Your sixth formers build a startup in a week.
It costs the school nothing and takes one assembly slot.
2027 is our third year. We add a small number of schools each year and no more, so every student gets the same week.
●What partnering involves
Three things, and none of them cost money.
An assembly slot
We come in and tell your students what it is and how to apply.
Your safeguarding checks
Run whatever process you run on us. We will have what you ask for.
A short reference for each student we pick
Once we have made our choices we come back to you to confirm the place, and to pick up anything we should know to give that student a good week.
And nothing in the holidays. No staff, no cover, no supervision. The week is ours.
Students apply to us directly and we select them. You do not have to decide who deserves a place, and you still get the final word on every one.
What the week is
Five days in our London office, 10am to 4pm, in the summer holidays. A week between late July and the start of September 2027.
Teams of around four. They find a problem worth solving, talk to real customers, build a working app, make a deck, and pitch it to investors on the Friday.
Laptops, travel and lunch are covered. Founders and investors come in through the week.
The best teams from across the summer come back for a grand final and, from 2027, a £4,000 prize.
What last year's students said
Based on 65 responses, 2025/26.
Asked what they gained, students named communication, public speaking and confidence more often than any technical skill.
Six schools, so far
Superscript shows the year each school is entering with us. Three of them are with us for a third year.
How students are selected
Applications open from December. Your students apply themselves, and we select them.
We are looking for potential rather than grades, so the application asks students to show us how they think. Selection runs in stages, and it finishes with your reference.
We match teams across different strengths, so a student who cannot code still has a seat.
Safeguarding
Our team is DBS checked. We run one adult to every four students, because every team has its own helper for the week.
Parents consent before the week starts. Our full safeguarding policy is available on request.
Put your school on the list
We work with state schools.
We'll email you within a week.