From one portal
to three products
4Sight Education started with a simple conviction: the tools schools use should be as thoughtful as the people who work in them.
In 2020, Anthony Dennis built the first version of the VESPA Portal — a coaching platform designed to help sixth-form tutors have better conversations with their students. The framework behind it, developed alongside co-founders Martin Griffin and Steve Oakes, had already been used in hundreds of schools through their books The A Level Mindset and The GCSE Mindset. But the portal turned a set of ideas into something interactive, measurable, and scalable.
That first build sparked something bigger. The idea behind 4Sight was never to create a single product — it was to become a launchpad for education-focused technology. If VESPA proved that a well-designed platform could genuinely change how schools approach student development, what else could be built?
FL4SH arrived next — an AI-powered flashcard app that does something no other revision tool does: it works from the actual exam specification, trained on real past papers and mark schemes. SPARK followed, extending the validated psychometric approach from post-16 down to Key Stage 3.
4Sight Education remains a small company by design. Every product is built by the same person who speaks to the schools that use them. That closeness to the end user isn't a limitation — it's the entire point.
VESPA Framework Launches
Martin Griffin and Steve Oakes publish The A Level Mindset. Schools across the UK begin adopting the VESPA approach to student coaching.
First Online Questionnaire
The VESPA psychometric questionnaire goes digital — an online form generating personalised PDF reports for students and tutors. Schools begin embedding it into their coaching workflows.
Tutor Resources Go Live
The first suite of VESPA tutor resources launches — ready-made slide decks and session plans sold to schools through Teachable, giving tutors structured, evidence-based content for coaching conversations.
The First Portal
Anthony builds the VESPA Portal — turning the framework into a digital platform with questionnaires, coaching reports, and activity tracking. 4Sight Education is born.
The Coaching Portal
A ground-up redesign transforms the VESPA report from a static document into a live coaching tool — built for students and tutors to work through together, setting targets and tracking mindset development over time.
FL4SH Goes Live
AI-powered flashcards built from real exam specs launch on iOS and Android. The first product beyond VESPA proves the 4Sight model works.
SPARK in Development
A psychometric mindset tool for 11–14 year olds, developed with Manchester Met University. The VESPA approach reaches younger students for the first time.
4site.dev Launches
Schools and education professionals start asking for websites. A new arm of 4Sight Education opens, bringing the same design quality to school-facing web development.