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Design better lessons, differentiate faster, and reduce marking time with AI

Teachers use AI to design engaging lesson plans, write differentiated activities for mixed-ability classrooms, generate assessment questions across Bloom's taxonomy levels, provide feedback on student work at scale, and create parent communication templates that are professional and warm. AI reduces the administrative and preparation burden, giving teachers more time for the human interactions that actually change outcomes.

Common challenges AI helps solve

Designing differentiated activities that challenge advanced students without leaving struggling students behind

Writing personalized, meaningful feedback on student work when marking 30 essays in a single evening

Communicating difficult messages to parents in a way that is honest, professional, and constructive

Top use cases for Teachers

Create a differentiated lesson plan

Create a 50-minute lesson plan for a Year 10 history class on the causes of World War I. The class has a wide ability range: 6 students are significantly below grade level, 18 are at grade level, and 4 are working above expectations. Include: learning objective, hook activity, direct instruction section, 3 tiered versions of the main task at below, at, and above grade level, a formative assessment exit ticket, and extension questions for early finishers.

Write feedback on student essays

Write formative feedback for this student essay on the theme of power in Macbeth: [paste essay]. The student is in Year 11, working at a grade 5 level, targeting a grade 6. Feedback should: start with a specific strength using evidence from the essay, identify the single highest-impact improvement they could make, give a modeled example of how to improve one specific sentence using their own ideas, and end with a clear action step. Keep it under 200 words. Warm and encouraging tone.

Write exam questions

Write 6 exam questions for a Year 9 science unit on genetics and inheritance. Include: 2 recall questions worth 1 mark each, 2 application questions worth 3 marks each requiring students to apply Punnett squares to novel scenarios, 1 analysis question worth 4 marks asking students to evaluate a claim about genetic inheritance, and 1 extended writing question worth 6 marks. Include a mark scheme for each question. Difficulty: appropriate for UK national curriculum Key Stage 3.

Write a parent email about a struggling student

Write an email to the parents of a Year 8 student named Oliver Chen who has been struggling in maths this term. His grades have dropped from a B to a D over 6 weeks. Contributing factors: he appears disengaged in class, missed 3 homework submissions, and scored 34% on the last assessment. I want to flag concern without alarming them, invite a conversation, and ask for their perspective on whether anything has changed at home. Warm, professional, collaborative tone. Under 200 words.

Build a unit overview

Create a 6-week unit overview for a Year 12 English Literature course covering 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood. Include: unit essential question, week-by-week breakdown with chapters covered and key themes explored, one major assessment per fortnight with description and assessment criteria summary, key skills students will develop, suggested extension texts or resources, and a final assessment brief for an analytical essay on the author's use of narrative structure. Format for sharing with students as a course overview.

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