Voice-first observations, AI drafts you control, and Ofsted readiness in your pocket. Built in the UK for the way you actually work, hands full and eyes on the children.
Existing learning journal apps, paper notebooks, word documents. Every option asks you to type up observations after a long day with the children. Storage is solved. The actual writing burden is not. Kidella is built to fix that.
Traditional learning journal apps assume you have hands free and time to think. You don't. The observation gets postponed, then forgotten, then reconstructed from memory at 9pm.
The ICO Children's Code is clear. Minimise children's data. But every legacy app stores every photo permanently, with cross-child contamination, parent download, social media risk. You carry that liability as data controller.
Six children, three hours each, every term. That's a working day per child gone to writing reports from a year of fragmented notes. Your time should be with the children, not the paperwork.
The whole evidence cycle in under 30 seconds. You stay in control. The AI drafts. You decide. Tap through the steps to see how an observation goes from voice note to approved EYFS evidence.
"Mia just stacked five blocks all by herself, then turned and showed Daisy how to do it." 12 seconds.
Speech-to-text transcribes your note. The raw audio file is deleted immediately. Only text remains.
Suggests the right learning area, writes a parent-ready draft, flags uncertainty. Never decides for you.
Change wording, change the EYFS area, add detail, or reject completely. Only the approved text becomes the evidence record.
Six modules built around your daily rhythm. Nothing bloated, nothing you have to learn. Each one designed mobile-first for one-handed use during active care.
Capture moments with a 30-second voice note while children play. AI drafts the EYFS observation for your review.
Quick logs for food, naps, toileting, mood, and activities. One-tap entries that build the child's daily story.
Friendly, plain-English drafts written from your approved evidence. You review, you send, parents stay in the loop.
Two-Year Progress Checks, termly summaries, and transition reports drafted from approved observations. Hours saved.
See EYFS coverage at a glance across all seven areas. Spot the gaps before Ofsted does. Emerging, developing, secured.
A live readiness score against the September 2025 framework. Suggested next steps, surfaced before inspection day.
Most learning journal apps store every photo permanently. We don't. The photo is input, used to help draft your observation, then deleted within 24 hours. The permanent record is the approved text. No cross-contamination. No parent download spread. No regulatory time bomb.
"Personal data relating to children is afforded special protection in the UK GDPR and is a regulatory priority for the ICO."
Information Commissioner's Office, Children's Code guidanceSince January 2024, there are two separate EYFS frameworks. One for childminders, one for nurseries and schools. The childminder framework was updated in September 2025 and is now in full effect through 2026. Kidella is built specifically for that framework, with Ofsted's 2026 expectations baked into how the product works.
The 2025 framework explicitly tells childminders that not everything needs to be written down. Inspectors want quality of practice, not folder volume. Kidella's voice-first, light-touch capture matches that direction.
You decide what becomes evidence. The AI drafts, you approve. Every observation is your professional record, not an algorithm's. The new framework trusts childminders as professionals. So do we.
Updated safeguarding guidance, Designated Safeguarding Lead expectations, and safer-eating documentation are reflected in how Kidella separates sensitive data and audits every record.
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