A FREE PRIMER FOR KS4 AND KS5 TEACHERS
33 AI prompts that actually help you teach
A free starting point for teachers curious about AI, with 33 prompts to try, adapt, and build on. Dip in wherever feels most useful.
Many teachers aren’t looking for an AI overhaul. They want to see what’s possible and then decide for themselves what’s worth trying. Use the prompts that feel relevant, skip the ones that don’t, and adapt them to your subject and class.
✦ Example prompts inside
Section 2 · Explaining hard concepts and worked examples
I’m teaching [concept – e.g. ‘the working memory model for A Level Psychology’]. Give me 5 analogies of varying ambition, from the safe and familiar to the genuinely creative. For each, also tell me where the analogy breaks down so I can pre-empt confusion.
→ Use it for: Finding the metaphor that finally unlocks a tricky idea.
Section 1 · Lesson planning and sequencing
I’m starting a new topic on [topic] with Year [10/11/12/13]. Suggest a 5-minute opener that hooks pupils into why this idea matters: historical origin, real-world stakes, or a famous problem it solved. Keep it intellectually serious, not gimmicky.
→ Use it for: Making the first 5 minutes earn the lesson.
+ 31 more prompts across 8 sections
33
copy-paste prompts across 8 sections
KS4 + KS5
built for secondary teachers across all subjects
Free
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STARTER PROMPTS ACROSS 8 AREAS:
Lesson planning
Sequence a unit, identify threshold concepts, audit lessons against cognitive load
Explaining hard concepts
Generate analogies, surface misconceptions, build second-route explanations for stuck students
Retrieval and spaced practice
Design diagnostic quizzes, build spaced-recall schedules, create interleaved practice sets
Feedback and marking
Turn class data into whole-class feedback, diagnose wrong answers, generate closing-the-gap tasks
Differentiation and intervention
Adapt tasks without lowering expectations, plan targeted interventions, stretch your most able students
Assessment and exam prep
Decode mark schemes for students, design walking-talking mocks, generate synoptic questions
Communication and reports
Write evidence-based report comments, draft parents’ evening summaries, create student-facing targets
CPD and time-saving
Audit your workload, triage your marking, reflect on lessons using real data
Developed with direct teacher feedback to ensure the prompts reflect how teaching actually works and the output is specific, not generic.
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