The UK standard
The Human Skills Index measures what AI cannot replace
8 capabilities. One score. Validated with 630+ learners. Aligned with the frameworks your board, your Ofsted inspector and your audit committee already trust.
What is the Human Skills Index?
The Human Skills Index, or HSI, is a validated scoring instrument that measures the 8 capabilities AI cannot replace. It produces a single composite score out of 100, alongside individual subscores for each capability.
It is not a personality test. It is not a 360. It is an applied capability assessment built specifically to answer one question: in a world where AI is absorbing routine cognitive work, how ready is this person, this team, this workforce, this cohort of learners, for what comes next?
It is the same instrument whether you are a secondary school measuring a year group, a multi-academy trust tracking progress across schools, a small business checking team readiness or a large employer producing a board report. One standard. One score.
The 8 capabilities
Measured at learner, team and workforce level
Commercial awareness
Understanding value creation, markets and customers
Decision making
Judgement under uncertainty and trade-offs
Problem solving
Structured analysis and creative resolution
Financial literacy
Reading numbers, unit economics and cost drivers
Adaptability
Learning velocity and change resilience
Data interpretation
Drawing sound conclusions from evidence
Collaboration
Working across functions and perspectives
Leadership
Direction, accountability and developing others
Framework alignment
Not a new opinion. A synthesis of the frameworks that already matter.
The 8 capabilities are not invented. They are the intersection of what CBI, OECD, WEF, DfE, MIT Sloan and Skills England each identify as essential. We mapped every capability framework we could find and kept only what appears across multiple authoritative sources.
CBI
6 of 7 capabilities
OECD
3 of 3 capabilities
WEF
6 of 10 capabilities
DfE
4 of 5 capabilities
MIT Sloan
4 of 5 capabilities
Skills England
3 of 4 capabilities
Also supports
Gatsby Benchmarks BM3 and BM4 (meets), BM5 and BM6 (supports)
Why it exists
Because "we teach skills" is not evidence
Every education and HR function in the UK claims to develop skills. Very few can measure them. Without measurement, you cannot defend investment, show progress or identify who is actually ready for what comes next.
The Human Skills Index exists to close that gap. It gives teachers a defensible number to show parents and Ofsted. It gives CHROs a defensible number to show boards and audit committees. It gives individual learners a portable score they can carry from school into work.
And because it is the same instrument everywhere, the dataset compounds. Every assessment makes the index stronger. Schools using the platform are not customers. They are contributors to the UK's largest Human Skills Index dataset, which is why we make it free to them.
How to use it
Three ways in
For employers
The Employer Skills Audit produces an organisation-wide HSI score, department and role breakdowns, an AI exposure assessment and board-ready reporting.
From £40/month for 1 to 10 employees.
Employer Skills Audit →For schools
Skills Hub Futures gives secondary schools unlimited access to the HSI, class and year group reporting, and Gatsby-aligned evidence.
Free for all UK schools.
Get free access →For partners
Government pilots, training providers and platform partners can embed the HSI into their own delivery and reporting.
Custom terms by arrangement.
Integration partnerships →The evidence
Validated in real classrooms and real workplaces
630+
students assessed to date
69
Net Promoter Score
73%
better comprehension
91%
teacher adoption
Start using the Human Skills Index today
Employers audit their workforce. Schools get free access. Partners embed the index in their own delivery.