Why Kobbl?

We started building Kobbl at the end of 2024 with a simple question: how can recent breakthroughs in AI actually help teachers? Like many others, we'd seen brilliant colleagues leave the profession—not because they didn't love teaching, but because the workload around it was relentless.

So we set out to build something practical and genuinely helpful. Over the past few months, we've worked closely with teachers, trainers and educational psychologists to create a tool that tackles the real pressures of planning.

Kobbl exists to make teachers' lives easier.

Kobbl helps you build lesson plans and schemes of work that are tailored, flexible, and backed by solid pedagogy. It adapts to your teaching, remembers your students' progress, and is rooted in the National Curriculum.

We're still growing, still learning, and always looking for ways to improve. But at its heart, Kobbl is here to support you, so you can focus on what really matters: teaching.

About Us

Sam Caine

Sam's journey to Kobbl weaves through classrooms, code, and company strategy. Before co-founding Kobbl, he was Chief Operating Officer at Northcoders, where he led tech and teaching teams.

With experience as a developer, lecturer, and product leader, Sam's always been drawn to the intersection of learning and technology. At Kobbl, he focuses on building tools that genuinely help teachers—and cut through the noise.

Jonny Rathbone

Jonny's path to Kobbl runs through code, classrooms, and even the occasional gig. Before co-founding Kobbl, he was Head of Engineering at Northcoders, helping shape one of the UK's leading software development bootcamps.

With a PGCE in Secondary English and a background in creative writing, Jonny brings both technical depth and a teacher's perspective to the table. He's passionate about building elegant, intuitive tools that lighten the load for educators.