This week’s question · pinned
What do you actually say to a class about AI and assessment?
Not the policy—the real sentence you use with a Year 10 group. Share yours, and borrow three.
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Topics, not a feedThis week’s questionAI policyAssessmentLeadershipClassroom practice
Assessment
We moved part of coursework to supervised drafting. Here is the timetable cost.
The honest version—including the two departments where the approach did not work, and what they changed next.
Illustrative thread · Deputy Head
AI policy
We had our AI policy stress-tested. These are the lines that got cut.
Three clauses that felt reassuring to write but would not have survived a real challenge from a pupil or family.
Illustrative thread · School Leader
Classroom practice
The “draft, do not decide” rule changed how our English department plans.
Pupils may use AI to help draft, never to make the decisions. One sentence created a much better classroom conversation.
Illustrative thread · Head of English
Leadership
How do you run an INSET on this without it becoming a tool demonstration?
A request for a running order that begins with what teachers need, rather than what the software can do.
Illustrative thread · Principal
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