Walnut for Schools
AI that supports students' learning, guided by teachers
Walnut is designed to work alongside teaching. This makes Walnut fundamentally different from open AI tools that prioritise speed over understanding.
At its core, Walnut encourages:
- Guided reasoning instead of instant answers
- Independent thinking with inclusive support adapted to individual learning needs
- Frequent assessment for learning to enable targeted intervention
- Learning that complements classroom teaching
Walnut is not a generic AI tool adapted for education. It is purpose-built to support learning in a structured, age-appropriate, and school-safe way.
How it works
Walnut is AI that is purpose-built to support learning in a structured, age-appropriate, and school-safe way.
Guidance-first
- Encourages curiosity and problem-solving
- Guides reasoning instead of giving instant answers
- Supports independent thinking at the right level
- Complements classroom teaching, not competes with it
Teacher-led context
- Teachers set the learning context for individuals, groups, or whole cohorts
- Homework and tasks align directly with what is being taught in class
- Ongoing assessment for learning supports feedback and early intervention
- Adapts to year groups and individual learning needs
Safe
- Clear guardrails built into the core experience
- Secondary safety monitoring for added protection
- Human oversight where it matters
- Designed to meet Ofsted guidance for AI use in education, including classroom use by teachers more info
Insights and reporting
Reporting for teachers, heads of department and school leaders.
Teachers can quickly review how their class is doing, spot common themes, and support early intervention for individual students when needed.
Heads of department can view patterns across classes and year groups to inform curriculum and intervention planning.
School leaders get a whole-school view of engagement, progress, and safeguarding signals, with the context to act confidently.
- See engagement levels
- Review safety concerns
- Review student mastery
- Review who needs intervention
- See common misconceptions
- Keeps students on track
Safety and Ofsted alignment
Walnut for Schools has been designed to align closely with current Ofsted guidance on the use of AI in education, with a strong focus on safeguarding, human oversight, data protection, and positive learning outcomes.
- Human oversight
- Fair and unbiased
- Encourages learning
- Data secured
- Safeguarding
How it compares
Public AI tools
- Just give answers, so no real learning happens
- Limited safety
- No human oversight
- Not tailored to the UK curriculum or age groups
- Limited features, especially in free versions
Walnut Learning
- Guides, doesn't give: teaches problem-solving skills
- Safe learning by design: content filtering and safety monitoring
- Teachers can review class data to support assessment for learning and targeted intervention
- Human oversight, so teachers can review student and AI interactions
- UK curriculum and year groups, with additional options for individual needs
- Feature rich, including context setting, reporting and student progress summaries
Safe, structured AI for schools.
Learn how Walnut aligns with safeguarding expectations and curriculum delivery. School registration is coming soon; get in touch and we will keep you informed.