Designing practical AI adoption for education.

No. It can structure briefs and create draft content, but named school and central reviewers retain approval and publication control.

Yes. Local context, accessibility, brand approval and final publication all remain under human oversight.

Microsoft Copilot, Power Automate, Microsoft 365 and an approved content or asset store such as SharePoint.

It works from approved brand guidance, templates and reusable assets, with human reviewers checking local context, accessibility and brand alignment before publication.

This depends on the organisation’s Microsoft estate and chosen connectors. Licensing would be confirmed during discovery.

No. It can classify an enquiry and prepare a draft, but every response is held for human review and approval before anything is sent.

Yes. Every draft is held for review and approval by a named colleague before sending.

Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Microsoft 365 and, where appropriate, Dataverse or SharePoint for approved knowledge.

It should stop rather than guess. Unsupported, sensitive or unusual enquiries are escalated to a named colleague so a person can review the context and respond appropriately.

Licensing depends on message volumes, connectors and the existing Microsoft environment and would be confirmed during discovery.

No. It is designed for routine questions grounded in approved information. Individual, sensitive or judgement-based enquiries are escalated to a member of staff.

Yes. Staff own the source content, escalation routes and responses to individual cases.

Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 and Power Automate, with approved website and document content as knowledge sources.

Its answers are grounded in approved school content. Named staff would own those knowledge sources and review them when admissions dates, policies, events or other information changes.

Requirements vary by channel, user access and knowledge-source design and would be assessed during discovery.

No. It can organise information and highlight missing items, but authorised staff retain all risk, safeguarding and approval decisions.

Yes. Staff review medical, safeguarding, payment and consent information and make the final readiness judgement.

Power Automate, Dataverse and Microsoft 365, with Power Apps potentially used for a structured trip interface.

It could sit around the existing process by bringing forms, consent, payments and required checks into a clearer workflow, while keeping the organisation’s existing approval roles and decision points intact.

Licensing depends on Dataverse, Power Apps and connector choices and would be confirmed against the organisation’s estate.

No. It organises and summarises approved information; leaders remain accountable for interpretation, challenge and decisions.

Yes. A leader reviews sources, checks emphasis and approves the final briefing.

Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365, Power BI and Power Automate, depending on the source systems.

Depending on permissions, it could draw from approved reports, meeting papers, Microsoft 365 documents, Power BI outputs and agreed KPI sources, with links back to the underlying evidence.

This depends on Copilot access, Power BI capacity and data-source connectors and would be confirmed in discovery.

No. It proposes actions from approved meeting records, but the meeting owner confirms the wording, owner and deadline before anything is assigned.

Yes. The chair or meeting owner approves actions before they are created or assigned.

Power Automate, Microsoft 365, Dataverse and optionally Power BI for progress reporting.

The workflow can extract proposed actions from an approved meeting record, present them to the chair for confirmation and then create tracked tasks with named owners, deadlines and proportionate reminders.

Requirements depend on where minutes, tasks and reporting are stored and would be confirmed during discovery.

No. It provides editable starting points grounded in approved resources; teachers decide what is appropriate for their pupils and retain professional control.

Yes. Teachers review, adapt and approve every resource before classroom use.

Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365, connected to approved curriculum and teaching resources.

It can be grounded in the organisation’s own curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and teaching resources so suggestions reflect agreed principles rather than generic advice.

Licensing depends on Copilot access, knowledge sources and user numbers and would be confirmed during discovery.

No. It surfaces patterns and priorities; attendance and pastoral professionals interpret context and decide what action is appropriate.

Yes. Staff validate data, consider individual circumstances and own every intervention decision.

Power BI, Power Automate, Dataverse and Microsoft 365, connected only to appropriately governed attendance data.

With appropriate permissions and governance, it could analyse agreed attendance measures, changes over time, persistent absence indicators and other approved contextual signals to help staff identify cases for review.

Requirements depend on data architecture, Power BI capacity and secure connector access and would be confirmed during discovery.

No. It can help authorised staff navigate and summarise source information, but statutory interpretation, provision decisions and professional judgement remain with SEND professionals.

Yes. SENCOs and authorised colleagues review context, correct extraction and decide how information should inform practice.

Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Power Automate and Microsoft 365 within a tightly controlled access model.

The design would require secure storage, least-privilege access, approved Microsoft services, clear auditability and strict control over who can access pupil information and generated outputs.

Licensing depends on secure storage, Dataverse capacity, connectors and Copilot Studio use and would be confirmed during discovery.