Getting Started with AI in Education Toolkit
Explore the resources and tools available to you now you've completed the Getting Started with AI in Education CPD module.
AI within schools - support guides & CPD
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The BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) AI Confidence Prompt Library is a collection of example prompts and activities designed to help teachers and educators build confidence using AI tools. |
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This page brings together resources and professional learning to support educators in understanding and engaging with AI in education. Whether you want to explore how AI works, consider its implications for teaching and learning, or support learners to think critically about AI systems, these materials provide a starting point. |
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From administrative support to idea generation, staff will gain a clear understanding of how AI can enhance their work while exploring ethical considerations and best practice. |
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A practical CPD resource designed for whole-school staff that introduces AI, demonstrates how it can support tasks like planning and resource creation, and explores its benefits, risks, and best practices for use in education. |
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Computing at School: AI in Education: An Educator's Handbook |
A practical guide that helps educators understand AI, explore its classroom applications, and implement it effectively and responsibly through real examples, strategies, and best practices. |
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Computing at School: Introducing AI to Primary Education and KS3 |
A summary of a CAS community session highlighting practical strategies, hands-on activities, and ethical discussions to support introducing AI concepts effectively in primary and KS3 classrooms. |
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AI Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning in Primary Classrooms |
Further support on how AI tools can be used to enhance teaching and learning in primary schools |
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A practical guide offering a range of adaptable, school-ready activities—from leadership strategies to classroom projects—that help embed AI literacy across curriculum, policy, and school culture while prioritising critical thinking, ethics, and pupil voice. |
Teaching Resources
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Free primary-friendly lessons and activities exploring how AI works and how to use it safely. |
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Free unplugged lesson to introduce young learners to some main themes in AI |
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Introduce pupils aged between 9-11 to the world of Artificial Intelligence and to explore how it is used all around us. |
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BBC Day of AI: Learn About Artificial Intelligence: Minecraft Education |
A collection of engaging, classroom-ready resources and activities designed to help primary learners understand how AI works and use it safely and responsibly. |
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We’re excited to share this new secondary resource, designed to help pupils understand the potential and limitations of AI by exploring when to use it, recognising issues like hallucination and bias, and using effective prompts to get better results. |
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A plenary worksheet encouraging pupils to pause, reflect on their decisions, and think more deeply about how and why they used AI during the task. |
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An engaging AI literacy resource that uses the theme of “walking with mammoths” to help students critically evaluate online content, explore how AI can generate misleading information, and consider the ethical and societal implications of misinformation |
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A selection of lesson ideas to explore AI literacy and theory with students, including ethical debates, fake news, and hands-on machine learning projects such as sentiment analysis, bias, computer vision, and chatbots across KS2–KS4. |
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An experimental space from Oak National Academy showcasing emerging AI-powered tools (like Aila) and innovations designed to help teachers create, adapt, and deliver lessons more efficiently. |
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A free, government-backed platform providing high-quality, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, teaching resources, and online lessons to support teachers and pupils across all subjects and key stages. |
Communities
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This community focuses on AI within education and schedules a programme of events across the year covering all aspects of AI. |
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Microsoft Elevate for Educators is a new program designed to provide educators and school leaders with access to a global community, professional development, and resources to confidently integrate AI into teaching and learning. We have two communities tailored to educators and school leaders. |
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Home to the Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence. |
Support with specific AI Tools
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A practical collection of examples showing how teachers can use ChatGPT to support planning, teaching, assessment, and adapting resources efficiently. |
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Computing at School: Getting the most out of Copilot - CAS AI event |
A recap of a CAS community session showcasing practical ways schools can use Microsoft Copilot to support teaching, assessment, and whole-school workflows, alongside key tips for effective and responsible implementation. |
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Computing at School: AI Studio & NotebookLM for all ages: Google Education |
A summary of a CAS session exploring how Google’s AI tools (NotebookLM, AI Studio, and Gemini) can support teaching, learning, and student independence, with guidance on safe use and integration across all age groups. |
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ChatGPT has become a tool hundreds of millions use every day - yet few have mastered the art of sweet-talking these new AI chatbots into providing detailed and accurate responses to user prompts. It's vital for every professional tech user to have an understanding of how AI chatbots work, and how best to put them to work. |
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Oak National Academy is a publicly funded platform offering sequenced, curriculum-aligned resources from EYFS to KS4. Its free AI assistant, Aila, helps teachers quickly create and adapt lessons using quality-assured content, aligned with DfE expectations and compatible with tools like Google Classroom. |
Leadership & AI Strategy in Schools
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A curated summary of the Department for Education’s AI guidance and support materials, helping schools understand how to use AI safely, reduce workload, and implement it effectively through practical tools and leadership guidance. |
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Computing at School: Use of AI Policy Template for schools and colleges |
A flexible template designed to help school leaders create and customise their own AI policy, ensuring safe, ethical, and context-specific use of AI that is regularly reviewed and aligned with existing policies. |
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Computing at School: Developing and Implementing an AI Strategy in Schools - CAS Primary event |
A summary of a CAS community session outlining how schools can create and embed an AI strategy aligned with their values, with a focus on governance, staff training, ethical use, and practical implementation steps. |
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Guides and supports schools in embedding AI effectively and responsibly. |
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A structured framework to support schools and colleges to embed AI responsibly and purposefully, ensuring staff and students thrive in an AI-powered future. |
Reports & Research
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A guidance report outlining how AI is reshaping the job market and skills landscape, and providing practical advice on the essential skills, career pathways, and learning resources needed to adapt to these changes. |
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An overview of how AI can transform education globally while emphasising the need for ethical, inclusive, and human-centred approaches to ensure it improves learning without widening inequalities |
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A curated set of courses designed to help learners develop essential human skills—such as communication, critical thinking, adaptability, and emotional intelligence—to thrive alongside AI in the future workplace. |
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Using Generative AI To Support Literacy - National Literacy Trust |
Evidence-based insights on how AI can support literacy development and reading interventions. |
Microsoft AI Skilling Resources
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A beginner-friendly course that builds understanding of AI concepts, generative AI, responsible use, and practical applications (including Copilot) to help learners apply AI effectively in real-world contexts |
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A free professional development platform offering educators interactive courses, learning paths, certifications, and resources to build teaching skills and integrate technologies like AI into the classroom. |
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An overview of how AI-powered tools like Copilot help boost productivity by automating routine tasks, generating content, and streamlining workflows through natural language interactions. |
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An AI-powered platform that provides personalised learning pathways and resources to help individuals build AI skills and advance their careers based on their goals, role, and experience level.. |
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Microsoft Educator AI Credentials offers free training, tools and communities to build confidence using AI. It includes self-paced courses, guidance on Microsoft 365 Copilot, and support for accessibility, personalised learning and workload reduction, alongside professional learning and recognised credentials. |
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Microsoft Learning Accelerators are tools in Microsoft 365 Education that personalise learning and support progress. They offer real-time coaching, streamline tasks and assessment, and provide performance insights, helping save time, boost engagement and improve outcomes across key and future-ready skills. |
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The Teach feature in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app is a hub for AI teaching tools. It lets you quickly create and adapt lesson plans, quizzes and rubrics, streamlining planning and differentiation in one place. |
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Free Microsoft Copilot Chat Courses for Educators & Students from Tablet Academy |
TA School is a free platform offering self-paced courses on using AI in education. It provides practical training for staff and students (13+), covering tools like Microsoft Copilot and key topics, helping build confidence to enhance teaching and reduce workload. |
