BETT UK 2025 Highlights: Artificial Intelligence Prevails to Prove Its Presence on Show Floor
At BETT 2025, held at London’s ExCel Centre from January 22-24, artificial intelligence (AI) took centre stage as a key theme, showcasing its potential to revolutionize education through integrated technology solutions from global tech companies and startups.
The event featured a variety of AI-powered education technologies, with a focus on workload reduction, curriculum support, and enhancing educational inclusivity and ethics. One of the standout exhibits was TeacherMatic, a finalist for the BETT Awards 2025, which demonstrated practical AI applications such as generating teaching resources, providing feedback, and designing activities. This has led to significant staff time savings in educational institutions like University of Chester and Bury College.
Another notable exhibit was Microsoft, showcasing AI advancements at BETT 2025, including the CoPilot AI smarts and Spark software. CoPilot AI allows teachers to use AI right on the device, without an internet connection, while Spark software uses AI to help teachers create assessment learning materials.
In the realm of coding education, CodeMonkey offers a fun, game-style learning environment for teaching real-world coding such as Python and CoffeeScript to kids aged 5 to 14. For those seeking a more hands-on approach, RoboRobo is a coding platform that uses robotics for STEAM education.
For teachers marking essays, Olex.ai is a platform that helps mark essays for the whole class with detailed feedback in under two minutes. Meanwhile, MagicSchool is an AI-powered platform that offers custom tools for teachers, tailored to their specific needs.
BETT 2025 also showcased innovative tools for enhancing student wellbeing. Reflect is a free system available at the event that allows students to check with teachers on how they are feeling, promoting open communication and emotional support.
In the realm of virtual reality (VR), Zoe is a VR tool that enables teachers to create their own bespoke virtual reality experiences for use in class, with a user-friendly setup and the option to delve into Unity coding for more complex projects.
Lastly, Infento is a modular toy-building system that encourages STEM learning and allows for the creation of various toys, including scooters, go karts, and electric quads.
Throughout the event, talks and sessions by influential figures addressed AI's impact on teaching, learning, ethics, inclusion, and data security, indicating broad industry engagement with AI’s role in education. With AI-powered education technologies like these, it's clear that the future of education is set to be transformed.
- At BETT 2025, TeacherMatic, a finalist for the BETT Awards, demonstrated how AI can generate teaching resources, provide feedback, and design activities, saving staff time in educational institutions like University of Chester and Bury College.
- Microsoft showcased AI advancements at BETT 2025, including CoPilot AI that allows teachers to use AI right on their device without an internet connection, and Spark software that uses AI to help teachers create assessment learning materials.
- CodeMonkey offers a game-style learning environment for teaching real-world coding like Python and CoffeeScript to kids aged 5 to 14, while RoboRobo provides a hands-on approach through robotics for STEAM education.
- For teachers marking essays, Olex.ai is a platform that helps mark essays for an entire class with detailed feedback in under two minutes, while MagicSchool offers custom tools for teachers, tailored to their specific needs.
- In the realm of virtual reality, Zoe is a VR tool that enables teachers to create bespoke virtual reality experiences for class use, and Infento is a modular toy-building system that encourages STEM learning and allows for the creation of various toys, including scooters, go karts, and electric quads.
