Ask Arbor Prompt Library

Welcome to the Ask Arbor Prompt Library: your quick-start guide to getting the most out of Arbor AI.

These example prompts show you the types of questions and requests you can make directly to Ask Arbor to save time, reduce admin, and get the insights you need - fast.

Use them as inspiration to explore what Ask Arbor can do for your role, whether you’re in senior leadership, admin, pastoral care, or teaching support.

Getting Started Prompts

Try these if you’re new to Ask Arbor and want to explore what’s possible.

• Give me 5 useful prompts I can ask Arbor to help streamline my tasks and improve efficiency.
• Identify students with birthdays this month and their class teachers.
• Can you list the students in a specific form group and their year group?

Attendance & Absence Tracking

Get instant insights into attendance patterns, spot trends, and identify students or staff who may need support.

• Can you generate a report of all students in Year 10 with attendance below 90% for this academic year?
• Show me the attendance percentage for each year group this term.
• Calculate attendance percentages for all students in Year 12 from the start of the academic year to today.
• Show me attendance comparison for this term vs last term, grouped by gender.
• What is the year-to-date attendance for all year groups? Show me as a chart.
• Find and list all teaching staff absent in the last month, including absence reasons.
• What is the absence rate for teaching staff this term?
• Show me the number of students who have achieved at least 95% attendance this academic year.

Student Information & Demographics

Quickly view key student data without digging through menus.

• Provide a demographic breakdown of all students in Year 9 including SEN status, ethnicity, and free school meals eligibility.
• Show me the demographic breakdown (gender, ethnicity, SEN, FSM) of the current year cohort.
• Can you show me a demographic breakdown of Year 8?
• Give me a demographic breakdown, including gender and ethnicity, for Year 11 students.
• Provide demographic statistics of students with special educational needs this year.
• What is the birth month distribution across the school?
• Find all students eligible for pupil premium funding in Year 8.
• What is the average attendance percentage for students eligible for pupil premium?
   

Behaviour & Pastoral Insights

Spot behaviour trends and identify where support might be needed.

• Show me the behaviour incidents recorded for the last term across all year groups.
• Can you show me the behaviour breakdown of SEN versus non-SEN for this month?
• What are the behaviour incident trends for the last term for a particular student group?
• Can you list the top 5 students with the highest behaviour points this year?
• Show me the trend of suspensions across all year groups over the last academic year.
   

Attainment & Assessment

Analyse progress and performance data quickly to support targeted interventions.

• Provide attainment data for Year 11 students in the latest exams.
• Provide assessment data for the English subject for Year 9 students from the most recent assessment.
• Find the assessment codes linked to students in Year 9 for the latest date.
• Provide a comparison chart of attainment results by gender in Year 10.
• Can you calculate the attainment of students identified as disadvantaged this term?
   

Timetables & Room Bookings

Simplify scheduling and resource management.

• Show me the timetable and room location for [Teacher] on Thursday between 10:00 and 12:00.
• Find free rooms available on Monday next week between 10 AM and 12 PM for a meeting of 15 people.
   

Communications

Save time drafting and sending messages directly through Ask Arbor.

• Create an email draft to all parents of Year 7 students about the upcoming school trip with a friendly tone.
• Create a mailing list of parents for students who have attendance below 90% in Year 6.
   

Staff & Role Management

Quickly find information about staff and responsibilities.

• List all staff members who are year group leads this academic year.
• List all students with SEN in Year 7 and their assigned support staff.

Tips for using Ask Arbor

• Be specific — the more detail you include (year group, subject, date range), the more accurate the response.
• Use natural language — just type as you’d ask a colleague.
• Try follow-up questions — Ask Arbor remembers your context within a single chat.
• You can export, save, or share many Ask Arbor results depending on your role permissions in Arbor.