Sherston Software

Sherston Software, also known as Sherston Publishing Group, was a British software publisher producing educational games and learning resources.

Two teachers, Bill and Lou Bonham, started making games for the BBC Micro in 1983 and established Sherston Software Limited in 1984.^[1][2] In 2003, Bill and Lou sold Sherston to a four-man management team, which led to the company being called Sherston Publishing Group. In 2008, the offices in Angel House, Sherston, Wiltshire also became home to BLi Education which owned the brands TAG Learning, Economatics Education and SEMERC. TAG Developments (based in Kennington, London) was also part of the group and produced MAPS – Managed Assessment and ePortfolio System – which featured some Sherston software content. In difficult trading conditions in the education market in 2010 and 2011, BLi Education went into administration but many of the assets were acquired by Sherston Publishing Group.

Sherston employed developers in India. An associate company, Sherston Sheshani operated out of an office in Cape Town, South Africa. Sherston also had an office in the United States (Sherston America) based in Portland, Oregon. Sherston Software also published software in association with partners including BBC Worldwide, HarperCollins and Oxford University Press.

In 2015, Sherston was acquired by private equity firm Big Clever Learning,^[3] and the original company was liquidated in 2016.^[1]