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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Richard Adams Education editor

Bridget Phillipson eyes AI’s potential to free up teachers’ time

Bridget Phillipson and the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Peter Kyle, attend a demonstration of AI tools at an event in London
Bridget Phillipson and the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Peter Kyle, attend a demonstration of AI tools in London. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

AI tools will soon be in use in classrooms across England, but the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has one big question she wants answered: will they save time?

Attending a Department for Education-sponsored hackathon in central London last week, Phillipson listened as developers explained how their tools could compile pupil reports, improve writing samples and even assess the quality of soldering done by trainee electrical engineers.

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