The Shooting Star™ is designed for school students, to capture more holistic outcomes and give a greater emphasis to outcomes beyond academic achievement. The Shooting Star™ was originally designed for secondary school settings but later tested successfully in primary schools.

The Shooting Star™ was developed by Triangle with Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) and with funding from Nesta and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

The Shooting Star™ captures where young people are in six key outcome areas intended to complement a sometimes narrow focus on exam results:

1. Aspiration
2. Contribution
3. Confidence
4. Learning
5. People and support
6. Communicating

The Shooting Star™ is based on a five-stage Journey of Change:

1. Not interested
2. Considering it
3. Having a go
4. Working on it
5. Actively enjoying it