Frequently Asked Questions

EDNAS is a curriculum education company. We give schools everything they need to teach AI literacy properly and with confidence: structured lessons, teacher guides, student activities, and assessments, ready to use, for every year group from Year 1 through Year 9. We started from a simple observation: schools everywhere are being asked to prepare students for an AI-shaped world, but almost none of them have the curriculum or the teacher capacity to do it well. EDNAS solves both.

EDNAS is designed for any school that wants to give students a serious, structured AI education. If your school teaches in English and values a rigorous, future-focused curriculum, EDNAS is built with you in mind. It works as a whole-school programme, across all year groups, taught by your existing teachers, without needing a specialist department or any new infrastructure. Schools in any country can get started.

Most schools trying to teach AI are working with one of three things: a one-off workshop that does not go anywhere, a collection of resources teachers have to piece together themselves, or training focused on getting educators to use an AI tool rather than helping students understand AI. EDNAS is a genuine curriculum. It has structure, progression, and pedagogy built in. Any teacher can pick it up and deliver it well without a computing background, specialist hardware, or extra preparation time. And because the focus is on understanding rather than tool use, it stays relevant regardless of how quickly the technology changes.

Yes. The EDNAS curriculum is aligned with UNESCO and OECD AI literacy frameworks, which means the competencies your students build are recognised globally, not tied to any single country's standards. It also prepares students for PISA 2029, which will assess AI literacy for the first time, making structured AI education an academic priority for forward-looking schools, not just a supplementary activity.

Accessibility is something we take seriously. The curriculum is written in clear, age-appropriate language and is structured to give teachers room to adapt delivery to their class, including students with additional or special educational needs. Teacher guides include guidance on pacing and differentiation, and because the lessons are fully resourced, teachers have the flexibility to spend more time on concepts, adjust activities, or modify tasks to suit the learners in front of them. If you have specific questions about how EDNAS works for your students, we are happy to talk it through.

Yes. EDNAS is deliverable across all major curricula, including IB, British, and American. It is a complete, structured curriculum aligned to UNESCO and OECD AI literacy frameworks, so the competencies students build are recognised globally. Your school adds EDNAS as a dedicated AI strand alongside your existing curriculum and assessment approach.

The curriculum covers Years 1 to 9, and every one of those year groups is live on the platform now: Years 1 to 6 (Primary) and Years 7 to 9 (Secondary). Years 10 to 13 are in development. Schools can start with Primary only, Secondary only, or the whole school. Each year group is fully self-contained, so there are no gaps or catch-up requirements if a school starts part way through the journey.

Each year group follows a 12-week term structure: 9 lessons across 3 progressive projects, 2 revision weeks, and 1 assessment week. One lesson per week fits into an existing timetable slot with no restructuring required. Each lesson comes fully resourced with a teacher presentation, student worksheet, teacher guide, and assessment materials. The progression across years is designed so concepts deepen year on year while each year remains complete in itself.

Progression in EDNAS means students revisit and build on the same core concepts each year, at increasing depth and complexity. A Year 2 student exploring how machines recognise patterns is laying the foundation for a Year 5 student investigating how recommendation algorithms work, and a Year 8 student examining bias in machine learning systems. The same threads, including data, decision-making, ethics, and how AI learns, run through every year group, so students do not start from scratch each time. Each year is also self-contained, so a school joining in Year 4 does not need to go back and teach Years 1 to 3 first.

Both. EDNAS is taught as a dedicated weekly AI lesson, but every lesson is mapped to other subjects, including English, mathematics, science, geography, design and technology, art, and PSHE. AI reinforces the wider curriculum rather than sitting in isolation, and lessons can be delivered by a class or form teacher, not only a computing specialist.

Every lesson includes a full set of ready-to-use teaching materials: a teacher presentation, a step-by-step teacher guide, student worksheets, and assessment tools. Teachers access everything through the EDNAS platform, organised by year group and lesson, so resources are always easy to find. The platform also includes a Resource Hub with supplementary materials, a vocabulary guide for each year, and guidance on differentiation and delivery. There is no preparation needed beyond reading the lesson guide before class.

Students learn how AI works, why it matters, and how to think critically about its role in their lives and in society. In primary years this includes pattern recognition, decision-making, data, and the role of algorithms. In secondary, students engage more deeply with machine learning, bias, ethics, governance, and the broader societal implications of intelligent technologies. Throughout all years, the curriculum builds skills mapped to the EDNAS AI Competency Framework, aligned with UNESCO, OECD, and PISA 2029 standards.

No. EDNAS is designed to include some hands-on interaction with AI tools, and how much depends on the age group: the early years are almost entirely unplugged, and direct pupil use of AI tools increases gradually as students get older. Every lesson that involves an AI tool can also be delivered offline or as a teacher-led demonstration, so schools with limited devices, or with stricter device and safeguarding policies, can still teach the full curriculum. Schools always approve which specific tools are used, and lessons where pupils personally use a generative AI tool are identified so you can manage consent in line with your own policies.

EDNAS is built to be measured, not assumed. Every unit includes a baseline assessment at the start and an assessment at the end, using near-identical pre- and post-tests so any change reflects genuine learning rather than test familiarity. Schools running our pilot programmes have seen measurable progress across year groups, and your leadership team receives the assessment data to see exactly how students are progressing, year by year.

EDNAS is a dedicated AI curriculum: one lesson per week, delivered by a single teacher, with clear progression from unit to unit. It is not split across subjects or shared between different teachers. Because it can be delivered by a home-room or form teacher rather than a computing specialist, no timetable restructuring or new subject area is required.

No. This is one of EDNAS's core design principles. Any classroom teacher, whether a Year 3 form teacher, a secondary English teacher, or a PSHE lead, can deliver the curriculum confidently. No computing or AI background is required. Every lesson includes a step-by-step teacher guide, a ready-made presentation, and an age-appropriate vocabulary guide so teachers know exactly what to say and how to explain every concept clearly.

No. The curriculum is designed to reduce planning workload, not add to it. Everything is ready: the lesson plan, the presentation, the student activity, the teacher notes, and the assessment. Teachers open the resource, read the guide, and deliver. No additional preparation is needed.

Yes. EDNAS offers a certified professional development pathway for educators, covering AI foundations for the classroom, advanced curriculum integration and pedagogy, and school-wide AI leadership and governance. CPD training is available separately from the curriculum subscription and can be purchased by individual teachers or by schools enrolling multiple staff.

EDNAS training runs across three levels, so every member of staff gets the right depth.

Level 1 — all teachers and teaching assistants. Around 4 hours across 5 modules: AI foundations, safety and ethics, teaching tools, the student journey, and cross-curricular integration.

Level 2 — middle leaders and curriculum leads. Around 6 hours: curriculum leadership, safeguarding in the AI era, parent engagement, and policy.

Level 3 — senior leaders and SLT. Whole-school implementation, policy development, governance, and measuring impact.

Every level ends with a digital certificate and a verifiable LinkedIn badge, and can be delivered virtually or in person. Training can also be tailored to your school as part of a bespoke package.

No specialist hardware or software is required to teach EDNAS. Teachers access all resources through the EDNAS platform using a standard browser on any device, and lessons can be delivered from a single classroom screen. For lessons with hands-on AI tool activities, students need access to a device such as a laptop or tablet, but these activities can also be run as a teacher-led demonstration if device access is limited. EDNAS works with whatever classroom technology you already have.

EDNAS is licensed per teacher, per year group, per year: one licence covers one teacher delivering one year group for the academic year. Full-school bundles cover your whole team, and multi-year and group commitments are available. Because pricing is always tailored to your school's size and the year groups you cover, we do not list fixed prices — reach out and we will prepare a quote for your school.

EDNAS is an annual school subscription. Pricing is tailored to your school's size and the year groups you want to cover, so a small primary school and a large all-through school will have different quotes. To get a quote for your school, get in touch or book a call with our team.

Both. Many schools start with an annual subscription, and schools building AI into a longer digital strategy can move to a multi-year partnership. A partnership can include end-to-end teacher training, help defining your school's AI readiness, policy and governance guidance, and an annual curriculum and onboarding refresher, with preferential pricing for a multi-year commitment.

Yes. While EDNAS is designed as a timetabled weekly lesson, each lesson is self-contained, so schools can also run it as an after-school club, an enrichment programme, or with mixed-age groups. Some schools start EDNAS as an after-school programme in year one, then roll it out across the whole school once teachers are confident. You can start small and scale at your own pace.

Yes. EDNAS offers free 7-day access for schools that want to explore the curriculum before subscribing. This will allow you to see the quality, test delivery in real classrooms, and gather feedback from staff and students before making a commitment. To enquire, contact us or book a 30-minute discovery call.

Yes. Schools that are part of a group or network can roll EDNAS out across multiple campuses, and group agreements come with multi-school discounts. Many groups start with one or two schools, then expand once teachers and leaders have seen it work. Contact our partnerships team to discuss a group rollout.

Very quickly. Once a subscription is confirmed, your teachers receive platform access and can begin delivering lessons within the same week. There is no software to install, no infrastructure to set up, and no long onboarding process. Schools receive an onboarding package and our team is available to support the first steps.

The curriculum is currently available in English, with Arabic coming soon. EDNAS is open to partnering with schools and organisations to make the curriculum available in additional languages where there is sufficient interest and scale.