Artificial intelligence is now part of how students learn, write, and communicate.
Rather than avoiding it, we aim to teach students how to engage with AI critically — understanding its strengths, recognising its limitations, and using it without compromising their own thinking.
AI Literacy
WHAT
MEANS IN ENGLISH
In English, AI literacy means understanding how AI-generated language works, and how to respond to it with clarity and judgement.
Students should be taught to question, evaluate, and refine what AI produces, rather than accept it at face value.​
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This includes learning how to:
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evaluate the accuracy, tone, and quality of AI-generated responses
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recognise the limitations and risks of over-reliance
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reflect on authorship, originality, and academic integrity
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decide when AI is useful, and when it is not
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These skills directly strengthen close reading, analytical thinking, and control of written expression.
THE GOAL
Preparing students for what comes next
The ability to think independently in an AI-rich world is becoming increasingly important, not only in school, but beyond it.
Students who can question, refine, and control their own thinking are better equipped to meet these demands with clarity and confidence.
AI becomes a tool for learning, not a substitute for it.
If you would like to understand how AI literacy is approached within tuition, please get in touch.
Ethical and exam-aware use
AI is never used to produce work for submission.
Instead, it is used selectively to support discussion, evaluation, and critical thinking.
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Students may analyse AI-generated responses, compare them with high-quality writing, or use them to explore structure, clarity, and effectiveness, but all assessed work remains entirely their own.
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This ensures that students build confidence in their own writing while developing the judgement needed to use AI responsibly.
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AI literacy is most often developed within the Rhetoric and Mastery Programmes, where students may be working towards a higher level and preparing for advanced academic demands.