Founder story

Why I Built AbleLearn

In school I was an obsessive note taker, and I would always take my work home with me. Not because lessons were easy for me, but because writing everything down was the only way I could hold onto the important parts.

The truth is that I really struggled to focus in a typical classroom. There were too many distractions and too much noise. But when I got home with my notes and a quiet environment, I could finally focus. I would work through topics again and again. I refined what I understood and isolated what I did not. That was where the real learning happened for me.

I remember wishing there was a system built around that idea. Something that gave targeted practice and structured repetition. Something that made learning clearer, faster, and more measurable.

I even tried to build it myself. When I was in secondary school, I wrote a tiny Python program that would quiz me using spaced repetition until I reached what I called a "perfect score". It was basic, but it worked. And I honestly believe it is the reason I achieved the grades I did, because the classroom environment alone was not enough for me.

Years later, that idea stayed with me. I kept thinking about what would have helped me and what would help students today.

What if every student had a tool that made revision precise and motivating?
What if teachers could build and assign that experience in minutes instead of hours?
And what if teachers could get clear AI summaries of student work instantly so they can understand weaknesses and assign precise work in seconds?

That became AbleLearn.

Today AbleLearn brings together everything I wished existed when I was a student:

  • Revise for genuine mastery and fixing mistakes
  • Learn for building full step by step courses
  • Games to keep students engaged without teachers constantly chasing them
  • AI Tutor to make sure understanding is real before moving on

AbleLearn is not about cutting corners. It is about making learning clearer, faster, and more motivating for students and much easier for teachers to manage.

It is the platform I tried to create for myself when I was younger. Now built properly, and built for every classroom.

Barney Conridge

Creator of AbleLearn

If you're reading this and want to talk about pilots or ideas, you can reach me via ablelearn2@gmail.com