CareTech is pleased to announce a strategic investment in Arc Pathway, a leading digital platform supporting early childhood learning and development.
Arc Pathway provides software for schools and nurseries to identify, support and track children’s learning and development and provide dynamic next steps. By combining assessment, progress tracking and specialist advice, the platform enables educators and parents to understand each child’s individual needs and support their development more effectively.
This investment reflects CareTech’s commitment to supporting innovation that delivers meaningful outcomes across education and care.
As part of the partnership, CareTech and Arc Pathway will work together to expand the platform’s capabilities into the Special Educational Needs (SEN) sector, addressing the growing need for clearer, evidence-based tracking of outcomes and specialist programmes for children with additional needs.
Arc Pathway brings together:
Insight into each child’s strengths and development areas
Personalised next steps and specialist advice
Equips and resources teachers, evidenced by UCL
Real-time progress tracking
Improved engagement between educators and families
Together, these capabilities provide a more joined-up, child-centred approach to development.
CareTech’s Group Executive Chairman Farouq Sheikh said: “This investment aligns with CareTech’s strategy to support innovative, outcome-led solutions across education and care. Arc Pathway’s platform offers a powerful, practical way to make children’s development more visible, personalised and actionable. We are excited to support the team as they grow in the UK and internationally, and as we develop new solutions for the SEN market together.”
Jackie Harland MBE (pictured right) and Helen Garnett (pictured left), Founders of Arc Pathway, said: “From the start, our mission has always been to make sure every child is seen as an individual, with support shaped around their unique developmental journey. CareTech’s investment gives us the opportunity to take that mission further, reaching more children, educators and families, and extending our impact into the SEN sector where personalised insight is especially important.”
CareTech looks forward to working closely with Arc Pathway to drive continued innovation and deliver better outcomes for children, families and educators.