Al Kingsley MBE · Books

The thinking, in print.

Eight books on schools, governance and technology, plus chapters in four more. If you want to know how I approach a problem before you put me near yours, it’s all written down.

Books I’ve written.

From an edtech diary written through the pandemic to AI governance for trusts. All available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle, and one of the Questions books now has its own US edition.

Book cover: My Secret #EdTech Diary

My Secret #EdTech Diary

Al Kingsley · 2021 · John Catt

Educational technology through a wider lens: thirty years on both sides of the buying table, and what the pandemic taught schools.

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Book cover: My School #Governance Handbook

My School #Governance Handbook

Al Kingsley · 2022 · John Catt

Keeping it simple: a step-by-step guide and checklist for every school governor and trustee, whatever their starting point.

Amazon UK →
Book cover: My School & Multi Academy Trust #Growth Guide

My School & Multi Academy Trust #Growth Guide

Al Kingsley · 2023 · John Catt

The pathways, due diligence and honest questions behind growing a school or a trust well, with checklists for leadership teams.

Amazon UK →
Book cover: The Awkward Questions in Education

The Awkward Questions in Education

Al Kingsley · 2025 · Routledge

The elephants in the room, from AI to teacher retention, tackled without the usual hedging.

Amazon UK →
Book cover: 150 Questions for Governors and Trustees

150 Questions for Governors and Trustees

Al Kingsley · 2026 · Second edition

Sixteen chapters of questions boards could and should be asking, from strategy and finance to safeguarding and AI.

Amazon UK →
Book cover: AI Governance in Education

AI Governance in Education

Al Kingsley · 2026

A working guide to oversight, policy, process and proof, with templates a school or trust can lift straight off the page.

Amazon UK →
Book cover: 200 Questions for Evaluating Technology in Schools

200 Questions for Evaluating Technology in Schools

Al Kingsley · 2026

What to ask before you buy, renew or replace technology in a school, from strategy and pedagogy through to pilots and cost.

Amazon UK →
Book cover: 200 Questions for Evaluating Technology in the Workplace

200 Questions for Evaluating Technology in the Workplace

Al Kingsley · 2026

The same discipline applied beyond education: 200 questions for any organisation buying, renewing or replacing technology.

Amazon UK →

Chapters and contributions.

Edited collections where I’ve written a chapter alongside other voices in education and school improvement.

Book cover: The Educators' AI Guide 2026

The Educators’ AI Guide 2026

Ed. Dan Fitzpatrick · 2025

My chapter: a step-by-step guide to governance, strategy and implementation for schools in an AI world.

Amazon →
Book cover: AI Bias in Education

AI Bias in Education: Performing Critical Oversight

Ed. Victoria Hedlund · 2025

My chapter sets the scene: our education system, and the historical bias we’ve navigated long before AI arrived.

Amazon UK →
Book cover: Advising on Organisational Development in Education

Advising on Organisational Development in Education

AOEA · 2025

My chapter: advising on organisational development in a fast-changing technological context.

Amazon →
Book cover: Advising on Change Management in Education

Advising on Change Management in Education

AOEA · 2026

My chapter: managing growth in a multi-academy trust, and what national policy does to a change plan.

Coming 2026
All my books on Amazon

Thinking about copies for a whole board or leadership team? Get in touch. More background on every title at alkingsley.com.

Enquiries

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