AI
This topic covers using AI for teaching, workload and school operations, and setting a school AI policy. The Department for Education’s policy paper Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education, last updated in August 2025, sets out its position on schools and colleges in England using AI, including data protection and intellectual property. Its Generative AI: product safety standards, updated in January 2026, say what AI products built for education should meet.
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