Early evidence · Earlier support

    Support before
    the struggle.

    We use immersive VR to pinpoint where a child thrives or needs support. By equipping schools with objective evidence, we aim to bypass years of waiting lists to start support on day one.

    Backed & supported by
    Innovate UKMicrosoft for StartupsFirst school pilot complete
    01The problem

    The system waits for children to fall behind.

    More than 1.8 million children in England - nearly one in five - are identified with additional needs, yet meaningful support is so often unlocked only by a formal plan, and those take time. Fewer than half of new education, health and care plans are issued within the legal 20-week deadline, and some children wait a year or more. Support arrives after a child is already struggling.

    02What we do

    Needs-led support.

    PupilPower gives teachers and SENCOs objective evidence of how a child is engaging and where they're struggling - and the practical tools to make adaptations in the classroom straight away, on the basis of need, rather than waiting for a diagnosis to unlock support.

    And if a child does go on to need a formal diagnosis, they arrive with an early record of need already behind them. Needs-led inclusion, backed by evidence.

    How it works
    03How it works

    A 10-20 minute VR lesson.

    The child slips on a headset and plays through a curriculum-aligned lesson - genuinely fun, genuinely educational. While they simply learn, eye-tracking quietly notices what a busy classroom can't: where attention holds, where it drifts, how a child works through a task.

    What comes back to the teacher isn't a label or a score - it's objective evidence of engagement, building into a picture over time.

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    04Why now

    Policy is catching up with need.

    The government's 2026 Schools White Paper sets out where SEND support is heading: earlier help in mainstream classrooms, delivered on the basis of need - including a digital support plan for any child with identified needs, with no diagnosis required to trigger it. The direction of travel points exactly where we do.

    Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts will increasingly need clear, objective evidence of need - early. That is what we are built to provide.

    FEB 2026 · SCHOOLS WHITE PAPER (PROPOSED)

    Proposes a digital Individual Support Plan for every child with identified needs - created in school, with no diagnosis needed to trigger support.

    Source: DfE, 'Every Child Achieving and Thriving' Schools White Paper, 23 February 2026 - proposals, subject to consultation and legislation.

    An eye with brain wave patterns flowing into data bars, illustrating the science behind eye-tracking insights
    05The science

    The science behind the support.

    Decades of research show that eye movements offer a window into how a child is engaging and where they're struggling.

    We're building on that established science - openly, carefully, and validating our own approach as we go - to turn it into evidence teachers can act on, always in the child's interest.

    The science
    Early momentum

    Backed, piloted, and moving fast.

    BACKING

    Innovate UK award

    Selected for the Global Business Innovation Programme - Women in AI, Sweden.

    BACKING

    Microsoft for Startups

    Awarded Microsoft for Startups credits and support.

    FIRST PILOT

    First pilot complete

    Run in a real UK primary classroom with 23 children - proving the experience where it counts.

    Happy, healthy generations of lifelong learners.

    We're building PupilPower with the people who'll use it. If you're a teacher, SENCO or parent who wants children supported sooner, add your voice - and if you'd like to go further, join one of our educator working groups shaping the product as we build. Schools, trusts and researchers: we'd love to talk too.