Why "I Only Used AI a Bit" Fails
May 5, 2026
Many school AI rules still rely on vague disclosures such as “I only used AI a bit”. That phrase sounds reassuring, but it tells teachers almost nothing about what a student actually outsourced. A more useful approach is to judge AI use by the cognitive step involved: generating ideas, structuring argument, drafting prose, checking accuracy, or polishing expression. This article offers a practical framework schools can use to distinguish legitimate support from unacceptable substitution, based on task design and learning goals rather than whether a chatbot appeared at all.
Spring Assessment: AI Support or Malpractice?
April 24, 2026
Spring assessment season puts pressure on teachers, pupils and families to use every available support wisely. AI can help with revision planning, practice questions and feedback, but it can also slip into substitution, hidden drafting and fabricated evidence. This guide offers a practical red-amber-green model for judging AI use across SATs preparation, nationella prov revision, coursework and take-home assignments. With subject-specific examples and clear scripts for schools, it helps staff draw firm boundaries without creating panic or confusion.
What Students Use AI For
April 17, 2026
Before schools tighten AI rules, it helps to know what students are actually doing. A short tutor-time audit can gather anonymous evidence about revision, homework, emotional support, shortcutting and confusion about boundaries, without turning the process into a disciplinary exercise. This article offers a practical 30-minute model, ten adaptable survey questions, guidance for leading a calm discussion, and advice on turning patterns into proportionate policy, teaching and pastoral responses that are rooted in real student need.
The School AI Renewal Checklist for 2026
April 10, 2026
AI renewals in 2026 need more than a quick price comparison or a reassuring sales call. School leaders now face tougher questions about where services are available, which legal entity they are buying from, how training data was sourced, and whether suppliers are ready for the EU AI Act and similar rules. This 12-question checklist helps schools test evidence, not marketing claims, before renewing any AI subscription. It is designed for senior leaders, governors, procurement teams and IT staff who want a practical, defensible way to decide whether to renew, renegotiate or walk away.
Summer Term Reset for AI Boundaries
April 6, 2026
The first week back after the holidays is a useful moment to reset expectations around student AI use. This tutor-time guide helps schools revisit the grey areas pupils often misunderstand, including homework help, revision support, coursework drafting and when disclosure is expected. It offers a practical structure for a short tutor-time session, discussion scenarios, a simple student pledge and ways to align messages across tutors, subject teachers and parents or carers.
Careers Education for AI-Mediated Hiring
March 19, 2026
Hiring is changing quickly as applicants and employers both use AI to write, screen, rank and interview. Careers education now needs to help students understand not only how to use these tools sensibly, but also how to navigate the risks they create. From AI video interviews and transcription errors to CV automation and proving genuine skills, schools can teach practical habits that improve fairness, confidence and readiness for modern recruitment.
EU AI Act roadmap for schools
March 17, 2026
The EU AI Act is no longer a distant policy issue for schools. Education is one of the areas where certain AI uses can be classed as high-risk, which means leaders need a clear plan before August 2026. This guide explains the rules in plain English, highlights the school use cases most likely to raise concern, and sets out a practical compliance roadmap. It also shows how Swedish schools can connect AI governance with procurement and data protection, so decisions are calm, documented and defensible rather than rushed at the last minute.
AI-Resilient Assessment by Subject
March 12, 2026
AI-resilient assessment is not about trying to catch students out or banning every digital tool. It is about designing tasks that make genuine thinking, decision-making and disciplinary reasoning visible. This practical guide shows how teachers in English, Maths, Science, Humanities and Languages can redesign assessments so that live explanation, process evidence, oral defence and carefully chosen constraints matter as much as the final product. The result is assessment that remains fair, rigorous and relevant in classrooms where AI is now part of the learning landscape.
DeepSeek, Claude and AI procurement
February 26, 2026
Allegations that DeepSeek may have trained on Claude outputs are more than a dispute between AI companies. For schools, they highlight a practical procurement problem: whether suppliers can explain where training data came from, how model outputs were collected, and what legal and operational risks sit downstream. This article uses the case as a clear-eyed procurement study, translating technical concerns into questions leaders can ask now about data lineage, licensing, indemnities, audit rights and contractual red lines before adopting any AI system.
The QuitGPT Movement in Class
February 18, 2026
The QuitGPT backlash offers teachers a timely way to explore consumer activism, media literacy and AI literacy without turning lessons into partisan argument. This article shows how to use boycott posts, screenshots and viral claims as a case study in evidence quality, platform dependency and corporate ethics. It outlines practical questions, source-check routines and discussion protocols that help pupils move from outrage to enquiry. The goal is not to tell students what to think, but to help them examine how online campaigns shape trust, choice and public debate around AI companies.
Valentine’s Day AI Poetry Critique
February 13, 2026
Valentine’s Day can be more than a quick poetry prompt or a novelty AI sonnet. This lesson sequence invites pupils to compare AI-generated love poems written in different literary eras, then test them for voice, imagery, form and historical plausibility. From there, they revise weak lines into sharper human-authored versions and turn discussion into assessed literary analysis. The result is a creative, rigorous English lesson that builds critical reading, writing craft and thoughtful AI literacy at the same time.
Gemini 3 Deep Think in Sixth-Form Science
February 12, 2026
Gemini 3 Deep Think looks promising for sixth-form science, but its real value appears when it is used as a thinking partner rather than an answer machine. This evaluation explores how it handles A-level and IB exam-style questions, as well as EPQ-style research prompts, with a focus on explanation quality, hypothesis building, source trails, and error-checking. The goal is practical: to identify where it saves time, where it misleads, and how teachers can help students use it without weakening independent thought.
Perplexity AI Model Council in the Classroom
February 6, 2026
Perplexity AI Model Council can become more than a novelty in school. Used well, it offers a structured way for pupils to compare how different models answer the same prompt and to discuss evidence, confidence, bias, omissions and persuasive style. This shifts classroom conversation away from “which AI is best?” and towards media literacy, judgement and source checking. In this article, you will find a practical lesson structure, a pupil-friendly comparison scorecard, subject-ready prompt ideas, discussion routines and sensible safeguards for teacher-led use.
Anthropic’s AI Constitution: School Lessons
January 21, 2026
Anthropic’s expanded 23,000-word AI Constitution offers schools a useful case study in how AI safety frameworks become more detailed over time. The value for school leaders is not in copying a vendor document, but in noticing what gets made explicit: new harm categories, clearer boundary rules, and sharper decisions about when a system should refuse, redirect, or escalate. This article explores what that evolution can teach schools about AI policy, acceptable-use clauses, and safeguarding guidance, and provides a practical way to turn broad vendor language into school-ready rules.
ChatGPT Adverts and School AI Risk
January 19, 2026
ChatGPT’s move towards adverts is more than a product update. For school leaders, it is a warning that the long period of seemingly free, stable consumer AI may be ending. If staff workflows now depend on free-tier tools, monetisation changes can quickly affect access, reliability, privacy expectations and trust. This briefing explains why UK and Swedish schools should shift core routines off consumer free tiers, how to identify the most exposed workflows, and what procurement, policy and contingency steps to take this term.