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    AI for UK teachers and schools

    Practical, pedagogy-first writing on using AI in UK classrooms – grounded in Oxford doctoral research, and on the Educational Intelligence Layer that keeps planning, teaching, SEND, assessment, leadership and family engagement in one joined-up system.

    Brand · 5 min read

    What does Teachers.guide mean? The name, the full stop, and the philosophy

    The name Teachers.guide is deliberate. The full stop, the lowercase g, and the verb "guide" all say something specific about what the platform is for and what it refuses to be. This is the story behind the name.

    Leadership · 12 min read

    Creating a School AI Policy: A Practical Guide for UK Leaders

    A step-by-step framework for headteachers, SLT and trust leaders writing a school-wide AI policy — ethical governance, data privacy, staff guidance and pupil safeguards.

    UK teachers · 6 min

    AI for lesson planning: a pedagogy-first guide for UK teachers

    How UK teachers use AI for lesson planning without losing professional judgement – and why the planning that actually holds up in a classroom comes from a school-grounded Educational Intelligence (EI) Layer rather than a chatbot.

    Leadership · 9 min read

    School Educational Intelligence: what an EI layer is and why UK leaders need one

    A school-wide Educational Intelligence (EI) layer sits between individual teacher AI use and school outcomes. Here is what it does, why it matters, and how UK SLTs can adopt it without losing teacher agency.

    UK teachers · 7 min

    AI for teachers in the UK: a pedagogy-first guide

    What AI actually helps UK teachers with — and where it gets in the way.

    Parents · 8 min read

    WhatsApp for parent engagement in UK schools: a GDPR-safe playbook

    Parents read WhatsApp; they do not read the school website. Here is how UK schools can use WhatsApp for parent engagement without breaching GDPR, without creating teacher-parent group chats, and without adding to workload.

    UK teachers · 6 min

    Teacher AI: what it is, what it isn't, and how to choose well

    Teacher AI tools range from a chatbot with a lesson-plan prompt to a full Educational Intelligence (EI) Layer that knows your curriculum, your SEND register and your policies. Here is how to tell them apart.

    Workflows · 7 min read

    AI in Google Docs for teachers: run lesson planning, marking and KOs without leaving the doc

    Most UK teachers plan and mark in Google Docs. Here is how a purpose-built Chrome extension lets you run pedagogy-first AI modules inside Docs — lesson plans, knowledge organisers, marking, feedback — without copy-paste, and without leaking pupil data to a general chatbot.

    AI literacy · 6 min

    Teaching AI in schools: an AI literacy guide for UK classrooms

    What to teach pupils about AI, what to avoid, and how a school-wide Educational Intelligence (EI) Layer keeps AI literacy consistent across every subject rather than one enthusiast's side project.

    School leaders · 7 min

    AI in UK schools: leadership, literacy and policy

    A pragmatic guide for SLT, governors and AI leads – what to put in policy, how to build staff AI literacy, and why a school-wide Educational Intelligence (EI) Layer is what turns policy into consistent practice.

    Planning · 6 min read

    Free Lesson Plan Template for UK Teachers

    A ready-to-use lesson plan template for the UK curriculum, plus how to turn it into a full lesson pack in minutes.

    Curriculum · 5 min read

    Knowledge Organiser Template for UK Teachers

    A free, printable knowledge organiser template for any subject and key stage, with a worked example and self-quizzing prompts.

    SEND · 7 min read

    Individual Education Plan Template for UK SEND Pupils

    A DfE-aligned IEP template with SMART targets, provision, review dates and guidance for SENCOs and class teachers.

    Assessment · 8 min read

    Leverage Action Points: the few next steps that actually move a pupil

    What Leverage Action Points are, where the evidence comes from, and how the highest-leverage next steps for a pupil travel from tracking into the next lesson.

    Leadership · 8 min read

    Reducing disadvantage with background progress analysis

    How continuous, background analysis of pupil progress in the Educational Intelligence Layer surfaces disadvantaged pupils who are slipping - in week three rather than week twelve - and turns that into in-lesson action.