Renewal decision brief · English department · v4 with admissions projection

MyOn · Accelerated Reader · STAR Reading

Usage 31 Aug 2025 – 30 Mar 2026 · Costs from Renaissance Quote #3227335 · Next-year projection from admissions (+5/year buffer).
MyOn
Student reads a book
e-library, 668 hrs total
AR
Quiz to verify reading
Reading Practice, ~12k quizzes
STAR
Termly diagnostic
~3 tests/student/year
Invoice this year
£9,209
Total ex-VAT (≈ $11,512)
5 % multi-year discount applied. Pre-discount ≈ $12,118.
MyOn
£1,224
240 seats × £5.10 · 7-month only
252 actual users → 105 % over capacity.
AR
£3,850
440 seats × £8.75 · 12-month
302 active → 138 unused licences = £1,207 slack.
STAR
£4,620
440 seats × £10.50 · 12-month
406 active → 92 % utilisation. The most expensive seat.
MyOn ROI
£1.83
Per estimated reading hour
668 hours of measured reading on 252 students.
STAR ROI
£3.46
Per test sitting
1,336 sittings across 406 students × ~3 tests/year.
AR ROI
£0.32
Per quiz event (£2.76 / quiz-day)
11,907 quizzes across 302 students.

Reach by year group (% of pupils in each year using the product)

STAR has the broadest reach — 86–100 % of Y3–Y9 sit the diagnostic. MyOn is the Primary e-library (fades from Y7). AR Reading Practice surges in Y7–Y8 (89–91 %) where Secondary English uses it for accountability quizzing.

Next year (Y3–Y11) projection admissions numbers + 5/yr buffer · reach % held from this year

Y3–11 roster: 446 admissions + 45 buffer = 491. Down from 504 this year (−13 students).
Projected users: MyOn 231 (was 235), STAR 387 (was 401), AR 280 (was 298). Notable cohort dip in Y4 (44) and Y7 (43) where this year was bigger.

Renewal cost scenarios (GBP, MyOn annualised to 12 months, 5 % multi-year discount)

ScenarioMyOn seatsAR seatsSTAR seatsTotal £vs ATrade-off
Recommended starting point: Scenario B (£8,928 — saves £1,112). Same products, same year groups, just right-sized to next year's admissions-based projection with 10 % headroom. From there, decide with the leads whether Secondary MyOn (saves another £316) or KS4 AR (saves another £167) is worth the trim.

STAR — test windows (student-test-days by month)

Three clean test windows: Sep, Dec, Feb — matches a termly diagnostic schedule.

STAR — median tests / student by year

Most year groups average 3 tests/year. Y3 over-tests (median 5) — confirm with primary leads.

STAR — top teachers viewing reports

TeacherPhaseVisitsDays
Aoibheann KinsellaPrimary428
Maria SahibyPrimary375
Heather BuckleyPrimary304
Matthew WaddingtonPrimary265
Areen KishekSecondary234
Amy UrquhartPrimary224
Sandi MurdochPrimary182
Theodora KlountzouSecondary143
Sana DrouPrimary156

AR Reading Practice — top quiz-supervising teachers

TeacherPhaseVisitsDays
Nisreen Abu EidehSecondary18411
Theodora KlountzouSecondary265
Sana DrouPrimary174
Maria SahibyPrimary153
Aoibheann KinsellaPrimary82
Amy UrquhartPrimary62
Sandi MurdochPrimary62
Keir DowswellSecondary41