AI Governance in Education:
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AI Governance in Education :
A working guide to oversight, policy, process and proof.
AI is already in your school. By autumn 2025, well over half of teachers were using it for their work, most without telling anyone, and pupils are further ahead still. So the question facing SLT, governing and trust boards was never whether to adopt AI; it is whether the AI already in the building is being governed. This book gives school and trust leaders, governors and trustees a practical answer: a six-stage journey from purpose and people through policy, process and practice to proof, and a seven-area assurance framework for judging whether any of it is actually working. It covers the rules you are governing against, from KCSIE and UK GDPR to the EU AI Act, alongside selecting and assessing tools, SEND and inclusion, working with parents, and case studies from Estonia to Ohio.
Written by Al Kingsley MBE, chair of a multi-academy trust, EdTech group CEO and author of five previous books on education, it stays firmly on the board side of the table: what to ask, what evidence to expect, and what good looks like. It ends with a full appendix of ready-to-use templates, registers, board reports, DPIAs and more, plus a dedicated chapter for chairs and a first-30-days action plan. No technical background required; a willingness to ask slightly awkward questions is enough.
About the author.
Al has spent the last 30 years in the EdTech space and nearly two decades as a School Trustee and Governor. He was awarded the 2023 “Edufuturist of the Year” the Education Resources Awards “Outstanding Achievement” award and the British Education Suppliers Association” Inspiring Leaders” awards in 2023. He was awarded an MBE for services to Education in the King’s New Year’s Honours list in January 2025.
He is the group CEO of NetSupport, an internationally acclaimed EdTech vendor, and has lived and worked in both the UK and US. He is currently Chair of a multi-academy trust and Chair of an alternative provision academy, all in the East of England. He has previously chaired other schools/boards.
Alongside these roles, Al also sits on the Regional Schools Director’s Advisory board for the East of England and is an independent Chair of the county’s SEND board.
As a firm supporter of lifelong learning, he is also a regional Apprenticeship Ambassador and Chair of the Employment & Skills board for his region’s combined authority.
An active writer about all things EdTech and School Governance, Al is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council and sits on the advisory council for the Foundation for Education Development.
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