Jobs and AI

Teachers and trainers

Education is exposed to AI, especially for preparing materials, while demand for teachers is expected to grow.

How to read this page. No source gives a reliable "risk score" for individual UK jobs, so we don't invent one. We summarise what named studies say. The Department for Education's report measures exposure to AI (how far AI could touch the abilities a job uses), not whether jobs will be lost or helped, and it says its results "should be interpreted with caution". Read the sources and make up your own mind.

What the evidence says

DfE (2023) ranks further education teaching professionals 4th and higher education teaching professionals 14th for exposure to large language models, and names education as one of the most exposed sectors. It links this to teachers using generative AI "for example in preparing teaching material".
WEF Future of Jobs 2025 expects tertiary and secondary education teachers to grow significantly over 2025–2030.

What it means in practice

Our summary, based on the sources above. It's general guidance, not a prediction.

  • Lesson materials, quizzes and admin are the tasks most touched by AI.
  • Relationships, safeguarding, behaviour and motivating learners remain human work.
  • Useful skills: using AI tools safely and well, assessment design that copes with AI.

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