Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to our community

This community is led by Sally Norris. Sally has over 30 years’ experience working in Newham schools. Sally is currently headteacher of William Davies Primary School, which has a strong family ethos and great staff. As the I.T. lead in 1991, she progressed from the BBC micro on a trolley to learning all about the new Windows 3.1. Soon after, she learned to write in html for the school’s first website before the advent of the all hallowed ‘Internet’. She has endeavoured to keep up with the pace of IT change in education and the world and is fascinated by the next chapter - AI.

Who is this suitable for?

• Head Teachers, Senior Leaders, IT Leads

How does it work?

This group is for those looking to broaden the understanding and develop school
policy of how AI can be used in schools. The aims are to share effective practice, stay up to date with the fast-moving pace of AI and develop ethical school policies.

What does it involve?

This is an action research group, where learning will be shared and discussed through online meetings.

Cost
This group is free for member schools and is only available to members of Newham Learning.

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Please note that this link will not sign you up to attend the meetings. To sign up, please see the link below.

• Report: Viewing Generative AI and children’s safety in the round (NSPCC, 2025)

• Report: The Children’s Commissioner’s view on artificial intelligence (Children's Commissioner, 2024)

• Guidance: Generative AI in education (DfE, 2025)

• Guidance: Using AI in education settings: support materials (DfE, 2025)

• Guidance: How Ofsted looks at AI during inspection and regulation (Ofsted, 2025)

• AI Capability Indicators (OECD, 2025)

• Resources: AI Educator Hub (Google)

• Guidance: AI Competency Framework for Teachers (UNESCO, 2024)

• Guidance for generative AI in education and research (UNESCO, 2025)

• Research: ‘The biggest risk is doing nothing’: insights from early adopters of artificial intelligence in schools and further education colleges (Ofsted, 2025)

• Research: Generative AI in education: educator and expert views (DfE, 2024)

• Research: Parent and pupil attitudes towards the use of AI in education (DSIT & DFE, 2024)

• Paper: Educators’ Academic Insights on Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities (EJEL, 2024)

• Blog: The Dark Side of AI: Risks to Children (Child Rescue Coalition) 

Podcast: When the "Person" Abusing Your Child is a Chatbot: The Tragic Story of Sewell Setzer (Center for Humane Technology, 2024) NB: Trigger warning, sensitive content

Safe and effective use of AI in education (Chartered College of Teaching - free programme)

(coming soon)

Guidance Documents

• Putting Evidence to Work (Implementation Guidance) (EEF, 2024)

Videos

• A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)

• Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)

Templates

• Action plan template (pdf)

• Action plan template (docx)

• Case study template (pdf)

• Case study template (pptx)

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