Launching Summer 2026 · CtrlClass
CtrlClass connects to Google Workspace and imports your classes from Google Classroom. Teachers lock and unlock every student's portfolio in one click — or the timetable does it automatically, every lesson, without anyone having to think about it.
Works with Google Workspace for Education and Google Classroom
From home, on a phone, during a free period — there's nothing stopping a student from opening their Google Drive folder and changing their coursework whenever they like.
Revoking folder access student by student, class by class, is slow and error-prone. It's easy to miss someone — or forget to lock up at all after a lesson.
Headteachers and Exams Officers have no way to see what's locked across the school, who changed what, or whether portfolios are properly secured during exam periods.
The CtrlClass answer
One click locks or unlocks every student's portfolio in a class simultaneously. Or set a timetable schedule and the system handles it automatically — every lesson, every week.
Every teacher, head of department, headteacher, exams officer, and MAT leader sees exactly the controls they need. No more than that. No less.
How it works
Sign in with your school Google account. CtrlClass imports all your classes and full student rosters from Google Classroom in one click. Co-teachers come across too.
CtrlClass creates a private Google Drive folder for every student in every class, inside your school's Shared Drive. New students enrolled get a folder automatically. You own the files.
One click locks every student out of their portfolio. One click opens them all back up. Or configure the timetable and CtrlClass locks and unlocks automatically, every lesson.
Teachers see their classes. Heads of Subject see their department. Headteachers and Exams Officers see the whole school. MAT leaders see every school in the trust.
Who it's for
Features
One click imports all your classes and student rosters directly from Google Classroom. Co-teachers are synced automatically. New students enrolled in Classroom get their portfolio folder straight away.
One button locks every student out of their portfolio simultaneously — access removed, not deleted. One button opens them all back up. Lock or unlock individual students too. A live progress indicator shows every grant landing in real time.
Administrators define named school periods with day and time. Teachers assign their classes to specific periods — portfolios then lock and unlock automatically every lesson. A background job fires every minute, keyed to the UK school clock.
Expand any student's portfolio to see how many words they have added in the last 24 hours and in their most recent working session. Powered by Google's own revision history — CtrlClass stores nothing extra.
If a student shares a portfolio document outside the school domain — to a personal Gmail or set to public — an amber badge flags it in the file list. See exactly who has access and at what permission level.
Every class has an Activity tab showing a full timeline of lock and unlock events: who triggered it, when, whether it was a manual action or automated by the scheduler, and how many students were processed.
Headteachers, Exams Officers, and administrators see every class in the school grouped by subject. Current lock state visible at a glance. Lock or unlock any class directly from the overview, or click through to the full class view.
Teacher, Head of Subject, Exams Officer, Headteacher, Administrator. The first person from your school's Google domain to sign up becomes Administrator automatically. Every subsequent user defaults to Teacher until promoted.
Administrators must formally accept the Data Processing Agreement before any student data is processed — acceptance recorded with timestamp and identity. One-click DSAR export, right to erasure, and a configurable data retention policy (default: 3 academic years).
Use cases
GCSE · A-Level · BTEC · Vocational
Coursework completed under controlled conditions throughout the academic year. CtrlClass auto-schedules portfolios to lock and unlock around every lesson, so the controlled-condition record is always accurate and no manual step ever gets missed.
Exams Officers · Headteachers · Administrators
During formal exam periods, Exams Officers can lock every relevant class across the school in one action from the school overview. No class gets missed. The audit log records every action with timestamp and identity for evidence of compliance.
Any subject · Any year group
Any teacher can configure their class to auto-open at the start of each lesson and lock shut when it ends — so students can only access their portfolios when actually in the room. Same one-click control, same privacy guarantee.
For Multi-Academy Trusts
The MAT dashboard shows every school in the trust with per-school aggregate stats: number of classes, number of students, how many are currently locked, and recent activity. No student names or personal data crosses school boundaries — only aggregate counts are visible at trust level.
Administrators set up their trust with a shareable invite code — other schools join by entering the code. The trust name appears in every school's navigation bar as a persistent link back to the MAT dashboard. Trust-wide onboarding and a named partnership lead come as standard.
Pricing
Annual subscriptions · no setup fees · no per-user charges · founding-school pricing for Summer 2026 launch
FAQ
Launching Summer 2026 · Waitlist open now
CtrlClass launches Summer 2026 for UK primary schools, secondary schools, and MATs. Join the waitlist now and your school gets priority access, a guided setup, and founding-school pricing locked in for year one.
Take command of student portfolios
Join the waitlist and get early access — we'll set up your school's timetable and have you running in an afternoon.