AI in education
Work through concerns about AI and agree a clear, ethical approach you can put into practice.
- Readiness and risk reviews
- Policy and implementation
- Leadership briefings
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EducateInnovateProtect
Education · Technology · Safeguarding
Clear advice on
digital change.
We help schools and professionals working with children understand digital change and decide what to do, with people’s needs and safety at the centre.
Based in the South WestWorking across UK & EU
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Support for the work you need to do.
Online safety
Make online safety part of everyday school practice as children’s digital lives change.
- Strategy and audit
- Policy development
- Incident response
Training & keynotes
Help leaders, staff and governors understand the issues and act with confidence.
- Tailored workshops
- Conference keynotes
- Leadership development
Curriculum & resources
Develop digital and media literacy teaching that pupils can understand and use long after the lesson.
- Curriculum design
- Toolkits and frameworks
- Assessment models
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Put it into practice.
We work with you, using evidence to shape support around your setting and what you need.
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Understand your setting
We listen to the people involved and understand your pressures and goals.
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Agree what matters
We examine the evidence together and work through complex issues to reach a shared understanding.
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Plan the next steps
You leave with a practical plan and the skills to keep the work going.
Advice grounded in experience.
Ken Corish is an international safeguarding and digital competency specialist, and former Deputy CEO and Online Safety Director at SWGfL.
Ken has spent more than four decades in education as a teacher, school leader, adviser and toolkit designer. He now helps leaders understand the evidence and plan how to approach AI, digital competency and safeguarding.
Read more about Ken’s experience
Ken’s career spans more than four decades in education. He worked as a teacher and school leader, then as an award-winning School Improvement Adviser, helping schools make lasting improvements for children and young people.
At SWGfL, Ken helped develop online safety work recognised in the UK and internationally. This supported education settings, agencies and policymakers to understand and respond confidently to new digital risks. He played a key role in developing widely recognised resources and helping them make a difference, including the award-winning 360 Degree Safe self-review tool , which helps schools develop a thorough online safety strategy across their setting, and ProjectEVOLVE , a framework and set of free resources that introduced a new way to map the knowledge and behaviours young people need to stay safer and make their own informed choices online. He also originated the national digital competency framework Education for a Connected World , used by thousands of UK schools to shape their curriculum.
Ken works with partners in the UK and overseas, including government and European organisations, and regularly speaks at conferences around the world. His work has contributed to multiple awards and the widespread use of tools that help leaders, safeguarding teams and educators put safeguarding expectations into everyday practice. Notable projects include the EU SELMA project and the anti-bullying project ENABLE .
As Managing Director of Orca Advisory Ltd, Ken advises education organisations on safeguarding, digital culture and organisational improvement. He also continues to advise SWGfL, supporting and extending its work, including the development and use of 360 Degree Safe and ProjectEVOLVE.
School improvement.
Evidence from thousands.
Ken has helped design toolkits that schools use to assess their current provision and make lasting improvements.
SWGfL ProjectEVOLVEDigital competency in practice
Baseline provision18.5korganisations
Assessment85,000professionals
Sustained improvement2m+learners reached, with evidence of lasting impact
National influence5.5muses of the assessment tools
SWGfL 360 Degree SafeSafeguarding strategy
Baseline and assessment15.5kschools using the toolkit
Sustained improvement10 yearsof evidence showing improvement from schools’ starting points towards high standards of safeguarding
Evidence gathered through these assessments has informed national policy and wider practice. Schools’ experiences have helped shape decisions across the education system.
Our commitment
You will leave knowing what to do next, with the skills and confidence to do it.Evidence-ledChild-centredPlain-speakingInternationally informed
Ideas for your practice.
Practical ideas on developing digital competency, introducing technology and changing how organisations work.
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