Where I'm coming from: I've worked in technology for more than 20 years, most recently guiding the work exchange platform Workaway.info through full GDPR compliance. My family keep me close to the realities of education; my sister teaches SEN pupils, my mother still tutors after retiring as a primary school teacher and my stepfather was a deputy head for a UK secondary school.
The question being asked in staffrooms is often the same one a principal wonders about: are we actually allowed to use this? The answer is yes. The Act has viewpoints, but banning teachers from using AI isn't one of them. What it does do is…
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Your week likely doesn't have much slack, and governing AI use has probably not been a priority. That's understandable: a school runs on what's urgent, and so far this hasn't felt urgent. Here's why it's worth a few minutes. AI didn't arrive in schools the…
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Anyone reading the EU AI Act for the first time would be forgiven for feeling out of their depth. The good news is that most Irish schools can reach a defensible position before the August 2026 deadline with three pieces of evidence: an AI inventory…
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European AI law wasn't on most principals' radar. Neither was GDPR, until suddenly it was. The 2025 National Principals' Forum survey of nearly 400 primary school principals found 94% describe their workload as a challenge and 63% describe it as unsustainable.[1] The EU AI Act…
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