A UK EdTech startup.

To be at the heart of a global education system built on equality, inclusivity and opportunity.

To use AI and common sense to transform the way
schools coordinate and deliver support for special educational needs (SEN).

Initially, the people within a school who are responsible for administering support for children with special educational needs. In the UK, this is typically SENCOs (Special Educational Needs Coordinator), ALNCos (Additional Learning Needs Coordinator), Support for Learning Teachers (SfL Teacher) and Learning Support Coordinators (LSC).

Longer term, any and all persons involved in the provision of support for children with special educational needs, including teachers, teaching assistants (TA) and healthcare professionals such as speech and language therapists.

The systemic inefficiencies that make SEN provision in the UK practically and financially unsustainable.

The UK government expects schools to be ever more inclusive of pupils with special educational needs. By transforming how support for special educational needs is coordinated and delivered, 42 Questions helps schools become more inclusive and, at the same time, more efficient.

By automating the most repetitive and labour-intensive aspects of the workload, for example, completing forms.

You can complete the form on our website, chat with us, email team@42questions.com or call +44 (0)20 3935 8111.

A web-based platform comprising a range of AI-powered tools, purpose-built to save schools time and money.

We are currently conducting extensive UK-wide research while collaborating with a select number of schools to develop the 42 Questions platform, which will launch in early 2027.

Yes. We are currently collaborating with a select number of schools on the development of the 42 Questions platform. Free access is provided as part of the collaboration. If you are a school and are interested in collaborating with us, please get in touch.

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Bromcom
Dropbox
Google Drive
iSAMS
Microsoft OneDrive
SIMS

We are taking an evidence-led approach to developing 42 Questions, using research, school feedback and the EdTech Evidence Board framework to guide our thinking about user needs, implementation, outcomes and responsible product development.

Evidence-led means using research, school feedback and real-world testing to guide what we build. We are building with schools, testing our assumptions and using what we learn to shape the product, so 42 Questions responds to real challenges in schools rather than assumptions about what might be useful.

Evidence helps us build responsibly. It gives us a clearer way to understand what schools need, how 42 Questions is being used and whether the tools we are building are making a measurable difference.

We are learning how school staff manage the day-to-day work around special educational needs, from finding information to completing paperwork and coordinating support. These insights help us build around real needs, rather than assumptions.

Research helps us understand how schools coordinate support for pupils with special educational needs in practice. We speak to SENCOs, teachers, support staff and school leaders to learn where time is being spent and what staff need from better tools. We use these insights to build around real school needs.

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Anthropic

We use careful model selection criteria to help ensure the tools we build are suitable for school contexts. This includes looking at safety, reliability, data protection and whether a model is appropriate for the task.

Yes. Schools stay in control of how 42 Questions is used. The tools are being designed to support staff with appropriate tasks, while decisions about pupils, support and provision remain with the people responsible for them in school.

42 Questions is being developed for use in schools, where safety, trust and responsibility matter. We are building the system carefully so the tools support appropriate school tasks and can be used with confidence.

We design 42 Questions around school contexts, staff roles and the sensitivity of the work involved. This helps us build tools that support the right tasks and reduce unnecessary risk.

Schools work with sensitive information and make decisions that affect pupils. Any tool used in this context needs to be carefully designed, appropriate for school tasks and clear about how it should be used.