AI Use and Responsibility Guidance

Effective date: 16 March 2026

This page explains how artificial intelligence ("AI") may be used within Future Ready Life Skills, the principles that guide that use, and the responsibilities of learners, parents, carers, educators and any other users of this website or programme.

Future Ready Life Skills is designed to support the development of confidence, discipline, decision-making and practical life skills. AI may sometimes be used as a supporting tool within that process, but it is not a substitute for human judgement, parental involvement, educator oversight, safeguarding procedures or professional advice.

1. Our Approach to AI

We believe AI can be helpful when used carefully, transparently and responsibly. Where used within Future Ready Life Skills, AI is intended to support learning, reflection, structured practice, engagement and accessibility.

Our approach is guided by the following principles:

AI should support people, not replace responsible human oversight.
AI should be used in a way that promotes safety, dignity, respect and good judgement.
AI outputs should be treated as support material, not unquestionable truth.
Children and young people should be encouraged to think independently, not become over-reliant on AI.
Safeguarding, privacy and wellbeing take priority over convenience or automation.

2. How AI May Be Used

AI may be used within Future Ready Life Skills for purposes such as:

interactive learning experiences;
guided reflection exercises;
scenario-based practice and decision simulations;
general educational support and encouragement;
content drafting, summarising or adaptation;
voice-based or chat-based learner interactions;
accessibility support, including narration or simplified explanation;
internal business support such as content preparation, workflow assistance and quality review.

Not all areas of the programme will use AI. In some areas, all content may be entirely human-created, human-reviewed or manually delivered.

3. Human Oversight

AI is not left to operate as an unsupervised authority within Future Ready Life Skills. Where AI is used, it is intended to sit within a wider framework of human judgement, editorial review, programme structure and safeguarding awareness.

Parents, carers, educators and programme leaders should understand that AI systems can generate mistakes, incomplete information, poor suggestions or outputs that are not appropriate in every context. Human review remains important.

4. Important Limitations of AI

AI has limitations. For example, it may:

produce inaccurate, incomplete or outdated information;
misunderstand context, tone or intent;
give generic rather than personalised guidance;
present confident-sounding answers that are mistaken;
fail to recognise emotional nuance or safeguarding concerns;
be unsuitable for high-stakes decisions without adult or professional review.

For these reasons, AI-generated material should be checked carefully and used with common sense. It should never be treated as a substitute for urgent help, medical advice, legal advice, mental health support, safeguarding intervention or other professional services.

5. Learner Responsibilities

Where learners interact with AI-supported tools or content, they should:

use AI honestly and responsibly;
think critically about answers rather than simply accepting them;
avoid sharing unnecessary personal, private or sensitive information;
ask for adult help if something feels confusing, upsetting or unsafe;
use AI as a support for learning, not as a shortcut that replaces effort or judgement;
treat others respectfully in any AI-related activity.

6. Parent, Carer and Educator Responsibilities

Parents, carers and educators play an important role in helping young people use AI well. We recommend that adults:

encourage thoughtful and balanced use of AI tools;
remind learners that AI can be wrong;
support learners in checking facts and using good judgement;
monitor use in an age-appropriate and proportionate way;
reinforce safe online behaviour and healthy boundaries;
review our Safeguarding page and wider policies where relevant.

7. Privacy and Data Awareness

Users should avoid entering confidential, highly sensitive or unnecessary personal data into any AI-supported feature unless clearly required and explicitly authorised.

We aim to use technology thoughtfully and proportionately. However, users remain responsible for exercising care with the information they provide. Children and young people should be guided not to share private information such as home addresses, passwords, financial details, medical details or personal matters that should instead be discussed with a trusted adult or relevant professional.

Please also review our Privacy Policy and any other relevant legal pages for more information on how data is handled across the website and programme.

8. Safeguarding Comes First

AI must never be treated as a replacement for safeguarding procedures, adult supervision or direct human support. If a safeguarding concern arises, it should be handled through appropriate human-led processes.

Where a learner appears distressed, at risk, vulnerable or in need of support, the correct response is human attention and safeguarding action where appropriate, not reliance on automated tools alone.

Please refer to our Safeguarding page for further information.

9. Prohibited Uses

AI-supported elements of Future Ready Life Skills must not be used for:

bullying, harassment or intimidation;
cheating, dishonesty or misrepresentation;
sharing inappropriate, abusive or illegal content;
attempts to bypass safeguards or misuse the platform;
seeking harmful, dangerous or exploitative guidance;
uploading or entering information that a user has no right to disclose.

We reserve the right to restrict or remove access where misuse is identified or reasonably suspected.

10. No Professional Advice

Any AI-supported content, interaction or output provided through Future Ready Life Skills is for general educational and informational purposes only. It is not legal advice, medical advice, mental health advice, therapy, counselling, financial advice or any other regulated professional service.

If you need support in a serious, urgent or high-stakes situation, please seek appropriate help from a qualified professional or relevant authority.

11. Accuracy and Reliance

We make reasonable efforts to provide a responsible learning environment, but we do not guarantee that AI-generated or AI-assisted material will always be accurate, complete, suitable or available.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Future Ready Life Skills and its operators disclaim liability for loss, damage, misunderstanding or reliance arising from the use of AI-generated or AI-assisted content, except where such liability cannot lawfully be excluded.

12. Updates to This Guidance

AI tools and standards continue to evolve. We may update this page from time to time to reflect changes in our programme, our systems, applicable expectations or good practice.

The latest version published on this website will apply from the date shown at the top of the page.

13. Contact

If you have questions about this AI Use and Responsibility Guidance, please contact:

Future Ready Life Skills
N & T Associates Limited
Foxhole House
Yeovil Road
East Coker
Somerset
BA22 9HH
United Kingdom

Tel: +44(0)1772302919
Email: futurereadylifeskills@gmail.com