Frequently asked questions

Proftor is a recall-first learning platform for schools. Teachers upload their curriculum, define lessons with key concepts and keywords, and schedule review sessions for students. Students then respond in their own words — and an AI engine called Socrates evaluates how well they recalled the material.

It is built on the science of spaced repetition: instead of cramming, students revisit material at intervals that are proven to maximise long-term retention.

Socrates is Proftor's AI recall engine. When a student submits a free-text response to a session prompt, Socrates analyses the response against the teacher-defined keywords and key concepts for that lesson. It identifies what the student recalled accurately, what was vague, and what was missed — and feeds that back to both the student and the teacher.

Socrates does not generate questions or lesson content. Its role is evaluation: comparing what the student wrote against what the teacher said matters.

Spaced repetition is a learning method in which material is reviewed at increasing intervals over time, rather than studied all at once. It counteracts the "forgetting curve" — first described by psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885 — which shows that we forget most of what we learn within days unless we actively recall it.

A meta-analysis by Cepeda et al. (2006) across 254 studies found that spaced practice produced better long-term retention in 96% of comparisons against massed study. Roediger & Karpicke (2006) found that students who practised active recall retained 80% of material after one week, compared to 34% for those who only re-read.

All of them. Proftor is subject-agnostic: teachers define the curriculum, the keywords, and the key concepts. Whether you teach History, Literature, Biology, Mathematics, or Philosophy, the platform adapts to your material. Each subject can have its own colour, icon, and structure within the school's curriculum tree.

Once your curriculum is uploaded (as a PDF), setting up a lesson takes a few minutes: you select the relevant pages, name the topic, and add your key concepts and keywords. For larger curricula, batch upload lets you set up multiple lessons at once. A lesson only needs to be created once — you can schedule it as many times as you like from the Planner.

The Planner is a weekly calendar view. You drag a lesson from your curriculum library onto a day, then assign it to a class, a group, or an individual student. The session appears in the assigned students' feeds on that day. Lessons are reusable — the same lesson can be scheduled multiple times across the year for spaced reinforcement, without any extra setup.

After each session, Proftor shows you a summary of how students recalled your key concepts: which concepts came through clearly, which were vague, and which were missed entirely. You can view results per student, per class, or per lesson topic. You do not need to read individual student responses — the AI evaluation gives you a structured overview instantly.

Students access Proftor on their phone or any device through a web browser — no app download required. Their account is created by the school or teacher, so students do not need to register independently.

A student opens their feed and sees the sessions scheduled for today. They choose a session and are prompted to recall what they learned — for example, "What did you learn in History today?" — and respond in their own words. Socrates then provides immediate feedback on which key concepts they covered. The whole interaction typically takes just a few minutes.

Every completed session earns the student points, which contribute to a running score visible alongside classmates. This creates a healthy sense of progress and friendly competition. Students also earn subject-specific badges when they hit recall milestones — for example, completing a set number of sessions for a particular topic with consistently strong results.

The same-day recall indicator — shown as a row of coloured dots on a student's progress screen — tracks how promptly a student completes their sessions. A green dot means the session was completed on the day it was assigned. An amber dot means it was completed the following day. A red dot means it was done later or skipped. The goal is to build a habit of reviewing on the day it matters most for long-term retention.

Yes. Proftor is designed with GDPR compliance in mind. We act as a data processor on behalf of the school (the data controller), and pilot partners are asked to sign a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) before any student data is processed. All data is stored within the European Economic Area. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Yes, and we take the protection of children's data seriously. Student accounts are created and managed by the school — not by students directly. The school is responsible for ensuring that appropriate authorisation is in place for students under 16, in accordance with GDPR Art. 8 and applicable national law. We do not ask students to provide their own consent or personal details independently.

No. Student responses and personal data are never used to train external AI models, shared with third parties for advertising, or used for any purpose beyond delivering the Proftor service to the school that contracted it.

Proftor is currently being tested with a small number of selected education providers before wider release. Pilot partners get early access to the platform, test it in real classrooms, and provide feedback that directly shapes the product. In return, pilot access is free and onboarding is handled personally by the Proftor team.

Submit your interest using the form on the main page. We review all submissions and reach out within a few days. Pilot slots are limited, and we prioritise schools and institutions that can provide structured feedback across a range of subjects and grade levels.

Pricing has not been finalised yet. We are intentionally keeping the pilot free while we refine the product with real users. Pilot partners will be informed of future pricing well in advance, and we plan to offer favourable terms to schools that participated in the pilot phase.