The Diamond Sprint.
A facilitated working day for school leadership teams ready to move from AI discussion to governed delivery. Bring up to four leaders from your Diamond Formation and leave with strategic direction, clear policy boundaries and a practical implementation plan to support your AI integration across the next academic year.
AI governance is not a spectator sport.
The Diamond Sprint is built for schools that are ready to do the work in the room. It is not a conference for a hundred. It is a small, intensive, facilitated Sprint where school teams can make decisions, test thinking and turn AI ambition into governed action.
One day. One team. One plan.
The day combines executive discussion, role-based working sessions, partner-led demonstrations and school-specific planning.
School-specific strategy
Clarify where AI could make a meaningful difference for your school and where it should deliberately be avoided.
Policy direction
Define what is approved, restricted, prohibited, reviewed and escalated across your AI and digital safety landscape.
Plan for the Academic Year
Leave with named owners, specific actions, clear evidence points and the first phase of implementation mapped out.
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Bring your full Diamond Formation.
AI cannot be governed by one person, one policy or one department. Academic opportunity, technical implementation, data protection and safeguarding risk need to be considered together.
Read the full blog to learn more about the Diamond Formation and why schools need a joined-up governance structure for AI.
Read the blogSix things every school walks out with.
By 17:00, your team should have a shared understanding of where you are going, where the boundaries sit and what needs to happen next.
An AI strategy direction
Where AI will make a meaningful difference for your school and where you will avoid it.
An AI policy position
What is permitted, restricted, prohibited, approved, reviewed and escalated.
A Diamond role map
Who owns governance, academic, technology, safeguarding and privacy responsibilities.
A plan for your academic year
Specific actions, named owners and defined evidence points for your school.
A shortlist of next moves
Training, communication, vendor assessment, policy or technology actions required to move safely.
A view of what is coming
Partner-led demonstrations of emerging AI developments, framed as practical use cases.
Direction first. Boundaries next.
The morning sets out what your school is trying to achieve with AI, and the lines you will not cross, creating strong foundations for your plan.
Strategy sets the direction.
Where AI could matter:
- Whole-school AI literacy and training
- Staff productivity and workload
- Teaching, learning and curriculum
- Differentiation and inclusion
- Assessment and academic integrity
- Safeguarding and digital safety
Policy sets the boundaries.
Where the lines sit:
- Which tools are approved, restricted or prohibited
- What data may and may not be entered
- When DPIA, vendor or safeguarding review is required
- Human-in-the-loop expectations
- Disclosure to pupils, parents and governors
- Incident and exception escalation
The working day.
A structured agenda from arrival through to commitment, pathways and next support.
Diamond teams find their seats. Partners present, but low-key.
Plenary with Mark and Dan.
Direction, boundaries and draft objectives for your school’s plan.
Role-based breakouts covering priorities, tensions and non-negotiables.
Two demonstrations, led by school use cases.
Cross-role empathy mapping to correct assumptions before planning.
School-team working session to define actions, owners and evidence.
Each school names its first 30-day commitment and support needs.
Optional partner, 9ine and Thirdbox follow-ups.
Secure your place in the next Diamond Sprint cohort.
Places are intentionally limited so each school receives a focused, facilitated working experience.
Ready to take part?
Register your interest and we will follow up with availability, cohort details and next steps for your school team.
What is included
- The facilitated working day in Guildford
- Up to four Diamond Formation delegates
- Refreshments, lunch and all working materials
- 90-day guest access to the full 9ine platform
- Plan uploaded to 9ine’s Governance tool
- 3 hours of follow-on AI and Privacy consultancy
In the room with you.
The Sprint is hosted by Mark Orchison, who developed the Diamond Formation , and Dan Fitzpatrick, bringing together governance, policy, strategy and practical classroom application.
Mark Orchison
Architect of the Diamond Formation framework, facilitating the strategy, policy and governance threads of the Sprint.
Dan Fitzpatrick
Known as The AI Educator, Dan is a former teacher and senior leader, bestselling author and international speaker who helps schools move from AI uncertainty to confident, ethical action across governance, curriculum and classroom practice.
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Bring four leaders from your Diamond Formation to Guildford. Leave with the strategy, policy and a plan your school has been circling for a year.
