The AI revolution can supercharge learning in school

It is Monday afternoon at St John's Church of England primary school in Wigan and the children in year six are studying science. One pupil is learning about vitamins, another is looking at a diagram of muscles in the arm and a third is being tested on tabulation. All the students are on iPads, with a personalised programme of lessons created by artificial intelligence (AI). The machine analyses their work and then tailors the learning to each child, allowing them to move at their own pace. Next door, the year fives are doing spelling and grammar.