So there I was, sitting in a Personal Development day organised by our school. A panel of speakers had been invited to share their insights on AI and how it’s reshaping education. They were experts in their fields – researchers, thought leaders, and tech professionals – and we were lucky to have them.

The conversation was engaging, even inspiring. They spoke about the potential of AI to personalise learning, to reduce administrative load, and to open up entirely new ways of thinking about teaching and learning. There was clearly so much promise.

But as the session went on, I noticed something missing. There were very few concrete examples of how teachers could start using AI right now, in real classrooms, with real students, under the pressure of real workloads.

And it wasn’t the first time I’d walked away from an AI in Education event thinking, “This all sounds great – but what do teachers actually do with it on Monday morning?”

That’s when I realised – this is the missing piece. The everyday, practical, time-saving ways AI can support teachers. So I decided to do something about it.

Prompts are simple instructions you can give to ChatGPT, CoPilot or the AI tool you prefer, and you’ll get something immediately useful in return. A quiz, a writing scaffold, a differentiated task, a report comment, a new idea.

I’ve started creating thousands of these prompts, all built around one central idea: they are for real teachers, in real classrooms, doing real work.

This isn’t about theory or distant possibilities. It’s about what helps today. When a relief teacher calls in sick, when there’s an assessment due next week, when a student needs support but time is short – the prompts are here.

They’re designed to take the pressure off, spark ideas, and save time, without sacrificing quality or care. Because teachers deserve support that’s as practical and hardworking as they are.

I hope you fid them useful!

Rich