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Inspired Education has launched Inspired Edge Academy, a new education model designed to challenge the outdated system – with a plan to roll out across seven countries from January 2027.
With the way children learn outpacing the historic education framework, this new model vows to shake up the system by using AI-enhanced learning models that enable children from age 8 to learn up to three times faster than traditional methods.
And with 59% of parents supporting schools to use AI to enhance learning, the model offers parents a modern choice that prepares their children for the world they will grow up in, not the one left behind.
Every primary school age student will learn statutory core curriculum mastery in the morning (including English, Maths, Science, Computing, Languages), followed by applied, interdisciplinary learning in the afternoon, covering life skills application such as financial literacy, entrepreneurship, public speaking and real-world problem-solving.
Structured around mastery rather than age and year groups, Inspired Edge Academy is designed to build on and comply with local market national curriculums, but reflect the reality of how different children progress, equipping pupils with the skills they need for the world of tomorrow.
The first early-access programme will open in Central London in January 2027, followed by Lisbon, Milan, Madrid, Mexico City, São Paulo and Auckland from September of that year. The programme is designed by Inspired Education, a global group of 125 premium schools educating over 95,000 students worldwide.
The structure is designed to build confidence, curiosity and joy in learning, alongside achievement, and responds directly to parents’ desires for AI and cyber security skills taught in the curriculum.
Nadim Nsouli, Founder of Inspired and Edge Academy, said: “Education must evolve to reflect the world children are growing up in. The traditional classroom structure was designed for another era, when information was scarce and learning moved at a single pace for everyone.
Inspired Edge Academy represents a new model for primary education, with a broader set of focus areas, that could see children learn how to build a drone or run an Airbnb. Most importantly, progression will be based on mastery rather than age. Every child learns differently, and education should adapt to the learner, not the other way around.”
Mike Lambert, Global Education Director, Inspired Education, said: “Children do not learn at the same pace, but conventional classrooms often expect them to. Inspired Edge Academy changes that by allowing pupils to move forward when they have mastered the material, while ensuring those who need more support receive it. The national curriculum remains our foundation, but the programme builds far beyond it, equipping children with the academic knowledge, confidence and life skills they will rely on throughout their lives.”
The personalised learning is curated thanks to an assisted learning programme developed with AI technology from CENTURY Tech. Priya Lakhani OBE, Founder and CEO, CENTURY Tech, said: “Education needs a model that reflects the world children are growing up in – one that offers parents greater choice and helps every learner go further. Edge combines a focus on mastery and memorisation with a commitment to curiosity and creativity. It raises the floor for those who need support and lifts the lid on what’s possible for every child.”
The first early-access preview programme will open in January 2027 in Central London attached to an existing school, but as a separate program with its own educators and learning space within the campus. In other markets, Inspired Edge Academies will have their own dedicated campuses.