Safeguarding first: Reclaiming control of Gen AI use in schools – by Alex Dave, Safeguarding Education Officer, LGfL-The National Grid for Learning
Generative AI isn’t coming to schools; it’s already here, and we must respond. Plenty of children are already exploring tools, many teachers are dabbling, and the Department for Education has produced guidance on using them in schools. However, talk of AI is frequently generating these 2 polar responses – stopping and hoping it goes away, or jumping in excitedly…

