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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education

Proposed Additional Source CategoriesRegulatory/legaldocument

Assessment outcome

total 4/6 (actionability 0 + authority 2 + currency 2)

Total4/6
Actionability0/2
Authority2/2
Currency2/2

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

The Department for Education is explicitly named as the issuing body.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Level 2: Official government document published by the UK Department for Education.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 700 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

The source is explicitly about generative artificial intelligence and large language models in education.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

It sets out the department's official position, rules, and guidance on AI use in schools.

G4 · Attributablepass

The Department for Education is explicitly named as the issuing body.

G5 · In forcepass

There is no evidence on the page that this guidance is superseded, withdrawn, or repealed.

Scored criteria

Actionability

0/2

Level 0: The text is descriptive analysis outlining the department's position rather than setting specific binding steps.

Authority

2/2

Level 2: Official government document published by the UK Department for Education.

From: Department for Education Published: 29 March 2023 Last updated: 12 August 2025

Currency

2/2

computed: newest date 2025-08-12 (via json-ld), ~1.0y old; within the 36-month standards_frameworks window for perspective 'Regulatory/legal' → 2

Classification

Coverage topicGenerative AI in education
PerspectiveRegulatory/legal
Lifecycle stageN/A cross-cutting
Layerboth
Granularitydocument