Neurogenetics Institute · KS1 to A-Level
NEUROGENETICS ACADEMY
The Online Private School
15 years of learning science.
One school built around it.
Since 2011, Neurogenetics Institute has studied how people learn — and applied that knowledge in private schools and colleges in London, UK. Our methods were developed, tested and refined through years of real educational practice. Now we are bringing the complete Institute approach directly to families.
A school built around the learner — not a system that expects every learner to fit the same mould.
Why the Institute Is Different
Four things most online schools can’t offer.
We didn’t start by building an online school. We spent years studying learning and developing the methods first — then applying them in private schools and colleges in London, UK. The Neurogenetics Academy is the result. These four things are what fifteen years of that work produced; everything else on this page hangs off them.
Designed on learning science
The Institute's model was developed by a group of scientists and educators around what neuroscience actually says about memory, attention and motivation — then taught by subject specialists, every one with 10+ years of teaching experience.
Genuinely small classes
Live, interactive classes capped at 10 students — 8 at A-Level. Your child is taught, not broadcast to. Every assignment is marked by a teacher.
School and Synapse, one system
The live school and the Synapse adaptive engine live in the same platform — so practice targets exactly what lessons revealed, automatically.
Parents see everything
A Parent Portal with mastery by topic, teacher feedback and weekly written reports — you never have to wonder whether it’s working.
The Learning Loop
Six steps. Every week.
This is how your child’s learning moves through the school — a weekly rhythm tailored to their needs, their progress and their learning profile. It discovers, teaches, practises, strengthens, measures and improves. Then it goes round again.
Discover
It starts with the Brain Profile diagnostic: we map how your child learns before teaching begins.
Learn
Structured live lessons with subject specialists — every one with 10+ years of teaching experience — on a real Monday–Friday timetable.
Practise
Synapse adaptive practice targets each child’s weaknesses — automatically, every day.
Retrieve
Spaced repetition brings knowledge back at the right moment, so it sticks.
Master
Mastery and weak-spot tracking show exactly what is secure — and what still needs work.
Improve
Teachers and parents respond to the evidence: teaching, missions and feedback adjust to the child — and the loop begins again.
What Your Child Gets
Eight parts. One school experience.
These are the eight components of a full school place — the parts that power the Learning Loop above. Every one of them is included in every stage from KS1 to A-Level.
Brain Profile
Every child begins with the diagnostic. We learn how their mind works before we teach it.
Live classes
Real teaching on a real timetable, Monday to Friday, in small groups — every lesson recorded.
Synapse practice
The adaptive engine personalises practice — question by question, weakness by weakness.
Spaced revision
Retrieval practice is built into the week, so knowledge is retained — not just covered.
Daily missions
Each day, your child knows exactly what to study today — and why.
Mastery tracking
What’s secure, what’s improving and what needs work — visible to you in the Parent Portal.
Learning Lab
Our signature programme teaches the science of learning itself — revision, recall, exam technique.
Manners & Character
Timetabled every week — education, not just instruction.
How the school and Synapse fit together
The school carries the human side: live teaching, structure, marking, support. Synapse carries the personalisation: practice that adapts question by question, mastery tracking across every skill, and spaced revision that schedules itself.
Because they live in the same system, each strengthens the other — explore Synapse →
Who Teaches Your Child
Built by a group of scientists and educators
The Institute was developed by a group of scientists and educators brought together around one idea: education should work with the brain, not against it. Together they shaped the Institute learning system — the Brain Profile, the Learning Loop, Synapse's adaptive engine and the Learning Lab — into one British online school.
Misbah Chaudry
Founder · Director · Medical Geneticist & Neuroscientist
A medical geneticist and neuroscientist with 15+ years’ experience, Misbah founded the Institute after years of studying how the brain learns — and seeing how conventional schools fail children who don’t fit the mould. As Director, she leads the Institute day to day: bringing together the scientists and educators behind the Institute learning system and making sure it delivers for every child.
She leads the teaching team, teaches across the programme and communicates directly with parents — supported by subject specialists, all with 10+ years of teaching experience, including specialist subject teaching at GCSE and A-Level. In classes capped at 10 (8 at A-Level), every child is known by name: their strengths, their gaps, and what they need next. Experienced subject specialists support the GCSE and A-Level classes alongside her.
“I started this school because I believe education should work with the brain, not against it. Small classes aren’t a luxury — they’re how real teaching happens. Every child deserves a teacher who knows them.”
The School Week
A real school week. Built for online learning.
Monday to Friday, every week of a 38-week school year — 190 teaching days. Live classes sit alongside the Learning Lab, Arabic, Manners & Character and enrichment, with every lesson recorded and homework set and marked by teachers.
Every stage has its own timetable, from KS1 to A-Level.
See your child’s timetable →Stages & Pricing
Choose your child’s pathway
Five pathways run from KS1 to A-Level. Each is an access point to the same complete system — live teaching in classes capped at 10 (at A-Level, 8), Synapse adaptive practice, the Learning Lab, Manners & Character and the Parent Portal. Live classes teach the Edexcel specification at exam level; KS1–KS3 follow the CGP and Collins curriculum.
Nurture & Discovery
Gentle, interactive sessions in small nurture groups — the first step of the Institute programme.
- ✓ Max 10 pupils — genuine nurture groups
- ✓ Structured, brain-based early-years curriculum
- ✓ Interactive 45-min live sessions
- ✓ Gentle daily Arabic
- ✓ Fun science games for ages 5-7 (try free)
✓ Foundational literacy & numeracy - ✓ Weekly Parent Portal progress reports
Core Foundations
Core subjects taught properly in micro-classes, inside the Institute programme.
- ✓ Max 10 pupils — micro-class teaching
- ✓ Live English, Maths & Science seminars
- ✓ Individualised daily study missions
- ✓ Teacher-marked homework with feedback
- ✓ Arabic 3x weekly
- ✓ Weekly Parent Portal progress reports
Academic Rigour
A full secondary timetable with real academic depth — taught by the Institute team.
- ✓ Max 10 pupils
- ✓ Taught by the Institute teaching team
- ✓ Full secondary timetable
- ✓ Advanced scientific method & mastery
- ✓ Weekly teacher marking + character dev
- ✓ Daily senior Arabic
Exam Mastery
Exam-focused teaching to the Edexcel specification with experienced subject specialists.
- ✓ Max 10 pupils — seminar-style
- ✓ Experienced subject specialists
- ✓ Full 8:30–4:00 timetable
- ✓ Daily live classes across every subject
- ✓ Weekly past-paper marking, line-by-line feedback
- ✓ Adaptive exam practice
University Excellence
A true seminar model — the smallest classes in the school.
- ✓ Max 8 pupils — seminar model
- ✓ Experienced subject specialists
- ✓ Deep-dive academic modules
- ✓ 1-on-1 UCAS & Oxbridge guidance
- ✓ Bespoke assignment feedback
- ✓ Advanced metacognition & research skills
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Why we cap class sizes
Most online schools charge £100–£300 a month because they stream 50 to 100 students into a single broadcast lecture where your child is just a name in a chatbox.
We operate differently. Every class at Neurogenetics Institute is a live, interactive seminar strictly limited to 10 students (8 at A-Level). Your child is taught directly by teachers who mark every assignment individually, track their progress, and mentor them — that is only possible when classes are genuinely small.
Designed by professional scientists; taught by subject specialists
Strictly capped — no exceptions
Every assignment personally marked
A full school year: £4.5k–£8.4k School & examination information → · Meet the academic team → — private day schools commonly run well into five figures
The Institute Timeline
Built over 15 years. Now open more widely.
The Neurogenetics Academy wasn’t built overnight. It is the culmination of the Institute’s work — and it has already been operating.
Neurogenetics Institute begins its work — studying how people learn: memory, attention, cognition and learning.
Our work moves into the private education sector — applying and refining our methods in private schools and colleges in London, UK.
The Neurogenetics Academy operates — teaching real students while the model, teaching approach and systems continue to develop.
We are opening the school more publicly — bringing the full Institute approach directly to families. The school isn’t new; the access is.
Classes stay deliberately small so that families receive close communication and direct access to the people responsible for their child’s education. As our students progress, we intend to publish genuine outcomes and verified parent feedback.
Experience the School for a Day
Try a real school day before you commit
Your child joins their age-appropriate live classes and experiences the teaching, the materials, the learning system and the classroom dynamic — exactly as they would if enrolled.
Like what you see and join? The £10 comes straight back to you — credited toward your enrolment. The taster effectively costs nothing.
Decide it’s not for you? No problem at all — you’ve had a real class, and there’s nothing further to do.
What the trial day includes:
- ✓ Live classes for your child's stage
- ✓ Full access to Synapse adaptive practice
- ✓ Learning Lab + resources
- ✓ Meet the teacher + ask questions
- ✓ Every lesson recorded for review
- ✓ Direct WhatsApp access during the day
Pay securely via Stripe. Fully refundable if it isn't the right fit.
Subject to class availability. One trial per student. Contact us for full trial policy.
More ways in
Not ready for live classes yet?
Two lighter ways into the Institute system — upgrade to a full live place whenever you're ready (WhatsApp us and we'll sort it the same day).
Recordings + Synapse
Every lesson recorded — English Language, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Learning Lab, Manners & Character and Arabic — forever rewatchable for your child's stage, plus full Synapse adaptive practice, Brain Profile and parent reports. No live seat.
Synapse Only
The adaptive engine by itself — unlimited Synapse practice, daily missions, mastery tracking and the Brain Profile. Recordings and live classes not included.
For Parents
You always know how your child is doing.
The quiet worry about online school is that no one really knows whether it is working. At the Institute, progress is visible, measured and reported — you are never left wondering.
Parent Portal & weekly reports
Mastery by topic, homework status, written-answer scores and teacher feedback — visible any time, plus a written summary of your child’s week, every week.
If your child falls behind
Progress is tracked continuously. Weak areas are identified automatically, Synapse targets practice at them, teachers intervene where needed — and parents are informed. You’ll never be the last to know.
Direct teacher communication
WhatsApp your child’s teacher directly. Not a chatbot, not a ticket system — a real person who knows your child, responding within one working day.
Safeguarding
Enhanced DBS-checked teachers. A monitored learning environment with all interactions logged and visible. Read our safeguarding policy →
Exams
One board, taught deeply. Exam entry, guided.
📖 One exam board, taught properly
All live classes teach the Edexcel specification — IGCSE Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths and GCSE English. One board, taught deeply, rather than four taught thinly.
📍 Exam centres, guided
Exams are sat as a private candidate at an external exam centre registered with your exam board. When exam season approaches, we’ll help you find a nearby centre and walk you through the registration paperwork — you don’t navigate it alone.
Common Questions
Parent FAQ
The questions this page hasn’t already answered.
How long has the school been running?
The Neurogenetics Academy has been operating for around two years, following a decade and a half of the Institute's research and work in private schools and colleges in London, UK. We are now opening it more publicly — trial days are available to experience it first.
What subjects are taught?
KS1–KS3: English, Maths, Science, Arabic, Learning Lab, Manners & Character, Enrichment. GCSE: English Language, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Arabic, Exam Skills. A-Level: Sciences and Maths.
Are lessons recorded?
Yes, every lesson is recorded. Recordings are a safety net for missed classes and a revision resource — not a replacement for live attendance.
How is homework marked?
Every assignment is individually marked by the teacher with written feedback. Synapse adaptive practice is automatically marked, but homework is human-marked.
What is the £10 class taster?
A fully refundable deposit that lets your child attend a real live class. If you decide to join, the £10 is refunded against your enrolment — so the taster costs you nothing. If it’s not for you, you’ve simply had a real class for £10.
How do I contact a real person?
WhatsApp 07907 605463 — we reply within one working day. You can also email [email protected].
One school. Five pathways.
From KS1 to A-Level — classes capped at 10 (8 at A-Level), every lesson recorded, and the whole Institute learning system behind your child.
Not sure where to start? Take the Free Assessment and discover how your child learns.
The Institute ecosystem
Neurogenetics Institute → Institute Learning System → Synapse → Neurogenetics Academy → KS1–A-Level pathways