From the Blog

The RAISE journey, told as it happens: the systems being built, the lessons learned, and the wider thinking on AI in schools.

A screenshot of the Inclusion Impact Framework (IIF) attendance dashboard.
Ben Ford
How a live school challenge became the Inclusion Impact Framework, connecting attendance insight, pastoral action and intervention review.
A photo of Ben Ford delivering an INSET training session to teachers.
Ben Ford
Like many things in schools, this started with a problem rather than a plan. A journey of replacing an obsolete file server with a school-wide SharePoint site, and the lessons learned about digital change.
A screenshot of the old RAISE Consulting website.
Ben Ford
What began as an interest in AI tools has evolved into something far more focused: helping schools use AI and digital systems responsibly to close gaps, reduce workload, and improve outcomes for pupils.
A modern classroom with a teacher pointing at an interactive whiteboard with AI elements.
Ben Ford
Discover the Top 5 AI Tools that educators are leveraging to revolutionise planning, content creation, and research, and find out why the teacher asked the AI to grade the homework...