AI 6 December 2023 2 MIN

The School That Hired an AI as Its Headteacher

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The School That Hired an AI as Its Headteacher

Cottesmore School in West Sussex, UK, made national headlines earlier this year when it made an AI chatbot its principal headteacher

The boarding prep school, which costs £32,000 to attend, “hired” custom-made chatbot Abigail Bailey to help with administrative work and act as a sounding board for senior staff members. 

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Head of Content Matt Harris speaks to Tom Rogerson, Headmaster at Cottesmore School, to discuss:

  • The intersection of education and AI
  • AI’s social responsibility
  • How the next generation is approaching AI 

About Cottesmore School

Cottesmore is an academic boarding prep school for boys and girls on the Surrey and Sussex border, less than an hour from London.

The school has been preparing children for public schools since 1894 and continues to provide excellent preparation for senior boarding schools that share Cottesmore's belief in nurturing rounded, dynamic individuals.

Find out more about Cottesmore School

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Matt Harris
Head of Content at EM360
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Matt Harris is the Head of Content at EM360. With bylines for The Mirror, Manchester Evening News and more, Matt has more than seven years of experience in B2B and B2C journalism. Matt has interviewed a wide range of influential people such as Prime Minister Boris Johnson and WeWork Co-Founder Adam Neumann, and now lends his talents to the enterprise tech industry. In his free time, Matt enjoys supporting Northampton Town FC, watching MMA, playing video games and writing about himself in the third person.