Unlock the Limitless Potential of Templates in Starlight

At STAR21, we believe that insight should be accessible to everyone — not hidden behind long observation cycles or time-consuming paperwork. That’s why we created templates: the engine that gives structure, focus, and purpose to every piece of feedback generated in Starlight.

This week, we’re excited to share our latest walkthrough video — a short guided tour that shows just how powerful, flexible, and creative templates can be.

What Templates Do

Templates in Starlight act as prompts with a purpose. They tell Starlight what to focus on in a transcript — whether that’s questioning, behaviour, metacognition, or teacher-student dialogue — and how to shape the resulting feedback.

Teachers can select from Starlight’s growing library of system templates, including:

• The Default Coaching Report

• Quantitative Talk Analysis

• Teacher Wellbeing Check-In

• Meeting Minutes Generator

• and, coming soon, Language Pack Templates supporting dozens of languages for EAL students.

Every template offers a new analytical lens — another way to mine insights from your lesson transcripts.

For Starlight Leads: Create a Whole-School Focus

One of the most transformational new features is the ability for Starlight Leads to create and share organisation templates. This allows schools to align coaching feedback with their own development priorities — from adaptive teaching to behaviour to metacognition — ensuring every report connects directly back to the school’s shared framework.

It’s a simple, scalable way to drive professional growth across an entire organisation. And for schools that want tailored support, the STAR21 team is here to help design custom templates that reflect your unique context and goals.

The Power of Creativity

Our brilliant community of users continues to surprise us with the creative ways they’re using templates:

🎙️ turning lessons into podcasts and blog posts

🌈 revealing teaching styles and moments for humour

📋 summarising cover lessons for absent teachers

🤝 supporting cover supervisors with coaching

🌍 linking lessons to the world of work and capturing Gatsby Benchmark evidence

🫶 and promoting deaf inclusion in the classroom.

Each example shows just how versatile the Starlight platform can be — and how teachers are discovering what’s possible when reflection meets innovation.

Coming Soon: Template Universe

And this is just the beginning. Soon we’ll be launching Template Universe — a platform within the platform where teachers and schools can connect, collaborate, and share their creativity nationally and internationally. A space to discover new ideas, exchange templates, and get recognition for innovation.

Because every great idea deserves to shine. 🌟

Watch, Explore, and Share

If you’re a Starlight Lead, consider how templates could help align coaching with your school’s priorities. And if you’re a teacher, experiment with creating your own — or share one that’s working well for you.

Spark insight and unlock the limitless potential of templates.

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The Insight Engine is written by Adam Sturdee, co-founder of Starlight—the UK’s first AI-powered coaching platform—and Assistant Headteacher at St Augustine’s Catholic College. This blog is part of a wider mission to support educators through meaningful reflection, not performance metrics. It documents the journey of building Starlight from the ground up, and explores how AI, when shaped with care, can reduce workload, surface insight, and help teachers think more deeply about their practice. Rooted in the belief that growth should be private, professional, and purposeful, The Insight Engine offers ideas and stories that put insight—not judgment—at the centre of development.