Teachers make constant decisions throughout the day, and many of those decisions depend on having the right information at the right moment. But in most schools, that information is scattered across spreadsheets, behaviour logs, pastoral notes, external testing reports, and Word documents.
Even when the data exists, it's often hard to find. Typical solutions require multiple clicks, complex navigation, or technical know-how just to understand what's happening across a class. By the time a teacher has pieced it together, the window for early intervention has already passed.
Class Placemats are built to change that. Part of TrackOne Studio's Learning Analytics Suite, they offer a single-screen, teacher-friendly overview of every class, designed specifically for daily use in the classroom.
A Class Placemat is a digital planning tool within the Learning Analytics Suite that replaces paper-based class lists, disconnected Word documents, and the mental load of remembering which system holds which piece of student data.
It consolidates academic performance, student attendance data, behavioural observations, pastoral notes, and external testing results into one structured, at-a-glance format - organised by performance level, so teachers can see not just where students are, but what they need next.
Schools may label learning expectations differently – learning objectives, outcomes, or learning criteria - but the need is the same: a clear structure that helps teachers understand where students are, what barriers they face, and how to move them forward. Where typical solutions focus on data visualisation and multi-layer dashboards, Class Placemats focus on giving teachers exactly what they need to plan their next lesson, prepare their differentiation strategy, or understand where each student is at that moment.
Most student data tools tell teachers who is behind. Class Placemats go further, they show teachers what every student needs and how to respond, broken down by performance level. It helps teachers interpret what's behind the data by incorporating two essential elements: the barriers affecting each student's learning, and the strategies that can support them.
This 'barriers and strategies' model makes the placemat a living document. It shifts the focus from simply tracking student performance - something typical data dashboards do well, to actively planning how to support each learner. It bridges the gap between insight and instruction in a way no dashboard currently replicates. For example, here's how can teachers can support different cohorts:
Barrier: Students disengage fast when the content doesn't stretch them.
Strategy: Plan extension tasks or more complex activities ahead of time, so these students remain engaged, stretched, and appropriately challenged throughout the lesson.
C Level Students
Barrier: Content moves ahead of what the student has secured or assumes foundational knowledge they haven't yet built.
Strategy: Break down content so its easier for the students to catch up on foundational knowledge.
In most school systems, performance metrics and wellbeing indicators live in separate places. That means classroom teachers and support staff rarely see the complete picture of a student at the same time and critical context gets lost between conversations, staff changes, or year levels.
Class Placemats unify both. Teachers can record academic notes, pastoral observations, engagement changes, and behaviour shifts in the same place. This holistic approach is especially valuable in understanding students’ performance. For example, a dip in performance might correlate with increased absences or a shift in behaviour, connections that are easier to spot when everything sits together.
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Academic Notes |
Pastoral Notes |
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Subject-specific observations |
Family or home circumstances |
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Progress on learning goals |
Emotional or social wellbeing flags |
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Response to interventions |
Positive milestones worth noting |
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Areas still needing support |
Relationships with peers or staff |
When wellbeing and academic data sit side by side, teachers can focus their full attention on the student, not just the piece of the picture their system shows them.
Class Placemats surface students who require additional attention through the Focus Students feature. These students are identified automatically across the Learning Analytics Suite - based on academic decline, attendance concerns, behavioural incidents, or wellbeing factors and appear consistently, so teachers and support staff always know who to prioritise.
Early intervention in schools is most effective when it's triggered by patterns, not single events. A student might be flagged because of:
Typical systems do flag at-risk students, but these indicators often sit within dedicated reporting dashboards, separate from everyday teaching workflows. TrackOne Studio shows this within the Class Placemat screen, enabling genuinely proactive support.
Absence Threshold: When a student takes five or more days of leave, the placemat automatically highlights their attendance in red. There’s no need for manual tracking or calculations, the concern is flagged for teachers, ready to act on. Student absenteeism is one of the earliest and most reliable indicators of disengagement and academic decline. In 2024, fewer than 60% of Australian students met the national 90% attendance benchmark.
External assessment data is only useful if teachers can see it when they're planning. Most solutions require teachers to log into a separate results portal, download a spreadsheet, or wait for data to be distributed. The Learning Analytics Suite brings NAPLAN and ACER PAT results directly into the Class Placemat view.
Reading, maths, spelling, grammar and more are all visible within the placemat. By presenting NAPLAN results, ACER PAT scores, class performance, and teacher notes in the same space, Class Placemats give teachers a more complete understanding of each learner's journey, without needing to open anything else.
Most student data tools available to Australian schools sit at one of two extremes: whole-school analytics dashboards built for leadership teams, or individual student profiles that teachers must navigate one by one. Neither is designed for the class level - the place where most teaching decisions are made.
TrackOne Studio fills that gap. Every teacher gets the same structured, up-to-date view of their class. Leadership gets consistency across the school and teachers get the picture they need to respond to students effectively.
In a market where many tools focus heavily on analytics, Class Placemats stand out by focusing on the teacher. They transform data into meaningful, actionable insight that helps educators support every learner, not just through observation, but through direct, intentional instructional strategies.
When the right student data is in front of the right person at the right time, schools move from reactive to proactive. That shift doesn't require a custom-built dashboard or months of configuration. It requires the right tool, ready to use from day one.
TrackOne Studio's Learning Analytics Suite is a platform built specifically for Australian schools, backed by more than 10 years of experience and integrations with the systems you already use. If you'd like to see how it works, we'd love to show you.