Trust wide CPD on AI
Designed and delivered a CPD series for a Multi Academy Trust in the North of England, helping senior leaders and staff understand where AI can support their work and where it should be treated with caution.
Research led, school centred
Helping schools get AI right
Practical, research-led assistance to use AI where it genuinely helps, so workload falls and thinking deepens.
What I do
Support for schools and trusts
Strategic diagnostics
Working with staff and senior leaders to build a clear picture of current AI use, recognise where it can support good practice, and be honest about the areas where it should be avoided.
Pilot design and coaching
Designing and running applied AI pilots with staff, building around planning and curriculum needs, and working with teachers as they test and refine what works in their classrooms.
Implementation guidance
Turning what we learn into clear, usable guidance and training, helping staff use AI safely and consistently without introducing extra complexity.
Why schools work with The AI Tailor
Support grounded in research and real school experience
Education and ITT experience
- Experience leading ITT partnerships with schools and trusts, grounded in years of classroom teaching.
- Ongoing research partnerships with higher education institutions and schools.
- A practical approach to safeguarding that recognises the duty schools hold and keeps AI aligned with safe, stable practice.
AI and implementation expertise
- Research into how generative AI is used by teachers and what this means for their workload, planning and professional judgement.
- Neutral, policy aware guidance that sits comfortably with DfE expectations and the concerns that unions have voiced.
- Practical implementation support that works with existing systems and routines, helping staff use AI safely and consistently without adding friction.
Recent work
Examples of work so far
Pilots across multiple schools
Worked with eight primary schools to pilot a primary focused AI tool developed for planning and curriculum design, helping teachers think through practice in a safe, evidence informed way.
Custom AI support for teachers
Developed tailored AI tools to help departments plan lessons, generate curriculum materials, and think through assessment, with models shaped around local priorities and subject needs.
Approach
How I work
Every school and trust has its own pressures and habits. The work is to understand how your staff plan, teach and assess, then build small, safe changes that help their day rather than complicate it.
Start with what already works in your schools, then look for realistic gains rather than wholesale change.
Test ideas lightly, look at what actually happens, and adjust with the people doing the work.
Keep pedagogy, workload, and safeguarding central in every conversation and decision.
Build lasting confidence and give staff practical tools they can use on their own.
Current work
Where the work is focused
AI readiness reviews
Helping trusts map current AI use against statutory guidance and identify the grey areas where staff are already experimenting.
Teacher workload pilots
Working with teachers to shape planning and curriculum routines so AI is used where it genuinely helps and set aside where it does not add value.
Leadership briefings
Practical briefings for senior leaders that cut through hype and focus on risk, opportunity and the next few decisions you need to take.
Services and pricing
Ways we can work together.
Staff CPD twilight
A focussed after-school session that introduces AI in clear, practical terms and helps staff see how it can support planning and assessment without increasing risk.
£400 per twilight session.
Departmental workload pilots
Subject-specific pilots with one department, using AI to test small changes in planning or feedback routines and learn what genuinely saves time without cutting corners.
£600 per pilot, or £800 with a tailored department CPD session.
INSET and whole-staff days
Longer sessions that blend input, guided exploration and department time, giving staff space to try tools against their own planning and curriculum work.
From £1,200 per day.
AI readiness diagnostic
A structured review with leaders and staff to map current AI use, understand risks and opportunities, and identify a small number of practical next steps.
From £1,250 per school or trust.
Strategic partnership
Ongoing support for trusts and schools that want a thinking partner for policy, workload and implementation, with regular check-ins and light-touch input between them.
From £1,500 per term.
The AI Tailor Assistant
A secure AI workspace shaped around your school.
Alongside consultancy and training, I am developing a secure AI workspace that reflects a school or trust’s own policies, curriculum and tone of voice. It is designed to fit into existing routines and systems, supporting workload and professional judgement.
The Assistant is being piloted with a small number of schools and trusts. If you would like to explore whether it might fit your context, mention it when you get in touch below.
Get in touch
A short conversation about your context
If you are trying to decide what role AI should play in your school or trust, we can use half an hour together to map where you are now and what might be worth testing next.
Prefer email? jake@theaitailor.co.uk