Assessments to adapt as AI transforms education

Oral assessments, more security checks and speedier marking are all on the cards as generative artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to transform exams for the next generation of students.

- Sally Weale

As the 2025 exam season drew to a close with GCSE pupils picking up their results on Thursday, after mostly sitting traditional pen and paper exams, AI is already changing the landscape.

Exam preparation is undergoing a revolution, with students increasingly creating personal AI tutors that generate learning materials that potentially lead to better results.

"Using AI can give a student a much better understanding of a subject because they can ask those questions they wouldn't ask in class," said Dr Andrew Rogoyski of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI.