White paper
Synthetic School: the white paper
Every role in the school is an AI agent, and you lead it. The design, the evidence so far, safety, the market and the roadmap.
Insights
What the research says, and what we learn building it.
Research summaries on preparing school leaders, simulation training and AI in schools, plus a short note each time a build gate is passed. Every figure links to its source.
Latest
Research summary · About 6 minutes
Does simulation training work for school leaders?
Simulation is well tested in medicine and aviation, and barely tested in school leadership. What the studies show about debriefs, realism and transfer, and where the evidence runs out.
Read the summary
Papers
Literature review
Published research grounds Synthetic School's design choices
Six strands of evidence and 172 references, from principal effects to attendance trials.
Trial design
How the pilot trial will test Synthetic School
A two-stage randomised trial against case-based learning, with the same time and the same coach-led debrief in both groups.
Gate notes
Results from each build gate
Each gate rests on published figures, panels of serving school leaders and the build's own tests. Its results will be published here as a short note, so buyers and peers can check them.
The first note follows Gate 1.
Topics we write about
- Preparing new school leaders
- Simulation and debriefs
- AI agents that play people
- Testing AI products for schools
- Attendance and what moves it
- Modelling school policy
- Inspection and accountability frameworks
Help us find out what works.
The pilot trial will publish its results whatever they show. It needs programmes to run the first cohorts.