Best AI Report Writing Tools for Teachers in 2026

AI tools for report writing have improved significantly over the past year, and more teachers than ever are using them. But the market is crowded, and not all tools are designed with UK teachers in mind. This article compares the main options honestly, so you can choose the right one for your needs.

What to Look For

Before diving into specific tools, here are the criteria that matter most for UK primary school teachers:

British English: Does it write “colour” or “color”? “Maths” or “math”? This sounds trivial but matters enormously in a professional document.
UK curriculum alignment: Does it understand Key Stages, year groups, the National Curriculum, and EYFS?
Data privacy: Where does your data go? Is it used to train models? Does it comply with GDPR and school data policies?
Personalisation: Does it create genuinely individual comments, or does every child get the same template with a name swapped in?
Ease of use: Can a non-technical teacher use it without a tutorial?
Cost: Is it affordable for a teacher paying out of their own pocket?

The Options

Reportify

Best for: UK primary school teachers who want a purpose-built tool.

Reportify was built by a UK teacher specifically for UK report writing. It understands the National Curriculum, writes in British English by default, and generates personalised comments based on the observations and notes you provide.

Designed specifically for UK school reports
British English guaranteed
National Curriculum and EYFS aligned
Data is not used for AI training
Export to Word, PDF, or clipboard
£20/year (5 free reports to try, no card required)

Limitation: Currently focused on primary and secondary — not designed for further or higher education.

ChatGPT / GPT-4

Best for: Teachers who want a flexible, general-purpose AI for many tasks.

ChatGPT is powerful and versatile, but it wasn't designed for school reports. You can get decent results with careful prompting, but there are consistent issues:

Defaults to American English (you have to specify British English every time)
No understanding of UK curriculum structure unless you explain it in the prompt
Anything you type may be used to train future models (privacy concern for pupil data)
Output quality depends heavily on prompt quality
£16/month for GPT-4 (Plus subscription), or free with GPT-3.5 (lower quality)

Verdict: Capable but requires significant prompt engineering and vigilance about data privacy. Better as a general teaching assistant than a report writing tool.

Google Gemini

Best for: Teachers already in the Google ecosystem.

Similar strengths and weaknesses to ChatGPT. Good general AI, but not built for UK school reports. Tends to be more concise in its output, which can be a plus or minus depending on your preference.

Free tier available
Integrates with Google Workspace
Same American English and curriculum alignment issues as ChatGPT
Privacy policy is complex — check your school's data policy

SchoolReport.ai and Similar UK Tools

Several other UK-focused tools have emerged. When evaluating any of them, apply the same criteria: British English, curriculum alignment, data privacy, personalisation quality, and cost. Some are template-based rather than AI-generated, which means less flexibility but more predictable output.

Our Honest Recommendation

If you're a UK primary teacher and report writing is your main use case, a purpose-built tool like Reportify will save you more time than a general-purpose AI. You won't need to fight with prompts to get British English, you won't need to explain what “Year 3” means, and you won't need to worry about pupil data ending up in a training dataset.

If you're already paying for ChatGPT and want to use it for many teaching tasks (lesson planning, resource creation, email drafting), it's a solid general-purpose option — just be careful with the data you share and always proofread the output.

Whatever you choose, the goal is the same: to spend less time on the writing and more time on the teaching. For a free trial of Reportify, visit reportify.uk — 5 reports free, no credit card required.

For a side-by-side comparison of Reportify vs manual report writing, see our comparison page.