Yesterday, we did something historic. Yesterday, we did something it has never done before! Multi-Academy Trusts, schools, charities, EdTech companies, universities, and grassroots organisations stood shoulder to shoulder……competitors, collaborators, and complete strangers united by one shared mission: To give every teacher, every student, and every school the chance to explore Artificial Intelligence. And the response? Beyond anything we dared hope for.
Missed Yesterday? Don’t Worry! You Haven’t Missed Out. If you couldn’t take part yesterday because of exams, the rush coming back after half-term, or simply because the timing didn’t work for your school or department…..no problem at all. Every single resource we created (and every resource our partners shared) is still available, still free, and still ready to use whenever it works for you. AI Awareness Day was the launchpad, not the finish line. 👉 Browse the full resource library: https://aiawarenessday.co.uk/resources/
The Reach: A National Movement Across LinkedIn, X, Facebook, andInstagram, engagement around AI Awareness Day climbed into the hundreds of thousands in a single day.
Search #AIAwarenessDay and #AIAwarenessDay26 on any of these platforms and you’ll find lessons, assemblies, reflections, photos, and messages of support pouring in from every corner of the UK. Our amazing partners helped us reach a wide audience. Many of them have large social media followings and mailing lists, which they used to share information about AI Awareness Day with schools across the country we couldn’t have reached by ourselves. But yesterday wasn’t a one-day spike. It was the moment something we’ve been quietly building for months came into full view:
🎯 1 million+ reach through our work with MATs, charities, organisations, and educational providers
🏫 750,000+ students touched by yesterday’s activities with a clear path to 1 million in the coming months.
These aren’t just numbers. They represent real schools, real teachers, and real conversations happening right now in every corner of the country.
We are on Youtube: Quick AI Wisdom from the People Doing the Work! We’ve launched a growing library of YouTube Shorts — bite-sized masterclasses from the educators, leaders, and thinkers shaping AI in UK schools. Perfect for a tutor-time prompt, a CPD starter, or a five-minute scroll in the staffroom. Here are the current episodes — give them a watch, share them with your team:
🕵️ Jonathan O’Donnell AI Lead (Harris Federation)
How to Spot AI: Signs of Deepfake Images and Videos
👉 https://youtu.be/sNEcs39L2QQ
🧠 James Radburn Ed Tech and AI Lead (Star Academies)
Why Human Knowledge Still Matters in a World of AI
👉 https://youtu.be/lbffk3pMthE
💡 Elisabeth Bowling Director of School Improvement and Strategy (Inspiration Trust)
Can AI Make You Smarter?
👉 https://youtu.be/UoDoSeWTruw
🌍 Chris Goodall Data & Digital Innovation Director (Bourne Education Trust)
Working in a Pre- and Post-AI World
👉 https://youtu.be/bYP6VRCx0EA
🤔 Adam Lockwood Strategic Lead for Computing (Outwood Grange Academies Trust)
Should I Use AI?
👉 https://youtu.be/y7gEgJHm6N8
❤️ Emma Darcy Director of Technology for Learning (Denbigh High School)
Why You Should Never Use AI for Emotional Support
👉 https://youtu.be/WV8l4Nu7N_Y
We’re now actively looking for academics and teachers to share their AI tips, insights, and provocations as part of our growing Mini Masterclass series on YouTube Shorts. It doesn’t need to be polished. It doesn’t need to be long. It just needs to be honest, useful, and yours. If you’ve got a tip, a warning, a “wish I’d known earlier”, or a bold opinion about AI in education……we want to hear from you! 📧 Get in touch: info@aiawarenessday.co.uk
Our Timeline: Your Window Into AI in Education
Over the last few months, our Timeline has quietly become one of the most popular places to stay up to date with what’s actually happening in AI and education — from research papers and policy news, to school spotlights, student voices, and practical classroom ideas. If you want one place to keep your finger on the pulse, this is it.
👉 Visit the Timeline: https://aiawarenessday.co.uk/timeline/ We update it constantly, so bookmark it — and check back often.
Display Boards for the New Academic Year
We’ll continue to support schools with our display boards for the new academic year — and we genuinely believe this is one of the easiest, most effective ways to keep AI literacy front of mind for students, families, and visitors. Place one centrally in your school and it does the work for you: sparking conversations, prompting questions, and quietly building literacy every time someone walks past. If you’d like help setting one up, or want to talk through how to use it in your setting — just reach out to the team. We’re happy to help.
What’s On This Month — From Our Partners
Our partners have a brilliant range of activities running throughout the month — something for every role and every interest:
London Tech Week
8–12 June 2026
Great opportunity to meet tech professionals and engage in the latest conversations on AI from industry leaders.
👉 https://luma.com/london-tech-week London EdTech Week|
15–19 June 2026
A celebration of global EdTech across education, training and work.
👉 https://luma.com/London-EdTech-Week Parent Zone – Be Internet Legends Virtual AI Assembly
18 June 2026, 9:30am
Helping young people understand AI safely and critically.
👉https://parentzone.org.uk/beinternetlegends/assemblies
🔬 STEM Learning
STEM Digital Conference: Tech and AI to Tackle Teacher Workload
26 June 2026
National STEM Learning Centre, York (with online access available).
👉 https://www.stem.org.uk/stem-digital-conference-tech-and-ai-to-tackle-teacher-workload The momentum doesn’t stop here…
🎓 BCS – AI Confidence Programme
Build confidence in teaching and discussing AI in education.
👉 https://www.bcs.org/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/teachers-schools-and-colleges/ai-confidence/
💻 Code Club – So You Want to Set Up a Code Club?
Check out their blog for teachers’ top tips on getting started. Introduce school-aged young people to AI with our beginner-friendly coding projects. Perfect for classrooms or Code Clubs, they’re a great way to spark curiosity and explore how AI and Machine Learning works. Dive in with two beginner AI projects:Decision Tree Project or Teach a Machine Project
Tech She Can – AI Awareness Day Assemblies (on-demand)
Free on demandAI assemblies for KS1–KS4 plus a teacher CPD session.
👉 https://techshecan.org/ai-awareness-day
Stay With Us — This Is Just the Beginning
We’ll continue to send regular updates to keep you all in the loop — on new resources, upcoming events, partner activities, and the latest stories from schools across the UK. AI Awareness Day was never meant to be a single date in the calendar. It’s the start of a year-round conversation, and we want you with us for every step. If you haven’t already, follow us, share our posts, and forward this newsletter to a colleague who’d find it useful. The more teachers we reach, the bigger this movement becomes. To every teacher, school leader, charity, MP, parent, pupil, and partner who stood with us yesterday thank you. You didn’t just take part. You made history.
Know it. Question it. Use it wisely.
— The AI Awareness Day Team
