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AI is already transforming classrooms - the question is, are you ready?

AiEd Certified is the trusted framework built by educators to help your school or college harness AI with confidence, clarity and purpose.

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Why AiEd Certified?

The AI framework created with educators, for education

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Provides expert-reviewed certification with recognition and peer support

Research-led, grounded in pedagogy and relevant to all school types

Promotes ethical,
inclusive
and safe AI use

Builds community
confidence across all stakeholders

Encourages evidence-based progress via practical self-assessment

Signals innovation
and leadership in
AI readiness

Why do we need a structured approach to AI?

Fragmented understanding and no clear plan

Phased roadmap for whole-school AI

Low staff confidence and capacity

Collaboration, guidance and staged certification

Risk of inequity and missed opportunity

Inclusive, ethical, scalable AI implementation

Your AiEd Certified journey

Explorer

• Beginning the AI journey
• Auditing current practice
• Appointing AI champions
• Engage in basic training
• Start to draft policies

Practitioner

• Using AI widely and purposefully
• Staff are trained and confident
• AI is integrated into strategy
• Collaboration is embedded
• Impact is tracked

Innovator

• Leading the way
• Sharing expertise
• Embedding AI in strategic decision making
• Piloting new tools and approaches
• Empowering staff and students

Frequently Asked Questions

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Rapid rise of Generative AI

Powerful tools are readily available and evolving constantly, demanding a structured school or college response to harness their potential while mitigating misuse. Understand the technology and its implications.

Prepare students for an AI-driven world

Future careers and daily life will be infused with AI. Equip your students with the critical literacy, skills, and ethical understanding they need to thrive.

The importance of addressing risks

Navigate challenges around data privacy, bias, academic integrity, misinformation, and ethical use with clear policies and shared understanding across your community.

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Secondary Schools, ITT and FE Colleges - £500
Primary, Specialist, AP and Prep Schools - £350
Multi-Academy Trust certification - £150

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Discover how schools are using the framework to drive change

"Working through the Explorer Certificate has given the college a clear guide for what to focus on next. The AI in Education Certificate has been a major influence on our AI and digital strategy, helping us reflect on what we already do well, where we have some weaknesses, and where we want to go next. We also found the workbook questions really useful in helping us focus the work we already do in a more productive way. We now hope to progress beyond Explorer and continue developing our practice so it becomes more detailed and more widely embedded as we work towards the Practitioner level."

Michael Taylor

Digital Learning and Digital Content Lead, The Sixth Form Bolton

"Prior to this certification, we explored several avenues for AI integration: enhancing classroom outcomes, informing strategic leadership decisions, managing staff workload, and ensuring rigorous ethical and data privacy standards for our entire community. Undertaking the AiEd Explorer process has allowed us to reflect deeply across three key perspectives - leaders, staff, and students. It is now actively shaping our future; we are committed to further engaging our students in critical and creative thinking regarding the safe and ethical use of AI across our entire curriculum."

Tim Clarke

Headteacher, Cornerstone CofE Primary

"This was a really good opportunity that provided us with tools and resources to collectively consider AI in our college."

Taiyyabah Ijaz

AI Lead, Leyton Sixth Form College

"Completing the Explorer Certification workbook has helped strengthen the school’s confidence in understanding and discussing the role of AI in education. The process encouraged us to review our current practices, identify where AI is already being explored and consider how we can approach emerging technologies responsibly. It has also helped ensure that conversations about AI are taking place at multiple levels within the school, including leadership, governance and staff development. Through this process we have reviewed areas such as safeguarding, data protection and staff training, which has supported a cautious and informed approach to AI adoption. Overall, the certification process has provided a useful framework for reflecting on our current position and identifying how the school can continue to develop awareness, guidance and responsible practice as AI technologies continue to evolve."

Kate Beattie

SLT Member, Westfield Primary School

"We have found this process extremely informative and useful for reflecting on our school's AI provision. Embracing digital technology and use of AI is a key part of our school development plan, therefore this process has been instrumental in helping us identify what we are doing well and what needs further improvement."

Andrew Thompson

Deputy Headteacher, Epsom College Malaysia

"Our confidence in using AI has improved significantly through this certification process. Initially, our approach was exploratory and driven by individual curiosity; however, engaging with the framework has provided greater clarity, structure, and shared understanding across the school. We now feel more confident in identifying both the opportunities and risks of AI, particularly in relation to safeguarding, data protection, and classroom practice. The process has supported more informed discussions at all levels, from staff to governors, and has helped to embed a more consistent and responsible approach. While we recognise that we are still at an early stage, we now have a stronger foundation and clearer direction for developing our use of AI moving forward."

Sue Nardoni

Headteacher, Pyrcroft Grange Primary

"This process has highlighted the progress made, identified areas for further development and re-invigorated our desire to develop our AI capabilities further. We are particularly keen to make sure it becomes embedded in our daily work across all colleagues, our students and our families."

Jo Luhman

Headteacher

"AiEd Certified has supported our school in developing a clearer, more confident approach. The framework has encouraged structured reflection on both the opportunities and challenges of AI, helping us to move beyond informal discussions into more purposeful planning.

Dale Spick

Digital Lead, Secondary School

"This is an excellent framework and really gets schools to think about how AI affects all areas of school life."

Rob Johnstone

Secondary AI Champion

"The framework has allowed our staff to adapt their teaching and resources to meet the diverse needs of all our pupils."

James Willis

SENCo

"Using Pebblepad was really easy. We just clicked the link, and everything else was self-explanatory."

Laura Maxwell

AI and Digital Lead

"There is support available to you from start to finish - when you register your interest, the onboarding process, logging in, uploading evidence, it’s all so straightforward."

Karen Barham

Secondary Deputy Headteacher

"The framework sets out a clear roadmap that you can follow to understand the levels within it and how to achieve each of them."

Tijhs Jordan

Primary Headteacher

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