Configur Academy
The after-school programmes that give children a head start in life.
Book your placeMore than an after-school club.
Most children are never taught how to speak in a room, how money works, or what it takes to lead a team and hold their nerve. Our clubs teach all of it, from age 8.
The clubs
Four programmes.
Each club is built around one skill children rarely get to practise, and every one is for ages 8 to 12, here in Twickenham.
Rise to Lead
Public Speaking · Leadership · Confidence
For the child who has something to say and needs to learn how to say it.
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Young Founders House
Business · Money · Entrepreneurship
For the child who wants to understand how money and the real world actually work.
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The Insiders Club
AI, Algorithms & Growing Up Online
The club where children beat the machine, then learn to run it. AI, social media and screen time, all turned into a game they will not notice they are learning from.
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The Detective Club
Critical Thinking · Reasoning · Problem Solving
For the child who wants to know how to think, not what to think.
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One membership, every programme
Every club is for children aged 8 to 12. Clubs run at Patch (co-working space), 42 York Street, Twickenham TW1 3LJ; The Detective Club's Wednesday session runs at St Stephen's Church, Richmond Road, East Twickenham. You choose how many clubs your child joins, and you pay one monthly fee.
Days and times
Monday
Rise to Lead 4:00 to 5:00 pm Fully booked
The Detective Club 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Wednesday
The Detective Club 5:00 to 6:00 pm, St Stephen's Church, East Twickenham
Thursday
Young Founders House 4:00 to 5:00 pm 1 place left
The Insiders Club 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Saturday
Rise to Lead 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Young Founders House 3:15pm to 4:15pm
- On Mondays we collect children from St Mary's Middle and Junior sites and from Orleans Primary School, walk safely to Patch, and give them a snack from 3:45 to 4:00 pm.
- Children staying for both Monday clubs, Rise to Lead and The Detective Club, have a light dinner with snacks from 5:00 to 5:30 pm, stay with us between the classes, and are picked up at 6:30 pm.
- On Wednesdays The Detective Club runs at St Stephen's Church, Richmond Road, East Twickenham. We collect the children from Deer Park School, walk to the church together, and they have a light dinner of sandwiches and fruit before the class starts. Pick up is at 6:00 pm at the church.
- On Thursdays we collect children from St Mary's Middle and Junior sites and walk safely to Patch.
- Children staying for both Thursday clubs, Young Founders House and The Insiders Club, have the light dinner from 5:00 to 5:30 pm and are picked up at 6:30 pm.
- Children staying for both clubs on Saturdays have a drink and snacks between the classes, so you drop off at 2:00pm and pick up at 4:15pm.
Clubs run in term time. See every club date, 2026 to 2027.
1 club
£65 a month
2 clubs
£110 a month
3 clubs
£155 a month
Full membership
Configur Academy Membership
£195 a month
All 4 clubs, plus full membership benefits
- A guaranteed place in all 4 clubs, and first refusal on every new club, event and holiday session we run
- A short written note each term from the lead coach on how your child is developing across all 4 clubs
- A written reference for school applications, on request
- 2 guest passes each term, to bring 2 guests along to a single session
- Founding-member access to Configur Academy Online when it launches
Membership can be cancelled at any time with 30 days' notice.
Membership is paid monthly, the same amount every month, spread evenly across the year.
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What parents say
Our daughter is so excited to come to the "Rise to Lead" class every week. After a term of regular classes, she learnt a lot of presentation techniques, which she applied at the final showcase for parents. Orgesa is incredibly warm, passionate and very good with kids. She is a rare combination of a talented teacher and someone who runs a well-organised business. We are very happy we found this class!
Rise to Lead is my daughter's favourite club (and mine too!). Orgesa does such a brilliant job of getting the kids excited about public speaking and debate. Orgesa's passion for this really comes through and she goes above and beyond to deliver something truly exceptional for the kids. Feel very lucky we have this on our doorstep!
My child has absolutely loved both Rise to Lead and Young Founders House. The sessions are engaging, well organised, and teach skills that aren't usually covered in school, like confidence, communication, problem-solving and entrepreneurship. You can really see the passion and care that goes into every session, and it's been wonderful watching my child's confidence grow. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Configur Academy to other parents.
Young Founders House has been a great experience for Georgie. It introduced her to completely new concepts, and she loved learning how money works and how to turn investments into profits. A wonderful, unexpected bonus was seeing her teamwork and friendships grow. Georgie took part in two markets this term and made over £100 after costs, she was thrilled to see her hard work pay off.
We have been absolutely delighted with Rise to Lead and the positive impact it has had on our daughter. It has been amazing to see her confidence, communication and leadership skills grow. The sessions are engaging, fun and thoughtfully designed, and she genuinely looks forward to each one. Orgesa is a wonderful teacher who creates such a positive and encouraging environment.
My daughter really enjoyed and engaged in these public speaking sessions. She has grown in confidence and was able to deliver an engaging presentation at the end of term. Orgesa and the team are super friendly and my daughter always came out of her sessions smiling!
We've loved watching our child grow through Configur Academy - learning to speak up with confidence and picking up financial know-how so early is such an unique experience! Thank you for giving them skills that will help shape their future!
My daughter absolutely loves the 'Rise to Lead' after-school club, and it has helped her so much with her confidence in speaking. I highly recommend it!
My kids have really enjoyed Orgesa's classes! They learned so much. Highly recommend!
Our kids genuinely look forward to these sessions every week; the teacher is wonderfully passionate and the location couldn't be better
We loved seeing how happy all the children were in your class and how confidently they spoke, laughed, and interacted together. It was such a wonderful experience for my daughter and for us as parents.
I highly recommend Young Founders Club. It's a fantastic opportunity for children to learn about business, develop creative ideas and gain practical skills! The program helps build confidence and turn ideas into reality.
My daughter was very nervous about speaking in front of others, even in a small group. Since joining the club, I've noticed such a lovely change in her. She is speaking more clearly, joining in more, and she seems much more comfortable sharing her ideas. It has been really nice to see her confidence grow in a gentle, natural way.
A really lovely club that helps children build confidence, speak more clearly and believe in themselves a bit more each week.
I love how practical the Young Founders House club is. The children were not just sitting and being told about money or business. They were thinking, planning, making decisions and learning by doing. My child really enjoyed it, and I could see how proud she was of what she had created.
The children's market was brilliant. It gave the children a real chance to sell, speak to people, manage money and feel proud of themselves.
Coming soon
More on the way.
Coming soon
Configur Academy Online
All 4 of our clubs are coming online, so your child can keep building the same skills between clubs, through the holidays, and wherever you are in the world.
Coming soon
The Founder's Record
One place that holds everything your child does with us, the talks they give, the ventures they run, the projects they build. A real record of their work that grows year on year, and stays with them, something to draw on later when it counts, whether that is a school place, a scholarship, or whatever they decide to build for themselves.
Coming soon, as part of full Configur Academy membership.
Coming soon
Holiday clubs
Full days in the school holidays that bring together everything the children learn with us, speaking and leading, money and business, thinking and problem solving, turned into the sort of day they come home from full of stories.
Why we exist
Why Configur Academy exists.
The world our children are growing into is changing faster than the one we grew up in. Screens, social media and now AI are shaping how they think, and much of the thinking is quietly being done for them.
Configur Academy exists to build the things that will still matter in that world. How to reason something through before handing it to a machine. How to solve a problem, speak in a room and win it round, lead a team, and understand how money and the real world actually work. The skills that belong to your child, not to any employer, and that hold whatever comes next.