Trust foundations
Role-based access, optional MFA, named sign-in methods and audit records help organisations manage access and follow important changes.
When it comes to:
Do any of these feel familiar?
Low-frequency, high-stakes
Compliance-led
Often demotivating
Prone to manager bias
Lacking strategic insight
Administratively heavy
Only the ‘what’, not the ‘how’
We offer an integrated solution that enables:
When performance development, learning management and employee and stakeholder engagement solutions sit in separate tools organisations lose consistency, visibility and momentum. Maps and Pathways was built to change that.
There’s a clear picture nationally of the need for change when it comes to these, when research shows that…
Maps and Pathways brings appraisal, feedback, development and governance activity into one place so organisations can run more consistent processes without creating more admin.
We have been—and always will be—guided by people’s stories and experiences and led by customer feedback rather than guessing what people want. We don’t have a monopoly on good ideas or an exclusivity on the best way of doing things.
We don’t have the perfect solution yet, but we’d like you to join us and our partners exploring the art of the possible so one day we do.
A family of 21 schools, a team of 1,500 people and 8,500 children and young people based across Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, including nursery, primary, secondary, 6th form and special schools.
A national award winning multi-academy trust in Watford focused on providing inclusive education and transforming outcome for pupils with additional and complex needs.
A trust operating with 900 people across the South and North East that specialises in meeting the education needs of children and young adults with a range of learning disabilities, including those who have physical or sensory needs.
A multi-academy trust serving 17 schools and nearly 10,000 children and young people across Cambridge and Bedfordshire, providing education from early years to sixth form
Maps and Pathways helps organisations run structured appraisals, gather richer feedback, track capability growth, deliver learning, listen through surveys and govern activity at team and organisation level.
Prepare together with Team Mapping, review one or both job roles, and keep conversations moving with shared notes, evidence, exports and optional reminders.
Bring together 360 feedback, Johari Window and configurable Traits records, with AI-assisted Team Dynamics guidance for development conversations.
Connect your competency frameworks to progress, learning evidence and explained recommendations, alongside training requests, approvals and development records.
Explore appraisal progress, people behind the counts and training impact through scoped manager reports, with separate administration and configurable organisation structures.
Create courses, pathways and assessments with guided editors and reusable question banks. Manage learning, evidence, transcripts and renewals in dedicated workspaces.
Listen to staff and external audiences through secure surveys, or bring workshops and events to life with QR joining, presenter-paced questions and live results.
Why organisations choose Maps and Pathways
Multi-area organisation model
Named SSO connections and clear sign-in assignments
Configurable templates, labels and Traits frameworks
Role-scoped governance and reporting areas
Role-based access, optional MFA, named sign-in methods and audit records help organisations manage access and follow important changes.
In-product Help Centre content, guided editors, saved table preferences and module controls help teams build the platform into everyday work.
From individual development to team learning and live audience participation. Focus or hover over a feature for more detail. Availability varies by role, enabled modules and organisation configuration.
Guidance Hub
Find practical guidance for appraisees, appraisers and organisational leaders, from preparing for a review to using insights in your next development conversation.
Practical ideas on performance, talent, and culture.
Apr 20, 2026 • 4 min read
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Professional growth works better when it is built on ongoing conversations, reflection and clarity, rather than a once-a-year appraisal ritual.
Apr 6, 2026 • 3 min read
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Single sign-on sounds like a small update, but easier access can make feedback, reflection and development conversations far more likely to happen.
Mar 23, 2026 • 4 min read
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Maps and Pathways has grown through close collaboration with organisations like Active Learning Trust and Eden Academy. We are now opening the next chapter, ready to engage with more organisations and explore how we can support meaningful development conversations.
Discover the latest improvements to conversations, learning and organisational insight, alongside work in progress and planned next steps.
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Participants join anonymously by QR code or a short link. Let everyone answer at their own pace, or release questions as you present, with live charts, sliders and a closing summary.
Why it helps: Bring the room into the conversation, with presenter-controlled results and minimum-response privacy safeguards.
Bring together 2–20 authorised colour profiles to explore team dynamics. Review the AI credit estimate, generate guidance, revisit saved reports and download a PDF where enabled.
Why it helps: Give managers a starting point for team development conversations, with organisation controls over access, report use and AI credit usage.
Manage named SSO connections alongside email-and-password access, assign each person a sign-in method individually or in bulk, and track secure setup invitations and verified email changes.
Why it helps: Help staff reach the right sign-in route and give administrators a clearer view of account setup and delivery status.
Collaborate with other appraisers in Team Mapping, prepare role-specific markers and start a review for a first role, second role or both. Optional calendar invitations and completion reminders support follow-through.
Why it helps: Support people with multiple responsibilities while keeping team preparation and individual review conversations connected.
Invite staff or external contacts through secure links, choose anonymous or identified responses, add conditional follow-up questions and monitor invitation delivery. Surveys can also run as a standalone module.
Why it helps: Gather feedback beyond your staff directory, with response thresholds, opt-outs and scoped results access.
My Learning, Team Learning, Learning Admin and LMS Insights connect courses, pathways, assessments and compliance. Guided editors include reusable templates, question banks and learning-item prerequisites.
Why it helps: Connect learning activity to competency evidence, explained recommendations and completion or renewal tracking.
Updated
Live Sessions, Team Dynamics AI and the latest sign-in methods are now live. Explore what the platform supports today and where development continues. Availability depends on your organisation’s enabled modules, configuration and permissions.
Capabilities across the current platform.
Further improvements to the learning experience.
Planned improvements; release dates are not yet confirmed.
Pick the option that suits you—book a call, email us, or send a quick note.
Book a free consultation →Maps and Pathways is certified to ISO 9001:2015 for quality management and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 for information security management. Explore our certifications and view the certificates below.
Role-based permissions, scoped manager access, named sign-in methods and optional MFA help organisations control who can view records and who can administer the platform.
Audit records cover key sign-in, administration and development workflows. Error and performance monitoring help the support team investigate issues and follow up on changes.
Help Centre content, guided admin journeys and phased module rollout controls reduce rollout friction for busy organisations.
Certified
Hands-on technical verification through authenticated testing on devices and services.
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Certified
Certified quality management focused on consistent processes, customer feedback and continual improvement.
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Certified
Certified information security management focused on managing risks, protecting information and continually improving security controls.
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