How AI changes the work of education leadership
From individual tools to organisational quality intelligence
Tuesday 20 October 2026 · 3.30pm · Live online · 45 minutes + Q&A
For CEOs, COOs, CTOs and senior leaders across multi-academy trusts, independent school groups and further education.
Most education organisations now have people using AI. Far fewer have decided what AI means for the way the organisation itself works.
AI arrived in your organisation through individuals.
The question for leaders now is different: what should AI change about how this organisation carries out its work? How can AI amplify the way we listen, understand, decide and learn as an organisation?
The real leadership work in education
One real piece of executive work, walked through twice.
First, as it happens today
The observations made on the ground. The notes that go into a notebook. The narrative reconstructed after the event for the board. The learning from one part of the organisation that never quite reaches the rest.
Then, with people and AI agents as a team
Evidence and reasoning captured as the work happens. Observations connected to strategic priorities in the moment. Patterns visible across the whole organisation.
How does your organisation use AI?
Four levels of AI maturity in an education organisation — what each one feels like from the executive chair, and what it actually delivers.
- 01
Individuals using AI
Capable people working faster. The value is real and personal. The organisation gains little, because nothing is shared, consistent or visible to leadership.
- 02
Isolated agents
Specific tasks handled well. Genuine efficiency in pockets. Each agent works alone, so the organisation still carries the work of joining things up.
- 03
Human and agent teams
A whole service redesigned around people and agents working together. Roles are explicit, judgement stays with people, and the work produces evidence as it runs.
- 04
An organisational capability
Services connected, so the organisation can listen, understand, decide and learn across everything it does.
Listen. Understand. Decide. Learn.
Listen
Signals from data, documents, meetings, visits and conversations, brought together.
Understand
Signals connected to context, strategy and patterns across the organisation.
Decide
Options and evidence in front of the leaders responsible for the judgement.
Learn
The decision followed into action, and the learning held for next time.
Human judgement stays at the centre throughout. Execution becomes something an organisation can scale. Judgement remains the premium — and the thing leaders are ultimately responsible for.
What you leave with
- A clear picture of what leadership work looks like when people and agents work together
- The four-level maturity model, to use as a self-assessment
- A view of what the next level asks of your leadership team
- Practical questions to take into your next executive meeting
Who's hosting
Jen King
CEO and Co-Founder, Blended AI Education
A former education leader, trustee and board chair, Jen has worked at Microsoft and Adobe on technology & AI adoption in education, and led Adobe's EMEA team. Blended AI Education works with trusts, school groups and colleges on AI for education leadership — capability building, agentic architecture and Quality Intelligence.
Come with your organisation in mind. Leave knowing where it stands.
Tuesday 20 October · 3.30pm · 45 minutes + Q&A