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Insights, stories, and thoughts from The Anthill Group. Exploring the intersection of technology, education, and human-centred design.

The Great Consolidation
28 October 2025
The Great Consolidation
Making Your Systems Talk to Each Other Most businesses don’t wake up one morning and decide, ‘We have too many systems’. It happens quietly. A new pr...
When Growth Outpaces Your Systems
17 October 2025
When Growth Outpaces Your Systems
How to recognise when success starts creating friction and what to do about it. Growth feels good until it doesn’t. At first, it’s exciting: new clien...
Bespoke Tools vs Off the Shelf
3 October 2025
Bespoke Tools vs Off the Shelf
How to Know What Your Organisation Really Needs Every organisation eventually reaches the same crossroads:Do we adapt our processes to fit an off-the-...
Alternative Provision at a Crossroads: What the New DfE Standards Mean
19 September 2025
Alternative Provision at a Crossroads: What the New DfE Standards Mean
Alternative provision (AP) is one of the most creative and human parts of our education system. It steps in when mainstream classrooms can’t, offering...
AI Assistant
7 September 2025
From One Form to No Form: Why the Future of Software Has No Interface
There’s a shift happening in software that most people haven’t quite clocked yet, but once you see it, it changes everything. We’re moving beyond the ...
Why Most Systems Fail (and How We Can Do Better)
5 September 2025
Why Most Systems Fail (and How We Can Do Better)
Walk into almost any school, college, or organisation and you’ll hear the same story: ‘We’ve got three systems for the same thing.’ Or ‘We spend more ...
AI in Education: A Tool, Not a Teacher
29 August 2025
AI in Education: A Tool, Not a Teacher
By now, most people in education have encountered AI whether through tools like ChatGPT, adaptive learning software, AI-generated reports, or automate...
Why We Design With You, Not For You: The Power of Co-Creation
22 August 2025
Why We Design With You, Not For You: The Power of Co-Creation
At The Anthill Group, we get asked a simple question:’Why don’t you just take the brief and come back with a solution?’ Because that’s not how real ch...
Child-centred Tech
22 August 2025
Child-centred Tech
Why SEN Needs Child-Centred Tech Every day in alternative provision and SEN settings across the country, something remarkable happens. A child who has...
Creating Psychological Safety in High-Pressure Teams
8 August 2025
Creating Psychological Safety in High-Pressure Teams
In the high-stakes world of alternative provision, SEND settings, and community-focused organisations, there’s often a lot going on beneath the surfac...

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