Millfield School Headmaster Gavin Horgan recently participated in the Made By Dyslexia's second World Dyslexia Assembly in New York City, alongside HRH Princess Beatrice, Deirdre Quarnstrom of Microsoft, and space scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

The assembly focused on the need for systemic change to empower dyslexic thinking in every school and workplace. New York City has pledged to train every teacher in specialist dyslexia skills, making it the first city in the world to do so.

During the assembly, Horgan spoke positively about the use of AI in education and how it could force changes to the broken assessment system.

He also described the ideal school as one that recognises the need for personalised assessment and uses AI to empower all children to access the curriculum in their own way.

Horgan also discussed the need for direct connections from schools to universities to the world of employment to retrain the workforce, with many skills needed being dyslexic thinking.

Millfield School, where Horgan is the headmaster, is known for its proactive approach to learning support for children with dyslexia.

The school recognises that what is good for dyslexic learners is good for all learners, and many former students have gone on to become innovators and entrepreneurs through harnessing their 'outside of the box' thinking.

However, the current examination system in England brands 65% of dyslexic learners as failures every year when they do not pass GCSE English and Mathematics, compared to only 29% of non-dyslexic learners.

Despite this, a report by Made By Dyslexia and EY argued that dyslexics have exactly the skills needed for the workplace of tomorrow, as machines are poised to take over many tasks.

A report published with ManpowerGroup further emphasised this, stating that by 2025, humans and machines will split work 50-50, with 50% of 'human' skills needed mapping directly with dyslexic thinking. In recognition of this, LinkedIn has added Dyslexic Thinking as a skill which their 810+ million members globally can add to their profile, and dictionary.com is adding the term to the dictionary.