AI for Education
Teachers lose hours to preparation that isn't teaching. AI is genuinely good at clearing some of that — and genuinely bad at knowing your students.
Where AI genuinely helps
First-draft lesson plans
Give it the objective, year group and time available and it will produce a workable structure in seconds. You then cut, reorder and add the bits only you know will land with this class.
Differentiated materials
Rewriting one reading passage at three reading levels, or turning a worksheet into a scaffolded version, is exactly the kind of tedious transformation AI does well.
Question banks and retrieval practice
Ask for twenty low-stakes quiz questions on a unit, with an answer key and a note on the common misconception each one tests.
Feedback starters
Paste a rubric and an anonymised piece of work to get a first pass at comments. Useful for consistency across a large set — never as the final word.
Where your judgment stays primary
Grading is yours
AI marking drifts, misses nuance and can't see a student's progress over time. Use it to draft feedback, not to assign grades.
Check every fact
Generated materials confidently include wrong dates, invented quotes and outdated science. Verify before it reaches a classroom.
Student data stays out
Don't paste names, IEP details or safeguarding information into consumer AI tools. Follow your school's data policy, and anonymise everything else.
Model the disclosure you expect
If you ask students to disclose AI use, be open about where you used it too.
AI in schools raises real questions about bias and student privacy. Read the ethics hub.
Prompts for education
Fill in the brackets and paste into any AI tool. Want more? Try the Prompt Generator.
Lesson plan
Act as an experienced [subject] teacher. Draft a [length]-minute lesson for [year group] on [topic]. Objective: [objective]. Include a hook, direct instruction, one guided activity, one independent task, and a 3-question exit ticket. Flag where students typically get confused.
Three reading levels
Rewrite the passage below at three reading levels: below grade, at grade, and stretch. Keep every key fact identical across all three. Add 3 comprehension questions for each version. [paste passage]
Misconception quiz
Write 10 multiple-choice questions on [topic] for [year group]. Each wrong answer should reflect a real, common misconception. After each question, name the misconception it tests.
Rubric-aligned feedback
Using this rubric: [paste rubric], give feedback on the anonymised student work below. Two specific strengths, two specific next steps, plain language a [age]-year-old understands. Do not give a grade. [paste work]