Chris Goodall
Head of Digital Education and AI, Bourne Education Trust
Chris Goodall is Head of Digital Education at the Bourne Education Trust, leading AI transformation across 27 schools and over 14,000 pupils. An award-winning AI in education leader, he co-chairs the national AI in Education initiative representing 1,500+ schools and was recognised with the Edufuturists 2025 AI Pioneer Award and also featured in the Digital Leaders AI 100 UK Leaders list for his sector-shaping work. Chris has supported the development of a nationally adopted framework for AI implementation, advised on government policy, and built cross-sector partnerships with leading EdTech providers.
Being curious but cautious (AI and new technologies)
1 Workshop series one
How leaders are approaching trust-wide piloting and implementation of AI tools
One of our guiding principles is to be 'curious but cautious'. Two trust leaders talk about their approach to piloting AI tools and then scaling those which work.