Safeguarding & trust
Safe use isn't a box we tick — it's how we design every session, template, and recommendation for your school.
Our principles
Every recommendation we make is scoped to what's appropriate for a UK primary school — tested against real-world safeguarding expectations.
We never use any pupil personal data in AI tools — full stop. All our templates and workflows are designed around this constraint from the outset.
AI assists — people decide. Every AI output is reviewed by a member of staff before it's used. We build this expectation into every session and every piece of guidance we provide.
We give your staff a clear, jargon-free set of rules — what AI can be used for, what it shouldn't be used for, and how to check outputs are appropriate before sharing.
Everything works within Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Your data stays in the systems your school already controls. There's nothing new to manage, no third-party logins, no extra risk surface.
Our safe-use approach was built from scratch for the UK primary context — not adapted from a corporate AI policy.
Works with your existing systems
Practical guidance
We share clear, simple rules with every school we work with — adapted for your context.
Your responsibility
AskColin provides training, mentorship, guidance, templates and draft documents as a support service. Everything we produce — including AI-generated content, compliance documents, toolkits and recommendations — is a starting point, not a finished product.
Before any document, communication, policy or piece of content is used, sent to parents, shared with governors or published, it must be:
AskColin's role is to support, advise and train — not to make decisions for your school. We bring the knowledge, the tools and the time-saving. Your school brings the professional judgement, the context, and the accountability. That combination is what makes it work.
We walk through our safe-use framework on every free site visit.