Walkthrus

Name

Walkthrus

Legal name

Teaching WalkThrus International Ltd

Website

https://walkthrus.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Professional Development Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher-Led Digital Lesson Packages & Instructional Resources (EDAFACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Learning Strategy, Instructional Design & Content Development (BPACANAG), K–12 Instructional Design & Curriculum Development Services (EDAGAKAA)

Keywords

• Teacher professional development
• Instructional coaching tools
• Evidence-based teaching techniques
• School membership subscriptions
• Educational resource publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodbridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. School Membership Subscriptions: 3-year membership subscriptions for schools with joining fee included in first term. Total cost covers joining fee and three years of membership, payable in full or split into three equal annual instalments. Small school discount available for institutions with fewer than 150 students.
2. Group/Trust Memberships: Bespoke multi-school membership pricing for Trusts, Partnerships, and Local Authorities - customized quotations provided upon enquiry.
3. Further Education Membership: Pricing bands for FE/HE organisations based on number of full-time equivalent teachers or lecturers rather than student numbers.
4. Book Sales: Sale of Teaching WalkThrus book series (Volumes 1-3), USA Edition, Learning WalkThrus, and Coaching WalkThrus through Hachette Learning distribution.
5. Training & Consultancy Services: Accredited WalkThrus trainers provide in-person and online training including whole-staff launches, bespoke pedagogical focus sessions, and ongoing implementation support. WPIP (WalkThrus Programme Implementation Project) consultancy with three flexible pathways.
6. Event Tickets: Revenue from Big Classroom events - full-day training events. Members receive discounted tickets at £80 per participant. Non-members pay higher rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

WalkThrus publishes and sells a multi-platform professional development toolkit built around a proprietary five-step methodology, delivering 250+ evidence-based teaching techniques for teachers, school leaders, and instructional coaches. Schools, colleges, and trusts subscribe to multi-year memberships that unlock a members-only digital resource hub (slide decks, trainer notes, workbooks, coaching tools, webinars), while companion offerings include a Hachette Learning-published book series (Volumes 1–3, USA Edition, Learning WalkThrus, Coaching WalkThrus) and accredited training/consultancy services.

Product overview

WalkThrus is a multi-platform professional development ecosystem built around a core five-step methodology for instructional coaching and teaching improvement. The primary product is Teaching WalkThrus — a toolkit of 250+ evidence-based practical teaching techniques for teachers, leaders, and coaches — supported by two companion sub-products: Learning WalkThrus (for students and parents) and Coaching WalkThrus (for coaches and school leaders using frameworks including the Bambrick-Santoyo '5 Ps' process). The ecosystem is anchored by a members-only digital PD Toolkit (Resource Hub) hosted on Google Sites, containing downloadable slide decks, trainer notes, workbooks, coaching tools, cluster builder, webinars, newsletters, and conference materials. WalkThrus also publishes a printed book series (Volumes 1–3, USA Edition, and a Coaching edition) via Hachette Learning, and offers supplementary resources including an Early Career Framework (ECF) mapping and the OnPoint series of 16 thematic depth guides. Delivery channels include the online members' area, scheduled webinars, the Big Classroom in-person conference events, and the WalkThrus Network community sessions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Teaching WalkThrus: A fully resourced digital toolkit of 250+ techniques for teachers, leaders and coaches, organized into step-by-step guides for instructional improvement
• Learning WalkThrus
• Coaching WalkThrus

Products and services

• Teaching WalkThrus (Core Toolkit) A professional development toolkit of 250+ practical, evidence-based teaching techniques for teachers, school leaders, and instructional coaches, delivered via a five-step methodology across a multi-platform digital resource. Sold to schools, colleges, and trusts via multi-year subscription membership.
• Learning WalkThrus A companion toolkit for students and parents providing step-by-step guides to better learning, extending the five-step methodology to the learner side of education.
• Coaching WalkThrus A toolkit specifically for coaches and school leaders, providing structured frameworks — including the Bambrick-Santoyo '5 Ps' coaching process — to support instructional coaching and professional development leadership.
• Teaching WalkThrus Book Series A published book series — Volumes 1, 2, and 3 plus a USA Edition, Learning WalkThrus, and Coaching WalkThrus — translating the five-step instructional techniques into printed professional development resources, published and distributed via Hachette Learning (hachettelearning.com).
• WalkThrus Membership (3-year School Subscription) A multi-year (3-year) school membership providing access to the members-only digital hub with 250+ downloadable techniques, slide decks, trainer notes, workbooks, adapt sheets, coaching tools, the Cluster Builder, webinars, newsletters, and conference presentations. Includes a small-school discount for institutions with fewer than 150 students and bespoke group pricing for trusts and local authorities.
• WPIP (WalkThrus Programme Implementation Project) Consultancy A fee-based consultancy service with three flexible pathways for schools and colleges seeking expert support for WalkThrus programme design, initiation, and implementation. Delivered by accredited WalkThrus trainers alongside in-person and online training options.
• Big Classroom Training Events Full-day in-person training events held across the country featuring live technique modelling, implementation discussions, and practice opportunities. Tickets are £80 per participant for members and a higher rate for non-members.

Quantifiable outcome

• Savannah schools (Ghana) routinely outperform other schools in national BECE examinations (equivalent of GCSEs)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest member system at over 300 schools implementing system-wide instructional improvement through evidence-based practice, coaching, and professional learning across primary and secondary schools in Melbourne, Australia.
• South Devon CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplemented comprehensive WalkThrus-based CPD programme with 3-tier model (college/team/individual level), created Quality Teaching and Learning Coordinator roles, and developed joined-up quality processes. Partnership has resulted in measurable increases in peer observations and staff promotions citing WalkThrus fluency.
• Savannah Education Trust (SET)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGO-supported network of rural schools in Ghana using WalkThrus for teacher professional development. Created custom Savannah-specific training workbook. Partnership submitted for national accreditation with Teacher Training Council, Ghana. 10 key WalkThrus selected for 2-year programme with termly training workshops.
• Hachette LearningcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBook publishing and distribution partner for Teaching WalkThrus book series (Volumes 1-3), USA Edition, Learning WalkThrus, and Coaching WalkThrus. Distribution via hachettelearning.com.
• Ghana Education ServiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment education authority in Ghana involved in Savannah Education Trust partnership. Schools are government schools, so GES involvement is essential for credibility and expansion. Local education advisers involved in planning and delivering training sessions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TeachFX: US-based teacher coaching platform that analyzes classroom discourse to support instructional feedback and CPD. Comparable as a subscription product aimed at improving teaching practice, with a coach- and leader-facing feature set similar to Coaching WalkThrus.
• IRIS Connect: UK-based professional development and lesson observation platform for teachers and school leaders. Closest direct peer: subscription model to schools, evidence-based instructional improvement focus, and multi-year enterprise contracts.
• John Catt Educational: UK-based educational publisher serving schools with books, magazines, and school-improvement content. Direct peer as a UK school-focused publisher; notably co-located with WalkThrus at the John Catt Offices in Woodbridge and a complementary relationship to Hachette Learning distribution.
• Ambition Institute: UK charity delivering teacher training and continuing professional development programmes, including early-career and middle-leader pathways. Comparable in targeting UK schools and trusts with structured CPD programmes grounded in research evidence.
• Teach Like a Champion: Methodology-led teacher training organization offering books, training, and school partnerships around specific teaching techniques. Closely mirrors WalkThrus's combination of published books, named techniques, and whole-school implementation programmes.

Broad incumbents

• Scholastic Education: Major educational publisher with K-12 books, professional learning, and school-based programmes. Broad incumbent in the same teacher PD and school book category as WalkThrus, with much larger scale and distribution.
• Cengage: Global education and training content provider serving K-12, higher education, and workforce customers. Comparable in delivering teacher-facing instructional content at scale, though as part of a broader portfolio rather than a specialist CPD focus.
• Pearson Education: Global education and publishing conglomerate offering teacher CPD, curriculum, assessment, and digital learning products. Broad incumbent competing for the same school CPD budgets, though without WalkThrus's specific technique-based methodology.
• Bloomsbury Publishing (Education): UK-listed publisher with a significant education division producing teacher CPD and classroom resources. Broad incumbent comparable to Hachette Learning as a publishing channel, competing for the same teacher-book purchasing budgets.

Emerging players

• Chartered College of Teaching: UK professional body for teachers offering membership, research, and CPD resources. Functions as a partial substitute (or complement) to WalkThrus for teachers seeking authoritative professional development content, and shapes the broader UK CPD market in which WalkThrus competes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/walkthrus_5

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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