AI should multiply teachers,
not replace them.

I build AI tools that multiply what teachers can do, craft policies that keep everyone safe, and deliver CPD that leaves staff and students feeling empowered — not overwhelmed.
Not theory – Tested at scale.

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For schools, MATs, and education leaders across the UK.

⚙ Custom AI tools, built by a teacher for teachers
🛡 Supporting leaders, crafting policies & DPIA assessments
🎓 Supporting students via purpose-built assemblies
📣 Empowering staff with targeted, teacher-led, actionable CPD
Services

What I offer

Strategic, technical, and training support for schools adopting AI — grounded in years of doing it for real.

AI Strategy & Policy

A clear framework for AI adoption — not a ban, not a free-for-all, but what problem do we want AI to solve?

  • Problem-first strategic approach — what should AI actually solve?
  • Focus on alignment to UK GDPR, KCSIE, DfE guidance, and JCQ regulations
  • What tools are available, what can we adapt?
  • Approved tool lists with structured evaluation checklist
  • Traffic-light student usage framework with scenario-level guidance

Data Compliance & DPIAs

Rigorous data protection for AI tools — including the ones your staff are already using.

  • Support on AI High-risk DPIAs
  • Audit against Jan 2026 DfE Generative AI product safety standards
  • Sub-processor analysis (Vercel, Firebase, Vertex AI) with data residency mapping
  • Emphasis on zero-retention enterprise API architecture on UK-based infrastructure

Staff & Student CPD

Practical AI training for everyone — from NQTs to governing bodies.

  • Avoidance of "just another AI educational wrapper" approach
  • Prompt engineering training using the C.T.C. framework
  • Role-specific staff sessions (teaching, support, SLT)
  • Focus on data protection and student safeguarding
  • Impactful large-scale assemblies covering AI ethics, bias, academic integrity, and effective AI use
  • Guidance on parent information sessions on responsible AI use at home & safeguarding

Google Workspace & Admin

Not a Google Partner — just deep hands-on practitioner expertise.

  • Certified Google Super admin, guidance on configuration and user management
  • Workflow automation and productivity tooling
  • Guidance on integration with school MIS systems
  • Independent advice focused on what actually works for schools
Portfolio

What I've built

I don't just advise on AI — I build production tools and deploy them to real students.

Learning Compass

Deployed school-wide

Socratic tutoring platform for KS4/5

  • Adaptive demand engine using Bloom's taxonomy to keep students in the zone of maximal learning
  • Revision mode using SM2 revision strategies, Rosenshine's Principles and adaptive demand
  • Safeguarding keyword detection and model flagging with auto-email alerts to DSL
  • Mastery tracking, reading age adaptation, dyslexic font support, TTS/STT for SEND and EAL students
  • Google Classroom integration, time-restricted
  • Running costs as low as 2–4p per topic session
  • A Socratic 1-to-1 tutor for every child

AutoMarker

Deployed school-wide

Automated GCSE/A-Level script marking

  • A custom prompted LLM marker with accuracy of ±1–2% vs human markers (Physics)
  • Batch processing with human-in-the-loop review protocol
  • Standardisation support with exemplar scripts and examiner report integration
  • Built-in cost estimation per marking run
  • Maximising summative feedback

AutoFeedback

Deployed school-wide

Instant formative feedback from images of student work

  • Camera capture → AI-generated formative feedback in seconds
  • Designed for rapid in-lesson pace — zero workflow disruption
  • DPIA-assessed with full compliance documentation
  • Maximising formative feedback

Transcriber

Standalone tool

GDPR-compliant meeting transcription

  • Converts audio recordings into structured minutes and action points
  • Built for sensitive SLT and governor meetings
  • High-accuracy offline processing
  • Cutting staff workload → More time with students

All tools are DPIA-assessed, GDPR-compliant, and built on a split-stack architecture using UK-based Edge infrastructure with zero-retention API processing. These are four of the 10+ AI tools I've built and iterated on — from API usage dashboards to cross-curricular vocabulary apps.

References available on request.

About

About me

I started my career as an aerospace engineer before retraining as a teacher fifteen years ago. I'm currently Head of Physics and AI Lead at a large Cumbrian secondary school.

In my AI Lead role, I've built and deployed four + production AI tools to 1200+ students, authored school's comprehensive AI policy suite, delivered CPD to staff, students, and parents, and supported multiple primary schools across Cumbria. I have also authored formal AI policies covering safeguarding, data protection, academic integrity, and governance — with a structured evaluation checklist for AI tool procurement.

On the technical side, I understand both the engineering and the compliance frameworks that determine whether a school can actually use what gets built. Combining this with 15+ years of pedagogical experience has allowed me to leverage AI to maximum effect.

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Contact

Get in touch

Whether you're exploring AI strategy, need a staff training session, or want help with a specific implementation challenge — I'd be happy to have a conversation.

I'll aim to respond within 48 hours.