Booost Education
Assistive EdTech tools empowering neurodivergent students' learning
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Education
- SaaS
- Accessibility
- City Centre, Oxford, UK
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Company mission
To help shape a world in which education celebrates and supports a diverse range of learning styles and approaches.
Our take
Wellness and organisation apps are a dime a dozen, but ones focused specifically on the well-being and practicalities of living with a learning difficulty are far fewer. Booost Education melds mental health support, diary and workload management, and routine building features into one platform.
With a team of disability needs assessors and UX designers behind the app, Booost is backed by founders with a solid understanding of what neurodiverse students need to help them succeed in the study. The product is currently live and available, both for UK students receiving the Disabled Students Allowance grant and for individuals, schools, colleges and universities.
Whilst apps such as Asana and Epic Win dominate the American market, there appears to be space for Booost in the UK software industry. That being said, Booost should partner with universities and DSA governing bodies to make sure it reaches as much of its target audience as possible, who must be convinced to use it regularly for it to make the biggest difference.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Remote working: We are a remote team but recognise that this works better for some than others. We encourage regular face-to-face meetings when needed and can provide access to co-working spaces and meeting rooms across the UK. We also get together as a whole team twice a year.
- Flexible working: We work a 35 hour week (full-time), with flexible start and end times to accommodate your preferred working patterns.
- Hardware & setup allowance: We'll work with you to find the best tech setup to suit your role and preferences. And if your home office needs a thing or two to get it up to scratch, we’ll help cover the costs of equipment.
- Work/life balance: We all need a holiday from time to time, and we want to make sure everyone gets plenty of downtime. You get 28 days annual leave and bank holidays as standard, plus you can buy up to 5 additional days holiday per year.
- Opportunities for personal development: We want the team to be continuously looking for opportunities to develop their skills and will support with time and cost if there is an opportunity for development that benefits both you and the business.
- Health & wellbeing support: We're committed to supporting the health, wellbeing, and overall happiness of our employees. So all employees have the option of private health insurance with Aviva, or an annual Wellbeing Allowance which can be used for a range of health and wellness activities.
- Salary sacrifice pension: Increase your pension pot and pay less tax with our 5% contribution to a salary sacrifice pension.
Leadership
Laura Penfold
(Co-Founder & COO)Laura is also the co-founder of Ultimate Education. Previously, they were a a freelance Study Needs Assessor as well as an OUAC Office Manager & Study Needs Assessor at the University of Oxford.
Tim Jones
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, Tim co-founded Ultimate Education. They also worked as a freelance DSA Needs Assessor and as an Assessment Centre Manager at the University of Oxford.