“I am really impressed by the new site. Both myself and the staff have found it much easier to navigate and we are definitely using it more as a resource for networking and looking for CPD. The whole feel of the site is cleaner and more modern looking.”
Sarah Gower-Jones, Headteacher, Hollywood Park Nursery School
Digital Marketing Executive
Stockport Council is a UK local authority responsible for delivering a wide range of public services across the borough, including education, social care, housing, environmental services, and community development.
Within the Council, the School Improvement Team operates as a traded service working with schools, early years settings, education services, external partners, and childminders. The team supports continuing professional development (CPD) and professional learning for education professionals, helping to improve teaching quality and educational outcomes across the borough.
Their work combines face-to-face training with online learning and networking opportunities, enabling a blended approach to CPD that supports collaboration, knowledge sharing, and ongoing professional growth within the education community.
The School Improvement Team had been using a combination of an in-house event booking tool and a Moodle platform since 2008 to deliver its blended learning offer.
Over time, the system became increasingly difficult to maintain and no longer met the needs of a growing user base.
Key challenges included:
The team needed a single, scalable platform that could support both learning delivery and large-scale event management.
“The site has a really modern look and feel and as an event administrator I soon felt confident in using the site, guiding new users through the registration process and search functions.”
Yvonne Mellor
Event Organiser, Stockport Council
Stockport Council partnered with Hubken to implement a fully configured Hubken LMS, designed to unify blended learning delivery, event booking, and online collaboration within a single platform.
The solution was built to support both CPD delivery and community learning networks, ensuring a seamless experience for users and administrators.
Centralised blended learning platform: The LMS combined face-to-face event booking with online learning, forums, and resource sharing in one system.
Advanced seminar and booking functionality: Flexible event management tools enabled the team to manage high volumes of CPD bookings efficiently, including user registration, scheduling, and attendance tracking.
Custom dashboards and reporting: Tailored dashboards provided improved visibility of engagement, participation, and learning activity across the borough.
Improved user experience and design: A modern, intuitive interface was designed to support ease of navigation and encourage greater engagement from education professionals.
The introduction of Hubken LMS enabled Stockport Council’s School Improvement Team to significantly improve the delivery and management of CPD and learning activities across the borough.
Overall, the platform has enabled the team to scale its blended learning offer while improving efficiency, accessibility, and engagement across the education community.
“Users are very on-board and positive about the new system… they feel more involved with the customised end solution.”
Julie Ryan
Leading Leads Co-ordinator, Stockport Council