For school leavers — not coders

Before they arrive at university, most of their peers will already be using AI. This is the week your child learns to build with it, not just type into it.

Five days, live, online. No coding. No lectures. They arrive on Monday with a laptop. They leave on Friday with a working AI team they built themselves. They keep it.

Summer 2026 — 15 places
2 hours a day 5 days, Mon–Fri Online · laptop only
5
Days · Mon–Fri
2hr
Each day, live
15
Max cohort
£799
Less than a week of tutoring
By Friday

What your child will have.

Not a certificate. Not a score. Something they can open on a laptop and show you at the kitchen table.

A working AI team
A set of AI agents they built and named — one that researches, one that writes, one that checks and challenges. Configured for their degree subject or the track they chose.
A five-minute demo
Every student presents their AI team on Friday. By then it works, they understand how it works, and they can explain it to anyone.
An AI team they keep
The agents stay on their machine after Friday. They use them for coursework, research, applications, and personal projects. No subscription. No expiry. Theirs.
The week

Students don't study AI theory. They build things.

Monday to Friday, two hours per day, live. No recorded lectures. No textbook. A coach, a small group, and a machine you learn to direct.

Day one
How AI actually works.
Set up their environment, interact with Claude, and understand what is really happening under the surface. Tokens, context windows, why models sometimes get things wrong. By the end of the day, they have run their first agent.
Day two
Thinking with AI.
Frame problems, structure reasoning, build a research workflow. How to get AI to show its working, check its own output, and iterate toward something genuinely good.
Day three
Building your AI team.
Define their first agent: give it a role, a set of instructions, a job. Then a second. Then a third. One researches. One writes. One reviews and challenges.
Day four
Choose your track.
Students pick the project that fits their future — entrepreneur or student track. A real startup toolkit or a personal research assistant tailored to their degree subject.
Day five
Ship something you're proud of.
Every student presents their AI team to the cohort. They leave with it, and with the shape of how to build the next one.
Universities expect AI fluency. Employers assume it. This is the week your child gets it.
Toby Treacher · Founder, Leaving School
15 students
A seminar, not a lecture. The instructor knows every name.
10 hours, live
Two hours a day, Monday to Friday. No recordings to fall behind on.
Built by Toby
Founder of an AI-powered business, teaching what he uses every day.
A working project
On their laptop by Friday. They demo it. They keep it.
For parents

Your child won't arrive behind.

We are not a tutoring service. The programme is for bright, computer-literate young people heading to university. Most of them have used AI to summarise an article or draft a paragraph. None of them have built a system that does work for them. One week changes that. No coding. No lectures. A practitioner, a small group, and five days of building.

In one sentence:

"It's a one-week, two-hours-a-day online programme. They build a working AI system they will actually use at university. No coding. No theory first. They build from the first hour."

Live and human-led
Every session is delivered by a practitioner on a video call, not a pre-recorded course.
Small cohorts
Fifteen students maximum. Your child will be seen and spoken to, not processed.
No coding required
Students write instructions in plain English, on the machine in front of them. They build from the first hour. The week is the lesson.
Claude access included
Each student is issued an account for the duration of the programme. Billing handled by us.
This is for
  • The bright student who has never written a line of code.
  • The one heading to university, a competitive apprenticeship, or a gap year with intent.
  • The student studying anything but Computer Science — History, Law, Medicine, Economics, Business.
  • The one who knows AI matters but has no idea where to start.
  • The student who can commit two focused hours a day for one week.
This is not for
  • The A-level Computer Scientist who is already building.
  • The reluctant student. Curiosity is a prerequisite.
  • Anyone looking for exam tutoring, UCAS support, or grade prep.
Questions

Before you book.

Choose your week

Fifteen places per cohort. Choose yours.

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