King's College School is now in its $50 million campus on Western Road, and is using the latest in artificial intelligence (AI) technology to advance its almost 500 students, giving them the best chance at success, the school's Principal Matteo Rossetti told Guardian Business.

The school's Inspired AI program is part of a global program being piloted in a group of premium schools across 12 countries.

Rossetti said the AI program has allowed the school to provide individualized learning pathways in order to identify weaknesses and address them.

"So, what does the AI do? A great teacher does it in a class day in and day out. However, you're talking about volume and you've got the students and it's not always easy to do this," said Rossetti.

"What you have with the AI, you provide an extra set of tools to do that. The AI provides a diagnostic of where the student is, what their strengths and weaknesses are... and then feeds into the student an individualized pathway that addresses those weaknesses.

"So, then, the students in their own time can continue to practice, continue addressing them. And all the information of that process is then fed back to the teacher, who can then also integrate that in their classroom, uses that information in structuring their lessons in class. And that has been the incredibly impactful element of it.

"So, you have students who are able to consolidate and reinforce the work they've been doing, or prepare themselves for future learning by doing things outside of school, and you're informing the teacher of that in an intimate way, and how that learning is proceeding for the student."

The school explained in a statement released this week that students showed a 9.2 percentage point increase in academic performance through the use of the AI platform last term.

King's College is part of the Inspired Education Group, which educates more than 80,000 students in more than100 schools on six continents, the statement said.

One of the school's students Sophie Brueckner, who used Inspired AI for science, maths and English in year five, said of the program: "Inspired AI has become one of my favorite learning apps and it has helped me become a more independent learner.

"I used it a couple of times per week, especially as preparation for my assessments. It covers everything we learn in school, so it is very convenient to help me review, and it helped me focus on the things I struggled on."

Rossetti said the $50 million campus was built to the highest standards for an educational institution. He explained that the furniture was designed in Italy, and classroom facilities include science laboratories, dance studios, music studios, an art studio with a ceramics kiln, a multipurpose hall that doubles as a theater, a family room and exercise space.

For sports and recreation, Rossetti said the school has a regulation soccer pitch, competition swimming pool, tennis courts, and paddle courts.

"So it's really second to none. I mean, even within our group, it's something that is gonna set a a new standard across six continents," he said.

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