and primary education, made by The Foundation Stage Forum Ltd in Lewes, England. Staff record observations with photos and video, parents see and add to them, and nurseries can also run bookings, invoices and registers in it.

Nurseries, preschools, childminders, schools with nurseries, Reception and Key Stage 1 and 2 classes, special schools and international schools. Tapestry says 14,000 settings and schools in 40 countries use it, among them more than 7,000 primary schools.

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