Learning by Questions (LbQ) is an established education technology company supporting schools and trusts to improve teaching and learning through evidence-informed practice and real-time classroom insight.
LbQ is used in over 1,500 UK schools and across more than 260 trusts, supporting system-wide improvement while remaining responsive to individual school and classroom context. It is developed in close collaboration with teachers and school leaders, ensuring the platform reflects the realities of classroom practice as well as educational research.
Its approach has been independently recognised in peer-reviewed and practitioner-led research, including Changing Learning, Changing Lives (LEO Academy Trust and Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith, 2023) and Impact on Learning, Impact on Futures (Inspiring Futures Through Learning Trust, 2026). These studies highlight its role in strengthening teaching practice, improving responsiveness in the classroom and supporting pupil outcomes through better use of real-time learning data.
LbQ has also been selected to work with the Chartered Institute of Teaching and the Department for Education on the EdTech Evidence Board, contributing to national thinking on the role of technology in evidence-informed practice.
Across its work, LbQ focuses on translating educational research into practical classroom tools that strengthen teaching, reduce workload and improve consistency across schools and trusts.
LbQ is an online teaching and learning platform that connects classroom teaching, pupil responses and formative insight within a single, structured system.
Teachers use LbQ to deliver lessons built around evidence-informed approaches such as retrieval practice, scaffolding and mastery learning. As pupils work through learning in real time, their responses are captured instantly, allowing teachers to see understanding, identify misconceptions and adjust teaching during the lesson itself.
This creates a continuous feedback loop between teaching and learning, where assessment is embedded directly within classroom activity rather than managed as a separate process. It enables teachers to respond to need as it emerges, rather than after the fact.
For school trusts, LbQ supports consistency in how formative assessment and core pedagogical approaches are implemented across classrooms and schools. It provides a shared structure for teaching while still allowing flexibility for subject, phase and context.
Evidence from teacher impact data (57 schools, Impact Survey May–June 2024) shows the outcomes of this approach in practice:
100% reported reduced workload
98% said pupils made greater academic progress than they would otherwise have done
97% reported improved wellbeing
92% reported reduced anxiety ahead of assessments
100% said resources were pitch-perfect
98% reported ease of setup and use
LbQ helps school trusts strengthen teaching and learning by connecting evidence-informed pedagogy with real-time classroom insight in a single system.
We support trusts to:
Embed consistent, evidence-informed teaching approaches across schools, including retrieval practice, scaffolding and mastery learning
Improve formative assessment by capturing pupil understanding during learning, not after it
Enable teachers to identify misconceptions and adapt teaching within lessons, supporting more responsive practice
Reduce teacher workload by removing the need for separate marking, data entry and duplicate assessment systems
Strengthen coherence across schools by providing a shared structure for teaching, learning and assessment
Support more timely and informed decision-making through clearer visibility of learning across classrooms and settings
Improve pupil outcomes through more targeted, in-the-moment instructional support
Support teacher well being by reducing administrative burden and increasing clarity about pupil understanding
LbQ enables trusts to align pedagogy and assessment at scale while maintaining flexibility for subject, phase and school context.
