Progress Reports
A term of observations, drawn together into a report families genuinely want to read
The Evidence Is Already There
Every observation your team has published is evidence of a child's learning. A progress report pulls that period of the journal together in one place, so writing a report starts from what you already recorded rather than from a blank page.
Choose the Period
Defaults to the last three months. Change the dates and the report re-reads the journal for that window, showing you how many observations it found.
Grouped by Your Areas of Learning
The narrative is organised around the frameworks your setting runs — using your exact area names, including a curriculum you built yourself.
An Optional First Draft
Ask for a draft built from the child's published observations, then edit it into your own words. Switch it off and staff write from scratch.
Checked Before It's Shared
The same approval workflow as observations — submit, review, return with a comment, or publish.
Straight to the Family
Published reports appear in the parent portal alongside the child's journal, ready whenever the family wants to look.
How It Works
Four steps from journal to finished report
Pick a Child
Start from the Reports list or the child's journal
Set the Period
The term you're reporting on, however long that is
Write or Draft
Write it yourself, or start from an AI draft
Approve and Publish
Sign it off and share it with the family
Key Features
Built so reports stay accurate, consistent, and genuinely yours
Grounded in Real Evidence
Reports are built from the child's published observations in the period — not from thin air.
- Only published observations are used
- Live count of the evidence in the period
- Change the period and re-read the journal
- Never invents progress it can't evidence
Your Words, Your Style
A rich-text report you shape yourself, with your own writing rules applied.
- Full rich-text editing with headings
- Separate writing rules just for reports
- Friendly reminders, never a hard block
- AI drafting can be switched off entirely
Approval and Accountability
The same trusted workflow used for observations, so nothing is shared unchecked.
- Draft, pending approval, published
- Return with a comment for changes
- Publisher role for sign-off
- Clear record of what was shared and when
For the Family
Reports sit next to the journal in the parent portal, in plain sight.
- Dedicated Reports tab for parents
- Readable on phone or desktop
- Available whenever families want it
- Sits alongside the child's journal
Straight talk about what's here today
Pigeonhole ships the termly progress report. The statutory progress check at age two isn't part of the platform yet — it's coming as part of our assessments work, and we'd rather tell you that up front than let you find out after you've moved across.
Observations
The learning journal that every progress report is built from.
AI Writing Assistant
How drafting works, and the rules that keep it in your house style.