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Thank you to every school, teacher, student and partner who took part in AI Awareness Day 2026. Together we engaged hundreds of thousands of young people across the…
AI Awareness Day 2027
Keep Humans in the Loop
Thursday 29th April 2027
Humans in the Loop should mean something tangible. In 2026 we encouraged AI literacy through lessons, activities and display boards. In 2027 we want young people across the UK to question, discuss and debate the role AI should play in their lives and futures.
AI Awareness Day 2027 is in
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National AI Conversation 2027
Starting January 2027
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Debate it Should each person manage what AI remembers about them?
Campaign
AI Awareness Day
National AI Awareness Day is a nationwide campaign designed to build AI literacy across schools. The model is simple: schools commit to running just one activity.
Our goal is to create a unified moment where the entire education community comes together to engage positively and critically with AI preparing the next generation for a world increasingly shaped by intelligent technology.
Traction
1,000,000 reach so far
The support for AI Awareness Day is growing fast. With the help of our partners — charities, edtech organisations, multi-academy trusts, a national broadcaster, and a multinational publishing and education company — sharing the campaign via social media, newsletters and more, we estimate we’re already reaching over 1,000,000 students. Together, we’re building a national movement.
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28,000 students annually
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115,000 primary teachers have accessed Barefoot
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taught by 1.4m teachers worldwide, 30K+ in the UK
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Nationwide Network of Computing Educators
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Over 6.5 million young people have been reached through NCCE-supported programmes.
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Works with over 19,000 schools, every local authority in the country
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Computing CPD and resources for teachers and leaders
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Supports approximately 270,000 teachers annually
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295,000 children directly reached in UK Classrooms
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Over 250 UK schools, colleges, and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) have entered the certification pipeline
The world’s biggest education technology event
Black and Global Majority-led community initiatives and the room where AI policy, regulation, and power are shaped.
36 schools across Surrey, Hampshire and South London.
London's largest Further Education college 32,000 students
400 businesses in Central London
20 schools across Bedfordshire and Luton
38 academies, 25,000 students
Alternative Provision Free School (Academy)
50 schools, 33,000 students
15,000+ tech leaders
20,000 tech professionals
Transformational Youth Entrepreneurship For All
Digital strategy and delivery consultancy
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Five strands
Safe. Smart. Creative. Responsible. Future.
One campaign, five classroom starters. Each strand has a colour, a word and a mark — and a conversation worth having about the AI already in young people’s lives.
Safe
Start with what should stay private — trust, sharing and the data AI holds about you.
Smart
Question AI that acts on your behalf — decisions, shortcuts and who is really choosing.
Creative
Own what you make with AI — authorship, attribution and honest creative work.
Responsible
Keep human judgement in consequential moments — when the output matters.
Future
Name the skills worth keeping human — and practise them on purpose.
Your AI. Your choices.
These five strands are one literacy — Keep Humans in the Loop.
Aim
Keep humans in the loop
- Help young people keep humans in the loop — knowing when to trust AI, when to check it, and when to decide without it.
- Give classrooms a shared language for five conversations: Safe, Smart, Creative, Responsible and Future.
- Build the habit of questioning what AI knows about you, what it decides for you, and what it makes in your name.
- Strengthen digital resilience so students can navigate an AI-shaped world with judgement, not fear.
- Inspire creative and responsible use of AI across the curriculum — with authorship and attribution kept honest.
- Grow a national conversation about the AI already in young people’s lives: Your AI. Your choices.
Display board
Create a display board for your school
Use the layout below as a guide to build a physical display in your school or staff room.
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Download for print (PNG) Download (SVG)- Select a prominent wall, noticeboard, or display area in your school or staff room.
- Follow the blueprint layout: create five principle panels (Safe, Smart, Creative, Responsible, Future) each with a key message and practical tips.
- QR challenges: Set up QR codes for students to scan & investigate. Link to your school's AI policy and our AI guidelines or activities.
- Add interactive elements: Include facts, tips, or QR codes linking to games and quizzes using our interactive resources.
- This week's questions: Add thought-provoking questions like "How can we ensure AI tools are fair?" with space for student responses.
- Student responses: Provide space for sticky notes or written answers where students can share their thoughts and ideas.
- AI leaders & innovators: Include photos and names of people working in AI.
- Set them a challenge: Ask students to find 3 living people working in AI and add their discoveries to the display.
- Student spotlight: Feature student work or projects to showcase pupil achievements and creativity.
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Audit your AI usage
Take the AI Risk & Readiness Benchmark™ — a free interactive audit to measure adoption, dependency and readiness across your whole school community.
Teacher · Student · Parent / Carer · School Leader · Support Staff · General Public
What you earn
A certificate you can evidence
Score 70 or above, then describe one thing you changed in your practice. Your certificate is issued in the AI Awareness Day strand you worked on, and downloads as an image you can keep, print or add to your CPD record.
- Complete your benchmark
- Evidence one change you made
- Download your certificate
Activities
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Discover the thematic areas that shape AI Awareness Day activities and discussions. Filter by theme or by session length.
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AI Awareness Activities
AI as Your Creative Partner (Creative strand)
Using AI to amplify human creativity, not replace it.
The Hidden Costs of AI (Responsible strand)
5-minute starter exploring how AI relies on data centres, electricity, and water – and what that means for the planet.
AI Relationships? (Safe strand)
A discussion starter using a short viral clip: 20% of boys aged 12-16 are seeing peers enter relationships with AI chatbots. Why? And what does that mean for us?
Extra Resources
Handpicked Quality Resources
A curated selection of interactive AI games and learning tools from trusted organisations.
AI Quests (Smart strand) (opens in a new tab)
Google Research
Hands-on AI quests and classroom-friendly challenges that walk students through data, models and real-world applications of AI.
The Unbelievably Creative AI Show (Creative strand) (opens in a new tab)
Cyber Skills Live
A one-hour live stage show that gets audiences thinking critically and creatively about AI, art, and human imagination.
Spark AI (Smart strand) (opens in a new tab)
DigitALL
Free classroom resources and training on inclusive and alternative AI, including micro:bit AI and a KS3 AI and biodiversity unit.
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