AI GOVERNANCE FOR EDUCATION
AI is already inside education. The question is whether your organisation knows where, how and why it is being used.
Across teaching, assessment, administration and student activity, AI is changing how educational organisations work.
The challenge for leadership is no longer simply whether to allow AI. It is knowing where it is already being used, what information is entering these systems, where AI is influencing professional or academic decisions, and whether appropriate oversight is in place.
NextGen helps educational organisations make that use visible, accountable and governable.
Those aren’t scare tactics. They’re grounded in the issues UK education bodies themselves are addressing.
AI use does not stop at the classroom door. If staff and students are already using it, leadership needs to know where, how and with what safeguards.
AI use does not stop at the classroom door.
Then something along these lines:
Staff use
Are teachers and other staff using AI for planning, communications, reports, assessment, student information or administrative work and does leadership know where?
Student use
Do students understand where AI assistance is permitted, where it must be declared, and where its use could compromise assessment integrity?
Data & safeguarding
Could personal, sensitive or safeguarding information be entered into AI systems without the organisation understanding where that information goes?
Professional judgement
Where AI contributes to work or decisions, are people checking its accuracy, appropriateness and potential bias rather than simply accepting the output?
Evidence & accountability
Could leadership demonstrate what AI is being used, what controls apply, how concerns are escalated and how its approach is reviewed?
If staff and students are already using AI, leadership needs to know where, how and with what safeguards.
Know what’s happening across your school
The Education AI Governance & Operational Readiness Review helps leadership understand how AI is being used across teaching, assessment, administration and student activity and where governance gaps may exist.
The review looks beyond policy to give you a clearer picture of actual AI use, existing safeguards and the areas that should be prioritised next.