Google Classroom AI update: October 2025
October 1, 2025
This October 2025 operational briefing summarises what has changed in Google Classroom and Google Workspace AI since September, and what has not. It maps those shifts to practical school decisions: what to enable, what to pilot, and what to keep disabled by role and age phase. You’ll also find an admin control map with the exact places to check key settings, plus three privacy-minimal teacher workflows that still save time. Finally, there’s a DSL/DPO-ready UK GDPR and safeguarding checklist you can evidence.
AI Tutoring Platform Comparison 2025
September 24, 2025
UK schools are being offered “AI tutors” at pace, but procurement decisions in 2025 need more than glossy demos. This guide compares Khanmigo, Synthesis and key alternatives through one evidence-based rubric: pedagogy, curriculum fit, SEND and accessibility, safeguarding, UK GDPR and data protection, admin controls, pricing and total cost of ownership, and implementation workload. You’ll get best-fit-by-scenario recommendations, a 30-day pilot plan with stop/go criteria, and a practical checklist to support governors, DSLs and IT leads.
Claude Autumn 2025 Update: School Briefing
September 12, 2025
This calm, procurement-ready briefing translates the Claude Autumn 2025 update into practical school decisions. It highlights what to re-test (and what not to), which new safety and admin controls matter most in managed environments, and how pricing or access changes can affect equitable rollout across staff and students. You’ll also find a one-page, school-safe re-evaluation checklist you can run with no pupil data before renewing or expanding use.
OpenAI DevDay 2025: Monday Action Plan
September 5, 2025
OpenAI DevDay 2025 will generate plenty of excitement, but schools need a calm, evidence-led route from announcements to day-to-day practice. This guide turns DevDay headlines into a one-week evaluation sprint you can run without using pupil data, alongside a short policy addendum and three ready-to-run pilots. You’ll get clear stop/go thresholds, practical tasks for staff, and templates for communicating boundaries to colleagues and parents/carers.
Accessibility Tech: Mid-2025 Consolidation Guide
July 14, 2025
Mid-2025 has brought plenty of accessibility headlines, but the bigger win for schools is consolidation: standardising what you already have across Apple, Google, Microsoft and ChromeOS. This guide focuses on what has genuinely changed since early 2025, the “default settings” worth adopting, and the AI features that help in practice (plus the ones that quietly mislead). You’ll find repeatable classroom routines, procurement questions to prevent an inclusion lottery, and a refreshed minimum viable inclusion stack designed for mixed-device schools.
Claude 4 Deep Dive for Schools
July 3, 2025
This classroom-first guide gives you two clear paths: what to do if Claude 4 is released today, and what to do if it is not. You’ll translate headline model changes into what teachers actually notice in planning, feedback and in-lesson support, then run a school-safe evaluation using no pupil data. You’ll also tighten data protection defaults, refresh assessment integrity boundaries, and choose a cautious rollout route from release day to week 4. Practical templates are included to copy and adapt.
WWDC AI: What Schools Do Next Week
June 3, 2025
Apple’s WWDC AI announcements sound exciting, but schools need a calm, practical translation. This briefing turns release-day headlines into three concrete decisions: what genuinely changes for managed Apple fleets, which classroom-facing capabilities are worth prioritising (especially accessibility and on-device features), and what to test and communicate next week without triggering risky roll-outs. Use it to align IT, safeguarding and teaching teams on sensible defaults, evidence to collect, and questions to put to Apple and your MDM provider.