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The Gemini Trailblazer Programme: AI transformation in education, from Getech

A Getech programme for schools and trusts

The Gemini Trailblazer Programme: AI transformation in education.

Empowering schools and trusts to innovate safely, ethically and effectively.

A four-phase journey
From a design sprint with your SLT to ongoing support across the year.
Designed with Google Education
Built in collaboration with Google Education for UK schools and trusts.
Aligned with the DfE
Deploy AI safely, responsibly, ethically and effectively.
The challenge

From pockets of innovation to a systemic solution.

“Generative AI is a rapidly evolving field; educators need to be aware of new risks, best practices and guidance to ensure safe and effective use.”

DfE guidance

UK school leaders are at a critical juncture, balancing the need to manage teacher workload with the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. When AI adoption is fragmented or bottom-up, it creates pockets of innovation but can leave trusts exposed to data compliance risks and inconsistent quality.

Without a strategic framework, AI often remains a peripheral novelty rather than a systemic solution.

The opportunity

A strategic partnership.

As a Google education partner in the UK, Getech helps forward-thinking trusts move from initial AI curiosity to institutional mastery. The Gemini Trailblazer Programme puts your institution at the forefront of the sector, aligned directly with the Department for Education’s objectives to deploy AI safely, responsibly, ethically and effectively.

Delivered as a proven, four-phase journey, it establishes a secure, ethical framework using Google Gemini. By automating high-volume administrative tasks, leaders reclaim time for high-visibility leadership and staff reduce workload, improve wellbeing and unlock classroom creativity. Most importantly, it puts learners at its heart, equipping staff and students with vital AI literacy and ethical fluency.

Designed with Google Education, the programme includes:

Onsite Design Sprint
Working with your SLT to define clear goals, set a school or trust-wide policy for safe AI use and chart a strategic path forward.
Onsite Launch Day
Engaging your dedicated Gemini Trailblazer Champions.
Capacity building
Up to 18 train-the-trainer virtual sessions or the equivalent in person (6 per pathway), through the academic year as you need them.
Ongoing mentorship
Weekly coaching updates and support through a dedicated online space.
Google HQ access & Discovery Days
Innovation Discovery Days and the Trailblazer Summit at Google HQ, with the leading innovators in AI for education in the UK.
A national network
Executive leaders, inspiring guest speakers and the Google Education team, with your trust at the heart of it.
The programme

A proven, four-phase journey.

Strategy first, then the people who will carry it, the pathways that fit your school, and the support that keeps it going.

Phase 1: Design Sprint & ethical alignment (onsite)

Meaningful improvement starts with strategic clarity.

We begin with a collaborative dialogue that helps your leadership team navigate the cultural and regulatory shifts of the AI era, exploring how Gemini can support your vision without compromising academic integrity or institutional values.

Rather than an off-the-shelf model, we explore what responsible, safe and ethical integration looks like for your community, and design a bespoke AI strategy roadmap: a clear, values-led framework to track progress, evaluate genuine impact and lead a safe evolution across your organisation.

Phase 2: The Champion Network

AI expertise, embedded for good.

Every participating institution builds a peer network of Google AI Champions from Teaching and Learning, SLT and Operations: an in-house steering group that makes AI expertise a permanent part of your school's culture.

  • The train-the-trainer layerGetech delivers specialised coaching so your Champions master generative AI tools and share best-practice EdTech strategies.
  • Continuous professional supportA dedicated online community and a structured schedule of sessions across the year, so best practice is embedded, prompt libraries stay current and solutions are shared in real time.
  • Trailblazer Summit at Google HQA national platform for your staff to present research findings, network with industry leaders and celebrate the impact of their work.
Phase 3: Strategic pathways

Flexible, bespoke and matched to your plan.

To make sure your investment aligns with your school improvement plan, institutions typically choose one to three tailored pathways to match their operational pressures, local context and strategic targets.

Alternatively, we can design a hybrid programme that combines elements of each pathway, so it is unique to your organisation.

Phase 4: Ongoing support and feedback

True transformation needs continuous refinement.

We build a feedback loop into the heart of the programme, with technical and pedagogical support that sustains momentum. Dedicated community spaces give your Google AI Champions regular chances to share best practice, collaborate on action research and overcome operational challenges together.

Our programmes are open to all educational institutions, whether you use the Google ecosystem today or work on other platforms.

Design, champion, choose, sustain.

The pathways

Three routes. Choose what fits.

Pathway 1

Teaching & Learning

Reclaiming non-contact time through intelligent, rigorous classroom scaffolding.

Curriculum leads, teachers, ECTs and TAs

Unleashes teacher creativity while reducing workload. Staff design comprehensive schemes of work, accelerate daily planning and create exceptional, original resources, embedding smart assessment and feedback alongside instant differentiation for SEND and high attainers, protecting academic rigour and returning planning time to your team.

Pathway 2

Leadership & Governance

Driving strategic recovery and robust data stewardship across your trust.

Executive teams, SLT and pastoral leads

Streamlines administrative writing: simplifying performance management, standardising trust-wide quality assurance and securely turning complex data, such as safeguarding, behaviour logs and attainment, into structured reporting. Clear compliance measures and ethical AI governance strengthen accountability and protect your regulatory standing.

Pathway 3

Professional Services

Optimising operational capacity and automating complex business workflows.

HR, finance, operations and estates teams

Standardises workflows and offloads repetitive record-keeping. Non-teaching staff speed up recruitment, generate site-specific risk assessments and draft policy-compliant documentation aligned with GDPR, from automated inbox management to estate audits, driving efficiency while safeguarding compliance.

Ethical AI & data sovereignty

Lead in academic integrity and safe habits.

This programme provides the structured guidance needed to anchor your transformation in sound ethics.

  • Values-driven policy and guidanceWe support your leadership in becoming a centre of AI excellence, fully aligned with DfE guidelines. Our framework helps staff guide learners to use Gemini as a tool for deeper thinking.
  • Data sovereigntyYour school's data, records and prompts remain private within your ring-fenced Google Workspace and are never used to train public AI models.
  • Compliance and practiceWe train staff on the AMR Protocol (Anonymised, Minimised and Reviewed) to protect identity, while giving IT admins visibility of usage through Google Vault.
Voices from the Trailblazer Summit 2026

In the words of Trailblazer schools.

“Getech's Trailblazer programme has helped cement our position as a leader in digital innovation. It allowed us to conquer the cognitive burden, accelerate curriculum planning and bring more transformative learning experiences into our classrooms securely.”
Executive LeaderASSET Education
“Working with Getech helped us open our eyes to how we can utilise the best of Gemini within our school and trust. Having a partner on hand to answer questions from staff is helping us drive Gemini usage across every department.”
Dave, Head of Professional ServicesWindsor Academy Trust
“Getech offers a year-long programme that equipped us with the knowledge, skills and strategic framework to confidently and ethically revolutionise teaching and learning through AI.”
George, Head of House and Humanities TeacherClifton College
“Gemini has been transformational. Over the last year, it has progressed from being a search tool to a daily support. It has effectively removed the 'blank page' problem from my daily workflow, allowing me to focus on strategy.”
Philip Wayne, HeadmasterRoyal Grammar School High Wycombe
Ready to lead?

Lead the future of learning.

To discover how the Gemini Trailblazer Programme can accelerate your AI transformation strategy, contact our team to arrange an initial strategic consultation.

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