Core features
Leaderboards & leagues
Educator has two separate leaderboard systems: one for school accounts and one for individual learners. They are designed for different audiences and governed by different privacy rules. The league tier system sits on top of the individual leaderboard and gives solo learners a long-term progression ladder to climb.
Overview
School students are minors covered by a school data-processing agreement. Their names and progress must never appear in a public-facing context. As a result, the leaderboard page shows different tabs depending on who is logged in:
- Class tab
- School students only — your class, ranked by XP for the current subject. Visible to students in that class and to the teacher.
- School tab
- All students across all classes at your school, for the current subject. Visible to all students and staff at the school.
- Global tab
- Individual accounts only — public, identified by username. Not shown to school students.
- League tab
- Individual accounts only — shows your current league tier standings. Not shown to school students.
All leaderboards are per-subject. XP earned in History does not affect your Geography standing, and vice versa. When you switch subjects on the leaderboard page, the rankings update to reflect that subject's XP.
School leaderboards
School leaderboards exist to give teachers a visible, motivating signal in the classroom — not to pressure students outside it. They are entirely contained within the school context and never appear on any public page.
Class leaderboard
Shows every student in a single class, ranked by their total XP for the current subject. This is the tab teachers use during lessons — projecting it onto a whiteboard creates an instant live motivation moment. Students can see their own rank and the ranks of their classmates within that class. Students cannot see other classes' leaderboards.
All users see the full ranked list. Students additionally see a personal gap banner showing how much XP would move them one rank higher — forward-looking rather than focused on distance from the top.
School leaderboard
Aggregates all students at the school across all classes for the selected subject. A Head of Department can use this to compare engagement across the year group. All students see the full school list; the same personal gap banner shows XP to the next rank up.
Privacy guarantee. School students' real names and progress figures never appear on any public-facing page. The Global and League tabs are completely separate systems populated only by individual accounts who have signed up independently.
Individual leaderboard (Global tab)
The Global tab is a public leaderboard for anyone who has signed up as an individual learner — students revising independently, home learners, or adults taking a GCSE. School accounts never appear here.
- Ranked by total subject XP — the same XP you earn during every practice session.
- Identified by your chosen username, not your real name. You set this during onboarding and can change it in your profile settings.
- The board shows all ranked learners for the subject. Complete a session and your rank updates immediately — no page refresh needed.
Because individual accounts are identified by username, you control how much of your identity is public. Many learners use a first name or a pseudonym. Educator never displays your email address or real name on any leaderboard.
League system
The league system is available to individual accounts only. It gives you a long-term progression ladder: you climb tiers by earning lifetime XP, you are never relegated, and you race your own XP total rather than other users. A weekly competitive pool (where standings change based on XP earned that week) is planned for a future update — the current version is solo-progression only.
The 25 standings
There are 25 standings arranged into seven named tiers. Every named tier except Champion has four divisions (IV being entry, I being the top of that tier). Champion is the single top standing.
| Tier | Divisions | Standing count |
|---|---|---|
| Iron | IV, III, II, I | 4 |
| Bronze | IV, III, II, I | 4 |
| Silver | IV, III, II, I | 4 |
| Gold | IV, III, II, I | 4 |
| Platinum | IV, III, II, I | 4 |
| Diamond | IV, III, II, I | 4 |
| Champion | — | 1 |
How promotion works
Promotion is immediate. The moment you cross a XP threshold during a practice session, you are moved into the next standing. Your done screen shows a tier-up banner so you know it happened. There is no waiting until the end of a week or month.
League XP is a lifetime counter — it accumulates from your very first session and never resets (except for the Diamond+ soft-reset mechanic described below). Every correct card you answer in any practice mode adds to it, and the daily login bonus (50 XP on your first dashboard visit each day) also counts toward league XP. Skipped cards and wrong answers do not.
No relegation
In the current version of Educator, you cannot drop down a standing. Iron through Champion is a frictionless upward climb — take a break for a week and you come back in the same tier you left. A soft-reset mechanic for Diamond and above (where your league XP decays to the tier floor if you go inactive) is planned for a future update, but is not live yet.
Placeholder accounts. During the early-growth phase, some seats in each tier are filled by placeholder accounts so the league leaderboard isn't empty. A disclosure message appears at the bottom of the League tab explaining this. Placeholder accounts retire automatically as real users fill each tier.
The League tab
The League tab on the leaderboard page shows everyone in your current standing — the people at exactly the same tier and division as you, ranked by their league XP. This is your local competitive pool. As you earn more XP and cross into the next standing, the pool updates to show your new peers.
League progress is shown on your dashboard as a compact widget: your current tier badge, XP in that standing, and how far to the next threshold.
What counts toward XP
Every correct card answer earns XP, regardless of which practice mode you are in. The base rate is 10 XP per correct card. During themed boss-battle events, the rate is higher — check the event banner during a session to see the active bonus.
- Correct answer in any mode — 10 XP (base)
- Correct answer during a boss-battle event — 10 + event bonus XP
- Daily login bonus — 50 XP awarded on your first dashboard visit each day (only fires once you have completed at least one session — new accounts receive it from the second day onwards)
- Wrong answers and skipped cards — no XP
XP feeds three separate counters simultaneously: your total subject XP (which drives your rank label and cosmetic unlocks), your subject leaderboard score, and your league XP. You never have to choose which one to prioritise — every session advances all three.
For a full breakdown of how practice sessions work and how the adaptive card picker chooses which cards to show you, see the Practice wiki page.