A Product We Built to Prove the Point
UpGrades is not a client project. It is a commercial EdTech platform we conceived, designed, built, and own: the clearest demonstration of what Rogue Digital ships when handed a problem and the freedom to execute. A live, multi-role AI SaaS, built in 13 days.
We built it because the UK GCSE and A-Level revision market is underserved by technology. Students revise without focus, parents cannot verify effort, and teachers lack the data to intervene early. Existing apps are static and gamified: none adapt to the individual student, and none serve the whole picture.
The Adaptive Learning Engine
The core is a continuously updated model of each student’s knowledge state. As students work through flashcards and exam-board mock exams, the system tracks performance at question level, detects recurring error patterns, and pinpoints the exact knowledge gaps holding each student back.
An FSRS spaced-repetition scheduler then prioritises weak topics, weighted by proximity to the exam date and current readiness. Four intensity modes (Cruise, Turbo, Beast, and Legend) let students choose their pace without switching off the adaptive logic underneath. Content is specific to AQA, Edexcel, OCR, and other boards, so every question matches the format students will actually sit.
Five Roles, One Platform
UpGrades ships five distinct authenticated experiences: student, parent, teacher, governor, and admin. Parents see exactly what their child revised this week and what is scheduled next. Teachers get an aggregated class view with early warnings for students slipping behind, and governors and admins get institutional oversight. B2C and B2B billing runs through Stripe across all of it.
Built for UK Schools
Selling into schools means compliance from the first line of code:
- GDPR: children’s-data protection, 90-day chat retention, and full audit trails for every AI interaction
- Pupil Premium: eligible students receive Pro access automatically and silently, with Ofsted-ready impact reports for the school
- PECR: a hard gate blocks any outreach sequence from sending without a completed Legitimate Interest Assessment and B2B checklist
- DPA: an auto-generated Data Processing Agreement with Article 22 transparency for onboarding
- R&D: an HMRC-aligned activity log built directly into the admin
Alongside the product we built its go-to-market layer: 65,000 UK schools imported and segmented for compliance-gated outreach, plus an AI support chatbot with retrieval over the knowledge base.
What This Demonstrates
UpGrades is a live commercial platform with real billing and real compliance, built end to end by a small senior team in 13 days. This is what Rogue Digital builds when given a clear problem and room to execute.