Unfamiliar language
Words, spellings and examples were often American and unlike those our children met at school.
Our story
It started with our children.
In 2024, as AI became part of everyday life, we realised that keeping our children safe and preparing them for the future meant helping them understand what AI was and how to use it for good.
The first problem
Our children needed AI built for them.
We started with ChatGPT and quickly saw the gaps through our child’s eyes.
Too much at once
Responses were long, dense and designed around the way adults read and understand information.
No child-first controls
Content was unfiltered, the product was built for adults, and we couldn’t see how the AI was being used.
So we built a product we knew was safe and children loved.
They soon shared it with their friends.
Shaped with schools
Built around what each child is learning.
Working with teachers helped us turn that ambition into four practical requirements. The AI needed to understand the lesson and the individual learner.
Curriculum aligned
AI with awareness of the curriculum and the content being taught, whether the lesson is about the Tudors, volcanoes or the Great Fire of London.
Year group aligned
It understands the pupil’s stage in the curriculum, so explanations and expectations fit their school year.
Literacy alignment
Familiar words suited to age and ability, with sentences that balance readability and enough challenge to help pupils grow.
Adaptability
Support that responds to each child’s individual needs, revisiting difficulties and adjusting as their understanding develops.
A partnership that keeps growing.
The same approach now guides everything we build with schools.
We listen
Teachers and school leaders tell us what gets in the way of teaching and learning.
We share
We share each new problem across our schools to understand how many would benefit from a solution.
We create
If it would benefit the majority, we build a first version that delivers value, then improve it with the schools using it.
Build what schools need. Stay close enough to know.
That principle still guides every SchoolGPT product.