BanqO vs Spiro

BanqO is a web platform for creating, managing, and reviewing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and Transition Programs. It supports students, parents, teachers, remedial teachers, psycho-educators, and other stakeholders. Its goals directory covers learning needs for ages 4–21 and contains more than 25,000 goals. BanqO describes the goals as compliant with the Quebec Education Program and linked to Quebec Progression of Learning standards, and says it can adapt to education standards in other provinces or countries. Users can tailor goals to students, set criteria and conditions, add content, and collect goals for reuse. Team members can share plans and exchange notes by email, while the platform supports strategy assignment, progress monitoring, and student reports. Each plan can be downloaded or printed as a PDF. BanqO offers group rates for schools and school boards, as well as individual annual subscriptions covering one user and that user's students. The listed Center or Clinic Membership starts at $900 a year; the site also offers a 10-day free trial that renews into a subscription unless canceled.

Spiro is a web-based AI platform for primary-school SEND administration. It helps SENCOs and school staff draft individual support plans from uploaded plans, notes, or reports, then supports termly AI-assisted progress reviews. EHCP workflows connect outcomes and statutory provision to pupil plans and can draft needs-assessment applications in local-authority formats. Schools can upload their own templates, select evidence, edit drafts, and export Word or PDF documents. Provision mapping covers pupils, groups, timetable slots, and costs, with AI suggestions for interventions and adjustments. Reports generated from live plan data support Ofsted, governor, and Inclusion Strategies reporting. MIS information syncs daily through Wonde, and multi-factor authentication is listed. Spiro says controlled personal data stays on UK servers, with TLS in transit and AES-256 at rest among its measures. Pricing starts at £500/yr, with no free plan; the first term is offered risk-free. It is operated by Medthrive Ltd in London.