Accreditation for kids' AI and digital-skills programs.
AI education for young learners is a young, unregulated market. YLEA gives serious AI providers an independent quality mark — showing parents, schools, and partners that your program handles AI tools, safeguarding, and learner data responsibly.
Why get accredited
What accreditation does for your program
Set yourself apart from the noise
Anyone can launch 'AI for kids' this month. Accreditation is a concrete signal that your program is thought-through.
Reassure schools and parents
AI raises legitimate questions about safety, data, and age-appropriateness. Accreditation shows you've answered them.
Structured reviewer feedback
Get written feedback on curriculum design, safeguarding, and responsible tech use from reviewers who know youth learning.
What we assess
How the six standards apply here
Curriculum design
How AI concepts, prompt-craft, and hands-on projects are sequenced for the age range.
Age-appropriate delivery
How activities, examples, and tool access are matched to the ages you serve.
Structured learning hours
Actual taught hours across the program, beyond marketing-style course length claims.
Evidence of learning
Projects, portfolios, or challenges that show what a learner has actually built.
Safeguarding & staff conduct
DBS/background checks, safeguarding lead, and staff conduct with young learners.
Responsible AI and data use
How AI tools are used with young learners, what data is collected, and how it's protected.
How to get accredited
A clear path from first submission to a public quality mark.
- Step 01
Submit your program
Share your AI curriculum, age range, tools used, and delivery format.
- Step 02
Independent review
Reviewers assess your submission against the six YLEA standards, with extra focus on responsible AI use.
- Step 03
Badge & certificate
Approved programs receive the YLEA mark for your website and marketing.
Common questions
We use ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini in class. Is that a problem?
No. We look at how those tools are used with young learners, including age-appropriate access and data handling, not whether you use them.
Do you require a specific AI-safety framework?
No. We assess against the six YLEA standards. You describe how you handle AI safely with young learners; we review whether it stands up.
Does this cover general 'digital skills' programs too?
Yes. Programs teaching digital literacy, prompt-craft, or applied AI are all in scope if they're structured and taught.
How long does the review take?
Most first reviews complete in a few weeks of a complete submission. Programs asked to revise usually resubmit within a review cycle.
Get your AI program YLEA-accredited.
Independent recognition for structured, safe AI learning for young people. Start your accreditation application today.