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Ages 8–11 · After-school AI clubs · Partnering with UK primary schools

Future learning pathways

Proposed pathway

From first spark to future builder.

Our long-term ambition is a learning journey that grows with children from age 8 to 16. We're starting with one programme and will only add the next when it's ready.

The pathway

  1. Explore

    Ages 8–11

    Junior AI Explorers

    Discover what AI is, how it learns, and how to create with it.

    Launching soon

  2. Make

    Proposed ages 9–12

    AI Game Makers

    Build bigger games and interactive projects with growing independence.

    In development

  3. Innovate

    Proposed ages 12–14

    Young AI Innovators

    Prototype apps and think critically about generative AI.

    Future programme

  4. Build

    Proposed ages 14–16

    Future AI Builders

    Team projects, automation and product development.

    Future programme

What stays the same

Principles at every stage

  • Create, don't just consume

    Every stage centres on making things — from simple classifiers to team-built products.

  • Understand how AI works

    Children progress from 'AI learns from examples' to evaluating real systems critically.

  • Responsibility grows with capability

    Privacy, fairness and honesty deepen at each stage, matched to the tools children are ready for.

  • Age-appropriate tools

    Tool choices respect platform age requirements and are always appropriately supervised.

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