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Your first 15 minutes in the START Portal

Complete the three essentials that prepare your school for its first session.

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Follow the checklist

Your Home page guides you through the first three tasks. The checklist updates as you work, so you can leave and return without losing your place.

  1. Create your first team.
  2. Add your first pupil.
  3. Make the first loop visible.
Teacher Portal home page showing teams, pupils and portfolio completion
Home gives you a quick check of the school setup and recent programme activity. Example data shown.

Before pupils sign in

Check that every pupil is in the right team and only the loops you want to teach are visible. Generate each pupil's access link only when you are ready to share it.

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Last reviewed August 2026

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