# Twinkl

Twinkl is a global educational publisher and solution provider, used extensively by educators and parents across the UK and America, as well as in over 190 countries and territories around the world.
The company was founded in Sheffield, UK, in 2010, with the mission of ‘helping those who teach’. Today, Twinkl offers over one and a half million teacher-created and checked learning resources and tools, covering most major subjects and educational needs across all pre-school, school and college age groups.

## History

Twinkl was founded by husband and wife Jonathan and Susie Seaton.
Susie, a primary school teacher, had noticed there was a lack of ready-made, high-quality educational materials and classroom content available to teachers. To help save educators time, Jon and Susie began making resources in 2010 from a spare bedroom in their Sheffield home, steadily growing the business to meet more educator needs.
The company moved to its current headquarters in Sheffield, UK, in 2014.

## Products and solutions

Twinkl offers an ecosystem of resources, tools and solutions to teachers, education leaders, schools and multi-academy trusts to help solve challenges across resource, assessment, professional development, staffing and compliance - as well as giving parents and home educators ways to build skills outside of the classroom.
Twinkl is best known for its online library of digital, curriculum-linked educational materials, accessed by teachers and schools around the world via its website. Resources include content for primary and secondary education, Kindergarten through 12th grade, parents and home educators, English as a second language, and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Twinkl AI: The company also provides educators with a suite of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, allowing teachers to generate lesson plans, write reports and quickly create other forms of classroom content such as tests, quizzes and word searches.
Twinkl Phonics: In 2018, Twinkl launched Twinkl Phonics - a UK Department for Education (DfE)-approved phonics scheme that helps children learn to read and write. The scheme has since been rolled out to the US and Australia.
Twinkl Symbols: a Nasen-assured platform and app designed to give learners with special educational needs and disabilities an alternative way to communicate through visuals, in everyday situations.
Twinkl Originals: Going beyond digital resources, Twinkl Originals is a library of physical books, created by Twinkl writers and illustrators, to help children develop their vocabulary, language comprehension, and empathy.

## Partnerships and collaborations

Twinkl partners with many of the world’s leading companies and brands to develop even more engaging educational content - including Ferrari F1, Santander, Paramount (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Sony Pictures Entertainment (Garfield, Spider-Man, Ghostbusters)
Twinkl runs a start-up accelerator programme called Twinkl Hive - providing space, investment, mentoring and support to innovative education companies.

## Recognition and achievements

In April 2018, Twinkl received The Queen's Award for Enterprise for the company's work in international trade. Twinkl was awarded a second Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2020, for innovation.
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.
With Covid-19 forcing the closure of schools around the world, Twinkl made all of its resources freely available to help support educators, as well as partnering with BBC Bitesize to supply educational materials to boost home learning.