ChatGPT for Educators: Real-World Prompt Pack (2025 Edition)

 

ChatGPT for Educators: Real-World Prompt Pack (2025 Edition)

These prompts are ideal for use with GPT-4 Turbo (ChatGPT Plus), but they can also work at a simpler level with the free version.

1. Lesson Planning Prompts

Subject: Key Stage 3 History
Objective: Create a full lesson plan on the Industrial Revolution

Prompt:
“Create a 60-minute Key Stage 3 history lesson on the Industrial Revolution for Year 9 pupils. Include differentiated learning objectives (all/most/some), a 10-minute starter activity, main task ideas, and a plenary. Highlight key vocabulary. Assume a mixed-ability class and include one SEN adaptation.”

Subject: GCSE English Literature
Objective: Scaffold analysis of ‘Macbeth’

Prompt:
“Design a scaffolded activity to help low-ability GCSE pupils analyse Lady Macbeth’s character in Act 1 Scene 5 of Macbeth. Include guiding questions, sentence starters and one visual aid suggestion.”

2. Marking and Feedback Prompts

Scenario: Marking descriptive writing from Year 8

Prompt:
“Give me constructive feedback for a Year 8 pupil who wrote a descriptive paragraph using sensory detail. Use a ‘What Went Well / Even Better If’ format. The pupil has average ability and is working towards more complex sentence structures.”

Scenario: Quick comment bank for maths marking

Prompt:
“Create a bank of 10 positive and constructive marking comments for Year 7 maths pupils who’ve completed a fractions worksheet. Include encouragement, accuracy checks and improvement suggestions.”

3. School Communication Prompts

Scenario: Email to parents about upcoming revision sessions

Prompt:
“Write a professional and friendly email to Year 11 parents informing them about after-school revision sessions for GCSE science, taking place every Tuesday and Thursday. Mention the benefits, timings, and that attendance is encouraged but optional.”

Scenario: Behaviour follow-up

Prompt:
“Draft a polite but firm email to a parent regarding a low-level behaviour issue that occurred in class. Mention the behaviour, its impact, and the consequence, and invite the parent to discuss further if needed.”

4. CPD & Leadership Prompts

Scenario: Staff meeting presentation on digital literacy

Prompt:
“Create a 10-minute presentation outline for a CPD session on improving digital literacy among staff. Include a short introduction, three key focus areas, activity suggestions, and follow-up actions. The audience includes teachers with varying confidence levels in technology.”

Scenario: Drafting a new AI policy for pupil use

Prompt:
“Write a draft policy statement for a secondary school outlining appropriate use of AI tools like ChatGPT by pupils. Include rules, examples of misuse, and the importance of digital responsibility.”

How to Use These Prompts Effectively

  • Always review and adapt. AI can get you 80% of the way—your expertise gets you the rest.

  • Combine prompts for batch planning. For example, run a lesson plan, resource request, and marking guide in one session.

  • Keep your context in mind. Include year group, subject, specific pupil needs, or school values to tailor the result.

  • Save the best results. Build a local library of high-quality outputs and reuse them as templates.

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