Honest answers to important questions.

AI Explorers Academy is a new UK children's AI education brand. We teach children aged 8–11 to understand and create with artificial intelligence through creative, hands-on missions, delivered in partnership with primary schools.

Not yet. Our franchise proposition is still being developed, and we are not currently offering or selling franchises. You can register your interest to be kept informed and to share your thoughts.

We don't expect to require a formal teaching qualification, although education experience would be valuable. Any operator would need to meet the safeguarding, suitability and training requirements relevant to their role.

Our aim is to build a training and curriculum system that doesn't require you to be a software developer. A genuine interest in technology and a willingness to learn would be important.

The proposed model allows for operators to grow from a single venue to coordinating several clubs, subject to quality standards and the final franchise structure.

That would depend on the final model and your local plans. Many children's activity businesses run after school and at weekends, but we'd discuss time commitments openly before anyone made a decision.

Yes — a structured, centrally maintained curriculum is at the heart of our planned franchise support, including lesson plans, instructor guides, slides, activity sheets and certificates.

Our planned training covers curriculum delivery, classroom management, safeguarding awareness, safe and age-appropriate AI use, educational technology setup and quality standards. Training would not replace the need for appropriate safeguarding competence or role suitability.

Operators would be responsible for safe recruitment of local staff, following safeguarding policies, appropriate supervision, incident reporting, and complying with the laws and regulations of the nation they operate in. We'd expect this to be a central part of training and quality monitoring.

Our proposed model doesn't require dedicated premises. Programmes would be delivered in schools, community venues and other suitable shared spaces.

We plan to provide school partnership guidance, presentation materials and templates to help operators build professional relationships with local schools.

Operators would likely need a set of suitable devices and classroom materials. We plan to provide equipment guidance; specific requirements and costs are still being worked out.

Territory structure hasn't been decided. No territories have been allocated, reserved or sold. Registering interest in a region does not reserve it.

Franchise investment details and commercial packages are currently being developed. We won't publish figures until they've been properly prepared and reviewed. Register your interest to discuss future opportunities.

Ongoing fees have not been set. Any future franchise offer would set out all fees clearly in formal documentation, and we would encourage you to take independent legal and financial advice.

Our first priority is establishing Junior AI Explorers with partner primary schools. Franchising is a future UK-wide expansion opportunity, and we'll share a timeline with registered contacts when we're ready to discuss it in more detail.