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The ICO Has Just Audited 28 EdTech Providers. The Findings Should Concern Every School

The ICO has just audited 28 EdTech providers and the findings cut across the entire supplier stack. Controller/processor confusion, weak DPIAs, outdated privacy information, gaps in data flow mapping. A new statutory EdTech code is on the horizon. Procurement just got harder, and rightly so.

Artificial Intelligence

The Pioneer Group Confession: Limited Evidence, Big Promises

In a single fortnight, the government has admitted its AI tutoring tools have 'limited' evidence, and the EEF has opened formal research into cognitive offloading. The state sector now has the right procurement filter. The independent sector needs to build one of its own.