ChatGPT Turns 3: Education Impact Assessment
November 28, 2025
Three years after ChatGPT’s release, schools have enough experience to judge what has genuinely become settled practice and what remains volatile. This impact review offers a practical, evidence-pack approach for leaders: what to measure, what to stop measuring, and which artefacts to collect so decisions are defensible. It maps key shifts in policy, classroom routines and assessment integrity from 2022–2025, then sets out a realistic 2026 outlook without triggering tool sprawl. It finishes with a one-page SLT/governor briefing template for decisions in the next 30 days.
Mock Exam Season: AI Revision Support
November 6, 2025
Mock season often fails for predictable reasons: revision plans are unrealistic, practice is too passive, feedback arrives too late, and stress rises at home. This article outlines a “Revision Ops” system for Year 11/13 that uses AI in a tightly bounded way: generating retrieval practice only from teacher-approved materials, building a doable timetable with protected rest, and running a simple check-in loop with parents/carers. The aim is not to create an AI tutor, but to scale the routines that make revision effective, fair, and integrity-safe.
GPT-5 watch: a Week 1 readiness pack
October 30, 2025
GPT-5 will arrive with noise, hot takes, and rushed “try it now” activity. This briefing is a standing Week 1 readiness pack you can prepare in advance, then activate on day one without triggering tool sprawl. It covers a safe test bench (accounts, data rules, logging, roles), a five-day evaluation sprint with evidence capture, and a focused set of tasks that reveal meaningful differences versus GPT-4/4.1. You’ll also get the smallest policy and comms updates needed to keep staff aligned and learners protected.
Voice AI in schools: a practical playbook
October 13, 2025
Voice AI is no longer just for language learning. Used well, it can remove barriers through speech-to-text and text-to-speech, build reading fluency with structured practice, and give teachers faster formative signals without adding marking load. This playbook shows how to pilot voice tools safely and consistently across real classrooms, with practical setup guidance, consent and safeguarding essentials, and a simple evaluation rubric to decide what to keep, scale or stop.
Teaching AI Ethics: 2025/26 Classroom Kit
September 26, 2025
AI ethics lessons can’t rely on one-off trolley problems any more. In 2025/26, pupils are encountering agentic AI, deepfake voice, AI companions, and AI used in school admin—often before adults realise. This classroom kit offers 12 updated, phase-banded case studies with teacher notes, a repeatable 10–20 minute discussion protocol that builds reasoning rather than ‘hot takes’, and low-marking assessment ideas that capture evidence of process. You’ll also find safeguarding, privacy and inclusion checks, plus a printable prompt pack and one-page run sheet.
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.
Gy25 and LGR22: Sweden’s double curriculum reform
August 15, 2025
Sweden’s Years 7–9 teachers are being asked to hold two truths at once: keep LGR22 teaching steady, while preparing pupils for Gy25’s ämnesbetyg in upper secondary. This classroom-first guide explains what sits where in 2025–26, what changes in grading philosophy, and what you can shift now without rewriting schemes. Using one 8-lesson argumentative writing unit, it shows how “late improvement counts” can become a normal learning loop through feedback, evidence collection, and pupil habits that travel smoothly into Gy25.
National Curriculum and AI: 2025–26 changes
August 13, 2025
2025–26 brings sharper, more practical expectations for how schools manage AI: clearer boundaries for assessment integrity, more explicit teaching of AI literacy, and stronger evidence that data protection and procurement are under control. This implementation pack turns DfE, Ofqual and JCQ guidance into “what changes on Monday morning”: policy updates, role-based actions, and a printable checklist you can evidence to governors. It is designed for SLT, safeguarding, exams, IT/DPO and subject leaders who need consistency, not more documents.
UK Results-Season AI Playbook
August 4, 2025
Results season can feel like a rush of numbers, narratives and urgent decisions. This playbook shows departments and SLT how to use AI to turn GCSE and A-level outcomes into actionable teaching priorities—without feeding pupil-identifiable data into tools. You’ll see what to export (and what to strip out), how to spot cohort and subgroup patterns safely, and how to translate question-level weaknesses into reteach sequences, retrieval and targeted practice. It also includes a simple governance checklist and sign-off chain.
AI-Enhanced Summer Catch-Up Micro-Cycles
July 16, 2025
Summer catch-up works best when it is small, specific, and visibly effective. This article offers a practical 2–4 week ‘micro-cycle’ model that keeps teachers firmly in charge while using AI to speed up gap diagnosis, generate retrieval practice, and tighten feedback loops. You’ll find minimum-data routines, clear checkpoints, and simple measures that avoid over-testing. It also includes parent/carer communication templates, inclusion adjustments, and device-light options so the programme is workable across diverse settings.
Summer AI Challenge Ladder
July 9, 2025
The Summer AI Challenge Ladder is a simple, four-week set of missions that helps students use AI thoughtfully across subjects, even with mixed device access at home. Each week offers a choice board with clear time boxes, plus low-device alternatives so nobody is excluded. A paper-first evidence pack keeps learning visible through prompt logs, verification checks, and reflection. The programme ends with a family-friendly showcase using a rubric that rewards habits and thinking over polished outputs.
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.
Student AI Project Showcase Ideas
June 24, 2025
An end-of-year AI showcase can easily reward the glossiest output rather than the strongest learning. This playbook helps you run a ‘proof-of-learning’ celebration where every project includes a short evidence pack: decision log, prompt trail, verification checks and reflection. You’ll find practical format options, a moderation-friendly judging approach, and routines for safeguarding and media consent. The goal is simple: celebrate thinking, integrity and impact—so students can be proud of both what they made and how they made it.
End-of-Year Reporting in LGR22 with AI
June 16, 2025
End-of-year reporting under LGR22 can feel like a sprint: you must turn months of everyday evidence into defensible skriftliga omdömen and, from Åk 6, grades that are transparent and fair. This article sets out a Sweden-specific pipeline using a four-tool workflow—Development Talk (Student) → Summariser → Student Communication → Parent Communication—so you write less, but justify more. You’ll see workload maths, moderation checkpoints, and fully worked examples for Åk 2, Åk 4 maths, Åk 6 first grades, and Åk 8 chemistry.