One consistent picture of need across your trust

One consistent picture of need across your trust

One consistent picture of need across your trust

Screen pupils the same way in each of your schools, follow progress across the trust and get a clear report for every pupil, so support, CPD and specialist time go where they’re needed most.

Screen pupils the same way in each of your schools, follow progress across the trust and get a clear report for every pupil, so support, CPD and specialist time go where they’re needed most.

Illustration: a trust leader in a yellow jumper reads pupil reports, next to a ‘Trust overview’ card for a sample trust: 5 of 6 schools started, 1,128 pupils assessed and uptake by school, with Brookside Primary not started yet.
Illustration: a trust leader in a yellow jumper reads pupil reports next to a ‘Trust overview’ card for a sample trust: St Mary’s Primary has assessed 93% of pupils and Brookside Primary has not started yet.
Illustration: a trust leader in a yellow jumper reads pupil reports, next to a ‘Trust overview’ card for a sample trust: 5 of 6 schools started, 1,128 pupils assessed and uptake by school, with Brookside Primary not started yet.

1,300+ schools

use Talamo across the UK

use Talamo across the UK

25,000+ pupils

screened with Talamo

screened with Talamo

Signposted by the BDA

dyslexia screening, ages 10–16

dyslexia screening, ages 10–16

Why trusts use Talamo

Built for multi-⁠school trusts

Built for multi-⁠school trusts

Built for multi-⁠school trusts

A common data language

A common data language

A common data language

Every pupil gets standard scores and a Level of Need on the same scale, from Low to Very high, so ‘High’ in one school means ‘High’ in the next.

Every pupil gets standard scores and a Level of Need on the same scale, from Low to Very high, so ‘High’ in one school means ‘High’ in the next.

Consistent, replicable screening

Consistent, replicable screening

Consistent, replicable screening

Schools run the same assessments in the same way, year after year, so you can compare results fairly across schools and over time.

Schools run the same assessments in the same way, year after year, so you can compare results fairly across schools and over time.

Trust-wide planning

Trust-wide planning

Trust-wide planning

Compare patterns of need across your schools, see which cohorts need most support and plan CPD, provision and specialist time where they’ll make the most difference.

Compare patterns of need across your schools, see which cohorts need most support and plan CPD, provision and specialist time where they’ll make the most difference.

Evidence for inclusion strategies

Evidence for inclusion strategies

Evidence for inclusion strategies

Each academy must publish an inclusion strategy by 31 December 2026. Screening gives each of your schools comparable evidence of need to build it on.

Each academy must publish an inclusion strategy by 31 December 2026. Screening gives each of your schools comparable evidence of need to build it on.

Better value at scale

Better value at scale

Better value at scale

Pricing is based on credits, and the more you buy across your schools, the less each assessment costs. We’ll put together a quote for your trust.

Pricing is based on credits, and the more you buy across your schools, the less each assessment costs. We’ll put together a quote for your trust.

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For me it’s all about increasing what’s in the teachers’ toolboxes that they can do themselves rather than needing someone to come along and say do this.

For me it’s all about increasing what’s in the teachers’ toolboxes that they can do themselves rather than needing someone to come along and say do this.

For me it’s all about increasing what’s in the teachers’ toolboxes that they can do themselves rather than needing someone to come along and say do this.

Amanda Shotter, Trust SEND Lead at Prince Albert Community Trust

Amanda Shotter

Trust SEND Lead, Prince Albert Community Trust

Trust SEND Lead, Prince Albert Community Trust

The assessments

Three assessments for ages 7 to 16

Three assessments for ages 7 to 16

Three assessments for ages 7 to 16

Your primary and secondary schools use one set of assessments, so results line up across the trust. Run one, two or all three; if a pupil takes more than one, a full report brings their results and recommendations together.

Your primary and secondary schools use one set of assessments, so results line up across the trust. Run one, two or all three; if a pupil takes more than one, a full report brings their results and recommendations together.

From every pupil to the whole trust

From every pupil to the whole trust

From every pupil to the whole trust

Each school follows the three steps it would on its own, and the trust gets a fourth: one view across all of them. A person at Talamo checks every report before you see it, normally within 48 hours.

Each school follows the three steps it would on its own, and the trust gets a fourth: one view across all of them. A person at Talamo checks every report before you see it, normally within 48 hours.

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Screen across your schools

Screen across your schools

Screen across your schools

Pupils log in with their own Login ID and work on a school laptop or desktop with headphones. Spoken instructions and practice items mean a teacher or TA can supervise, and schools can screen pupils one at a time, in small groups or a class at a time.

Pupils log in with their own Login ID and work on a school laptop or desktop with headphones. Spoken instructions and practice items mean a teacher or TA can supervise, and schools can screen pupils one at a time, in small groups or a class at a time.

Consistent set-up

35–45 min, can be split

Teacher or TA supervises

A primary pupil, seen from behind, chooses a task on the Talamo screen in a school computer room.

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Individual reports

Individual reports

Individual reports

Every pupil gets the same report, whichever school they’re in: strengths and challenges, standard scores, screening indicators (such as dyslexia risk) and a Level of Need, plus practical strategies for the classroom, extra support and home. Staff who move between schools read one format, and reports can be customised if your trust would rather not use condition labels.

Every pupil gets the same report, whichever school they’re in: strengths and challenges, standard scores, screening indicators (such as dyslexia risk) and a Level of Need, plus practical strategies for the classroom, extra support and home. Staff who move between schools read one format, and reports can be customised if your trust would rather not use condition labels.

Standard scores

Indicators and Level of Need

Practical strategies

See Grace’s sample report

  • Report overview for Grace Kowalski, a sample secondary pupil who took the Cognitive & Dyslexia assessment: need level High, with literacy, working memory and processing speed as her main areas of need; screening result Dyslexia: Likely; challenges in phonological awareness, processing speed, spelling and working memory.
  • Cognitive profile for Grace Kowalski (sample): standard scores of 92 for visual reasoning, 86 verbal reasoning, 79 phonological awareness, 80 processing speed, 81 working memory, 92 reading speed, 89 reading comprehension and 80 spelling.
  • How to support Grace

    For subject teachers. Practical strategies for secondary lessons.

    Learn and practise key subject words

    Because the phonological awareness score was low.

    Before a demanding text, choose three to five essential words. Say and write each one, split it into syllables and practise reading and spelling it.

    Break complex instructions into a visible sequence

    Because the working-memory score was low.

    Divide longer instructions into clearly written stages, such as research, plan and write, and keep the sequence visible on the board or a checklist.

    Use a subject spelling journal

    Because the spelling score was low.

    Record words Grace often misspells with a cue such as a root or word family, and revisit them after a few days and again the next week.

  • Report overview for Grace Kowalski (sample): need level High; Dyslexia: Likely; low phonological awareness, processing speed, spelling and working memory.
  • Cognitive profile for Grace Kowalski (sample), from phonological awareness 79 to visual reasoning and reading speed 92.
  • How to support Grace

    For subject teachers.

    Practise key subject words

    Because phonological awareness was low.

    Say, split and spell three to five key words.

    Show instructions as steps

    Because working memory was low.

    Write longer instructions as stages and keep them visible.

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Cohort reports

Cohort reports

Cohort reports

Each school sees a class or year group together: which pupils to prioritise, the needs they share and strategies for whole-class teaching and intervention groups, on the same scale as the trust’s other schools.

Each school sees a class or year group together: which pupils to prioritise, the needs they share and strategies for whole-class teaching and intervention groups, on the same scale as the trust’s other schools.

Class and year group view

Priority pupils

Intervention groups

  • Year 7 group report for Westfield Academy, example data: 172 pupils assessed, 25 to prioritise and 8 still in progress. Need profile: low 116, medium 31, high 17, very high 8. Most common areas of difficulty: reading comprehension, spelling, processing speed and working memory.
  • How to support Year 7

    Approaches that help the whole group, built into everyday lessons.

    Compare examples and non-examples

    Useful whole-class foundation.

    Put a correct example beside one that looks similar but isn’t, and ask pupils to spot the important difference.

    Move gradually from modelling to independence

    Useful whole-class foundation.

    Show a worked example, complete the next one together, then remove part of the support.

    Retrieve what the new learning depends on

    Useful whole-class foundation.

    Start with a short, low-stakes recap of the knowledge pupils will need in the lesson.

  • Year 7 group report for Westfield Academy, example data: 172 assessed, 25 to prioritise; need profile low 116, medium 31, high 17, very high 8; most common areas of difficulty: reading comprehension, spelling, processing speed and working memory.
  • How to support Year 7

    For the whole group, in everyday lessons.

    Compare examples and non-examples

    Ask pupils to spot what makes a correct example different.

    Model, then step back

    Worked example, then one together, then remove support.

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Trust-wide view

Trust-wide view

Trust-wide view

See all your schools in one place: which have started, how many pupils have been assessed and how many tests are still in progress. Then compare patterns of need across the trust, while each school keeps its own reports.

See all your schools in one place: which have started, how many pupils have been assessed and how many tests are still in progress. Then compare patterns of need across the trust, while each school keeps its own reports.

School by school

Uptake and progress

Patterns of need

Trust overview for a sample trust, autumn term so far: 5 of 6 schools started, 1,128 pupils assessed, 92% of tests complete with 186 in progress and 690 credits remaining; uptake by school from St Mary’s Primary (93% of pupils assessed) to Riverside College (50%), with Brookside Primary not started yet; and a chart of pupils assessed week by week, rising to 1,128 by week 8.
Trust overview for a sample trust: 5 of 6 schools started, 1,128 pupils assessed, 92% of tests complete and 690 credits remaining; uptake by school from St Mary’s Primary (93%) to Riverside College (50%), with Brookside Primary not started yet.

These are screening results, not a diagnosis. They show which pupils may need a closer look.

These are screening results, not a diagnosis. They show which pupils may need a closer look.

Trusts: your questions

Trusts: your questions

Trusts: your questions

Common questions from trust leaders, SEND leads and central teams.

Common questions from trust leaders, SEND leads and central teams.

Can we see all our schools in one place?

How do we roll out Talamo across several schools?

Can central teams manage accounts across our schools?

How can screening help with our inclusion strategies?

Still have a question?

Talk to our team

See what Talamo could show your trust

See what Talamo could show your trust

See what Talamo could show your trust

Book a call with our team. We’ll show you the school and trust-⁠level reports and help you decide where to start.

Book a call with our team. We’ll show you the school and trust-⁠level reports and help you decide where to start.

Trust overview

Sample trust · autumn term so far

Schools started

5 of 6

Pupils assessed

1,128

Very high need

7%

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Designed for parents and teachers to spot learning patterns early and clearly.

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A monthly email with news, research and event updates for SENCos, schools and families.

© Talamo Limited 2026. Registered in England and Wales, company number 13714418. Registered office: 3 Buckland House, William Prance Road, Plymouth PL6 5WR.