back to listings SME Profile: Renaissance Learning UK Ltd
Renaissance Learning UK Ltd 14th Floor, South Quay Building T: +44 (0)20 7184 4000 |
About Us
Renaissance® provides data-driven, personalised practice and assessment solutions to more than 82 countries across the world.
Founded by Wisconsin parents and educators Terry and Judy Paul in 1986, Renaissance established in the UK in 1999 and is now present in almost 6,000 primary and secondary schools in the UK and Ireland.
To accelerate learning for all
At Renaissance, we believe that everyone can be a successful learner, and it is our conviction that empowering teachers is integral to school success. We are a company founded by parents, upheld by educators and enriched by scientists who all know that learning is a growth process; a continual journey from year to year and for a lifetime. Every student should have the chance to reach his or her full potential.
We light their path toward growth.
Renaissance Assessment & Practice Solutions
Approximately 18.5 million students in more than 52,500 schools worldwide use Renaissance solutions – the effectiveness of which has been proven in 442 studies, with more than 71 percent conducted by third-party evaluators. 62 studies have been published in scientific, peer-reviewed journals. 2.8 billion real-world data points help our data experts glean new insights, refine and improve our assessment and practice solutions.
In the UK, independent studies and trials by the National Literacy Trust and Education Endowment Foundation show that Renaissance Accelerated Reader™ improves both attitudes towards reading and reading ability.
Products
Computer-adaptive tests that incorporate learning progressions to bridge assessment and instruction. A computer-adaptive test for reading for students in Years 2 – 13, built for the new national curriculum. A computer-adaptive test for maths for students in Years 2 – 13, built for the new national curriculum. A computer-adaptive test for students with a sight vocabulary of fewer than 100 words. |
Learning progressions built for the new national curriculum in collaboration with NFER. On-site and remote training and professional development tailored to each school’s needs. Personalised voice-to-voice coaching supported by self-paced tutorials and activities. Renaissance Place A cloud-hosted platform that gives teachers instant access to real-time data to improve student outcome. |
A guided independent reading programme that motivates students to read for pleasure. A paper- or web-based programme to move students to mastery of curriculum-linked maths skills. An online programme to develop automaticity in students’ use of essential maths skills. An accessible programme to help English language learners to improve their vocabulary acquisition. |