Loop provides shared workspaces where staff can create pages, organise documents, coordinate tasks and manage ongoing work. These workspaces act as centralised hubs for curriculum design, school improvement planning, pastoral projects, enrichment programmes and more.
Using Loop within Schools:
- Curriculum development (subject teams co‑create units, resources, assessments)
- School improvement plan (SIP) tracking and evidence collection
- Safeguarding team notes, planning and action tracking
- Continuing professional development (CPD) planning
- Cross‑school events (e.g. careers week, open evenings, sports day)
Loop also enables real-time co-creation between teachers, TA’s, leaders and operational staff. It allows instant, multi-user editing of documents, tables, task lists and pages ensuring that every change is updated in real-time, reducing version control issues.
The most powerful feature with Loop is components – live blocks, such as tables, lists and task boards – that stay synced anywhere that they are shared e.g. Teams chats, Outlook emails or Loop pages.
Some examples of best practice would be:
- SLT sends a task list to staff via email; staff updates auto‑sync back to the central Loop
- Year groups share pupil intervention notes that update across Teams
- A shared table for student progress updates lives both in a Teams chat and Loop workspace
This is perfect for teams like pastoral, SEND or multi-teacher year groups.
Loop includes task boards and integrates with Microsoft To Do and Planner to maintain clear accountability. These are valuable for tasks such as tracking progress of SEND interventions, managing school policy reviews and organising educational trips which often involve a more distributed team or group of staff.
Here are a few practical ways in which schools can use Microsoft Loop:
| Use Area | How Loop Helps |
|---|---|
| Curriculum & Planning | Shared workspaces, co‑creation, synced pages |
| Meetings & Admin | Real‑time notes, synced task lists, integrated pages |
| Staff Collaboration | Portable components shared via Teams/Outlook |
| Classroom Use | Unified resource hub, real‑time student input |
| Project & Event Management | Kanban boards, task tracking, organised workspaces |
| Reducing Fragmentation | Centralises content across tools and devices |
Take a look at the video below to find out more about Microsoft Loop.
Note: Start watching from 1:16 up to 6:30