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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 built around the realities of UK schools.

    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 (and whether) UK teachers should use AI when planning lessons.

    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 use it well

    What teacher AI tools are, what to avoid, and how to choose well.

    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

    Teach AI: building pupil AI literacy in UK schools

    How to teach AI in UK classrooms without losing the thinking that matters.

    School leaders · 7 min

    AI in UK schools: leadership, literacy and policy

    Policy, AI literacy and safeguarding for SLT, governors and AI leads.