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Introducing an EdTech and AI product safety certification scheme
The Department for Education opened a consultation, closing 4 February 2027, on a proposed certification scheme to assure the safety of education technology and AI products used in schools and other education settings in England.
Why it matters
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What it means for you
England's Department for Education asks for views on a scheme that would certify education technology and AI products used in schools as safe.
For lawmakers
The consultation, open until 4 February 2027, tests a certification route that the department says should reduce burdens on schools and give suppliers clear standards.
The question it raises
What does it mean for a tool used by children to be safe, and who should decide?
In their own words
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From the source’s own text.
“The Department for Education is proposing a certification scheme to assure the safety of education technology and artificial intelligence (AI) products used in schools and other education settings in England.”
The record
- Questions
- Are AI companies putting stronger safeguards into practice? · How is AI changing childhood, health and daily life?
- People
- Paul Waugh (About them, MP)
- What we read
- We could read only part of the source.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of November 10, 2026, via
gov-uk-search-api(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- GOV.UK, “Introducing an EdTech and AI product safety certification scheme”, November 10, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/dfe-2026-11-10-edtech-ai-safety-certification