AI in Education: Navigating the 'Constant Change'
Your Blueprint for an Evolving Strategy
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This seminar provides school leaders with a strategic blueprint for the long-term integration of AI, moving away from "quick fix" tools toward sustainable school improvement.
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1 - Introduction to panel members - Mark Vickers, Royal Hospital School
2 - Introduction to panel members - Alex Dave, LGfL
3 - Introduction to panel members - Julie Carson, Woodlands Academy Trust
4 - Introduction to panel members - Paul Edge, Ribblesdale School
5 - Advice to audience for moulding AI in School Improvement
7 - Emotional manipulation in AI - protect versus prepare.
8 - The environmental impact of AI
9 - Advice for good sources for creating documents to support AI in schools
10 - Are we right to be cautious?
11 - How do you integrate AI into the curriculum?
12 - Tops tips moving forward with AI in schools
"The DfE standards are a wake-up call for schools to move beyond simple filtering. We have to address the 'anthropomorphic risk'; the way AI mimics a friend to gain a child’s trust—and ensure our safety policies protect the pupil’s emotional world, not just their data."
Alex Dave - LGfL Safeguarding Lead
"AI can do the heavy lifting, but you are the person who knows best.
It is a co-pilot, not the pilot."
Julie Carson (Woodland Academy Trust), referencing DfE professional judgment standards.
GEN - AI & Safeguarding Risks
Relevant and up-to-date advice on all aspects of the safeguarding risks relating to generative Ai.
AI Vendor Evaluation Checklist
This checklist, developed in response to the January 2026 DfE Generative AI Product Safety Standards, provides school leaders, DSLs, and IT Managers with a strategic framework for evaluating AI vendors.
It moves beyond basic content filtering, scrutinising products for:
safeguarding (preventing harmful content and identifying distress)
emotional and social safety (avoiding anthropomorphic and manipulative AI interactions)
cognitive development (ensuring AI supports learning, not shortcuts), and robust data protection
security (UK GDPR compliance, data storage, and transparent usage reporting)
The checklist also highlights critical "red flags" for when schools should disengage with a vendor, emphasising a human-centric, ethically sound approach to AI integration in education.
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