For parents
Two hours a week to think deeply and belong.
English-language enrichment for gifted students: in-person groups for ages 8–11 and 12–14, and online groups for ages 12–14 and 14–16, combining meaningful challenge, ambitious projects and intellectual peers.
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What is Limitless After-School?
A place where gifted kids thrive
Limitless After-School brings gifted and high-potential students together, in person (ages 8–11 and 12–14) or online (ages 12–14 and 14–16), for meaningful challenge, ambitious projects and connection with intellectual peers.
In a small English-language group, students have two protected hours each week to explore difficult questions, create boldly and work at the edge of their ability.
Why it matters
Doing well is not the same as being appropriately challenged.
Gifted and high-potential children can achieve good results while remaining underchallenged, disconnected or dependent on work they already know how to do.
Limitless gives them a place where deep thinking is expected, difficult work is welcomed and unusual ideas do not need to be explained away.
For some children, two hours a week with intellectual peers can change more than their learning. It can change how they feel about themselves and about school.
Challenge matters. Belonging can change everything.
Explore our approachInside a session
What happens each week
Every After-School session combines thinking challenges, reflection, guest input and student-led projects. The facilitator shapes the balance around the group.
Explore the full curriculum- 01
Thinking Strategies & Riddles
Challenges that require reasoning, strategy, flexible thinking and persistence.
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Guest Speakers
Live conversations with professionals working in interesting and unexpected fields.
- 03
Awareness & Growth
Understanding themselves as students.
- 04
Passion Projects
Longer student-led projects based on a genuine interest, question or problem.
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In person + online
Choose how to join
Join a local waiting list, or express interest in an online group from anywhere in the world.
Online
Waiting list onlyLimitless Online Club
A weekly online Limitless group for gifted and advanced students who want greater challenge and the chance to connect with like-minded peers, wherever they live.
Students meet in a small online group to think deeply, explore ideas, take on challenges and work on projects together.
Ages 12–14
A weekly two-hour group with students of a similar age.
Ages 14–16
A weekly two-hour group with students of a similar age.
Challenge. Choice. Connection.
€45 per session
Minimum 10 sessions · €450 total
In person
Join a local waiting list
€550 per round
Minimum 10 two-hour sessions · In-person groups for ages 8–11 and 12–14
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Limitless opens new cities as local partners complete approval and training. Joining a waiting list does not mean a group is currently running. Venue, day and time are shared once a group is confirmed.
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What students make
Students develop passion projects, solve complex challenges and share work that matters to them.
Eligibility
Who can join Limitless?
Limitless is designed for students who need a level of challenge and intellectual peer connection that is not always available in a regular classroom. It is a selective program, but a private IQ assessment is not the only route.
View eligibility requirements and program fit
A student needs only one of these three routes to be eligible.
Formal identification
A qualified professional has administered an age-appropriate, standardised cognitive assessment, with an overall or relevant index score of 130 or above.
Conclusive school recommendation
The student’s teacher and another relevant school professional jointly conclude that the student needs substantially greater challenge.
The recommendation should describe learning needs and observed indicators. A general statement that a student is bright, hardworking or achieving good grades is not sufficient.
Previous gifted-program admission
The student has previously been formally admitted to a comparable selective gifted or high-potential program.
Participation in a general after-school activity, tutoring course or non-selective enrichment club does not automatically meet this criterion.
Parents are welcome to explain why they believe Limitless may be right for their child. However, parent nomination alone does not confirm eligibility.
Giftedness does not always look like high achievement.
Some gifted students underperform, mask their ability, learn in more than one language or have an additional learning difference such as ADHD, autism or dyslexia. These factors do not exclude a student from Limitless.
Where a full-scale score does not represent the student’s complete cognitive profile, relevant index scores and the professional interpretation of the assessment may be considered.
Program fit: Meeting an eligibility criterion does not automatically guarantee a place. Limitless also considers the student’s age, learning needs, ability to participate in an English-language group and the balance of the group.
Meet your facilitator
Get to know Lihi.
Lihi Engelsman created Limitless after seeing how easily gifted students can be overlooked when schools focus only on visible achievement.
She brings specialist knowledge, extensive experience with international schools and a warm, practical approach to every Limitless group.
Limitless After-School at a glance
2 hrs
of challenge and connection each week
8–16
In person: 8–11 and 12–14. Online: 12–14 and 14–16
Up to 12
students in each carefully selected group
Endless
locations. If you want to start Limitless in your area, let's chat!
Start in your neighbourhood
Bring Limitless to your local community
Limitless After-School can be started by an approved local facilitator, school or community partner. Local organisers do not need to design a program from scratch, but they must complete the Limitless approval and training process and meet the required safeguarding, venue and insurance standards.
Limitless provides the program content and materials, facilitator training, digital tools and ongoing guidance. The local partner creates and manages the group.
Approval process
- 01Tell us about your area and proposed group.
- 02Discuss the facilitator, venue and local safeguarding requirements.
- 03Complete the Limitless facilitator training.
- 04Open enrolment once the location is approved.
Don’t take our word for it. Hear it from the students themselves.
The commitment
Why does Limitless run in rounds?
Belonging, confidence and meaningful growth do not develop in one afternoon. Students need time to understand the program, trust the group, become comfortable with genuine challenge and develop projects that matter to them.
Families therefore enrol for a minimum round of 10 sessions. Limitless does not offer one-off introductory lessons or drop-in participation.
See what students explore each weekEnrolment
Weekly sessions to think deeply, create boldly and belong.
Two hours each week in a small group of gifted and high-potential peers, with the time and freedom to explore ambitious ideas, take on meaningful challenges and build something of their own.
- Weekly sessions
- Two hours each week
- Small, carefully selected groups
- Standard learning and project materials included
Enrolment
In-person groups for ages 8–11 and 12–14.
A minimum round of 10 two-hour sessions
Time to make sure it feels right
Enrolment is for a minimum round of 10 sessions, covered by the payment of €550. These first 10 sessions are a suitability period. After session 10, if Limitless is not the right fit, you may withdraw without enrolling for further sessions.
Filling out this waiting list form does not confirm registration or reserve a place. We will contact you within five business days to confirm your child’s position on the waiting list and explain the next steps.
In person + online
Apply to join Limitless
Share the essentials now. We will only discuss supporting evidence if a suitable group becomes available; complete psychological reports are not collected here.