Age-appropriate games
DAIGON curates age-appropriate games, using ratings like PEGI in our selection process.
For parents · Not all screen time is equal
Meet your children where they are
DAIGON structures game time so students take more out of their gaming experience — safely, and with real benefits.
Safeguarding
Keeping your children safe
Your child's safety is our top priority. Every protection is built into how the club runs.
Secure platform
DAIGON's closed platform guarantees a secure and private experience for all users.
Partnering with schools
Competitions include only peers from DAIGON's closed network of international schools.
By design
Private servers, club hours only, minimal data.
Students can only log in when their teacher opens a session, and the link locks when it ends. Nobody outside DAIGON’s closed network of schools can join, and we never use open social gaming platforms.
Safeguarding · every session
- Private server — only this club can joinAlways
- Play limited to club hoursLocked
- Student data: first name, last initialMinimal
- Teacher present and taking attendanceEvery session
- Opponents from the closed school networkVerified
The benefits
Benefits of esports and gaming
Esports at DAIGON isn't passive screen time — it's active, structured collaboration. As one Tech Director put it: “Would you prefer your child to be a consumer (scrolling TikTok) or a collaborator — creating, problem-solving, competing?”
Sharper cognitive skills
Just 10 hours of action gaming produces substantial gains in spatial attention and mental rotation. 3D games also improve memory recall and logical reasoning (peer-reviewed research).
Enhanced creativity
Even a short amount of time playing video games can put people into a highly creative frame of mind — like other forms of structured play.
Stronger social bonds
67% of students said friendship bonds grew during DAIGON tournaments. 95% of friendships were maintained or grew through competition — far beyond the screen.
Transparent reporting
A termly report you can actually read.
Every session earns stamps across eight skills — four 21st-century skills and four gaming skills. At the end of each term you get a report showing badge progress, skill development and participation.
Progress report · Term 2 · Maya P.
Attendance 11 / 12 · Stamps this term 24 · Next badge: Resilience Lv 3
Research
What the research says
Parents of students who have been typically quite shy have expressed their excitement for their children to be part of a team and gaining the friendship and camaraderie that comes with it.
Video game play is positively correlated with well-being.
For adolescents, online gameplay is one of their playing cultures, and it becomes the most crucial space where they make friends and experience peer attachment.
The future
Preparing your children for the future
DAIGON gives international school students a structured, recorded pathway to become competitive for scholarships and esports programmes at leading universities.
200+
universities in North America offer esports scholarships.
$16M+
in esports scholarships awarded each year.
6
UK universities with esports programmes: Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, LSE, King's and Imperial.
Ask your school about DAIGON
Share this page with your school, or book a call and we'll walk you through how a club runs.