For parents
Habits, not homework policing.
Fincho's job is to make "I'll plan my own studying" true. Your child gets a companion that knows what they are taking and what they keep getting wrong. You get the shape of their week, without having to be the one asking.
What you see
- Which days Fincho was opened without a nudge, and how long the study sessions were
- Questions answered, mistakes put right, and the twigs on the nest
- Practice done, weak spots found and resolved
- Grades from uploaded school reports, and the trend between reports
- The next milestone: mock, options, GCSE, UCAS deadline
- A Sunday email in plain English, generated from those numbers
What you don't
- The conversation with Pip, in any form
- What your child asked about, beyond the subject and the count
- Pip's notes on how your child learns (they can see and delete those)
Ask your child to show you their chat if you want to see it. That is a conversation between you two, and we stay out of it.
Built around the English school year
A quiet record of which subjects feel easy and which keep slipping, so GCSE options in Year 9 are a conversation with evidence, not a guess.
Specification tracked topic by topic. Practice in the exam board's style, marked to the mark scheme. Mocks in view. From Year 10, Pip flags that most sixth forms want a 6 or 7 in the subjects a student wants to carry on.
Three or four subjects, deep. Predicted grades set against real entry requirements, UCAS deadlines, a personal statement built from years of evidence.
Questions parents ask
- Can I read my child's chat?
- No. Not the messages, not a summary. This is the one promise the product is built on, and your child is told it when they set up their login. You see when and how much Fincho was used, how much was practised and how it went, and grades.
- What if my child tells Pip something worrying?
- Pip is a study companion, not a counsellor. If a student writes about being unsafe or in serious distress, Pip gives a one-line pointer to Childline (0800 1111) and suggests talking to a trusted adult, then returns to school work. It does not counsel and does not alert you. We think a child who knows the chat is private is more likely to keep using the thing that helps them study.
- Does it do their homework?
- No. Pip refuses to write the essay or hand over the answer. It gives a hint, then a bigger hint, and only after the third request shows the working, and records that it did.
- Does it connect to the school?
- No. We don't plug into homework platforms or school portals. Your child tells Pip what was set and how it went, and uploads the school report when it comes. Term dates are the standard ones for your nation, worked out rather than read off your school's site.
- How much does it cost?
- Nothing during the beta. If we charge later it will be one subscription per family, agreed in advance, and we will email you first.
- What does it run on?
- Anthropic's Claude models, called directly from a server we control. Anthropic does not train on data sent through its API and deletes it within 30 days. Model usage and cost are logged per family, which is how we keep it sustainable.
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