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30 July 2025
Building AI that’s safe for the classroom: what we have learned with Aila
A summary of what Oak National Academy has learned about AI safety guardrails in education since launching Aila, our free AI lesson assistant.
- AI in education
16 June 2025
Looking for an AI tool you can trust for use in education? How Aila meets and exceeds the DfE’s safety expectations for teacher-facing AI tools
How can you be confident that AI tools are safe and suitable for use in education? The Department for Education now has AI product safety expectations, which set out clear technical safeguarding expectations for any generative AI product in education. We contributed to shaping this framework, and we’re proud that Aila, our AI lesson assistant, not only meets but exceeds these safety expectations. Find out how.
- AI in education
9 April 2025
Your top 5 questions about Aila, our AI lesson assistant, answered.
A summary of the top questions teachers are asking about Aila, our AI lesson assistant, including if the tool is free and how you can use it to adapt lessons for SEND and EAL pupils.
- AI in education
21 January 2025
How do we ensure our AI-generated resources are high-quality?
We're taking the need for accuracy, safety and pedagogical rigour really seriously with Aila, our AI lesson assistant. Today our paper, Auto-Evaluation: A Critical Measure in Driving Improvements in Quality and Safety of AI-Generated Lesson Resources has been published by MIT Open Learning. This milestone highlights our work to ensure AI-generated lesson content not only reduces teacher workload but also drives the highest quality standards.