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London, Surrey and West Sussex Computing Hub

Secondary Overview

2023/24

Who are we?

We are one of 30+ Computing Hubs across England, led by schools and colleges with excellence in teaching computing. Our hub is based at

London, Surrey & West Sussex

Newstead Wood School
Avebury Road
Orpington
Kent BR6 9SA

T: 01689 853626
E: teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk

Hubs support schools and colleges to provide a high-quality computing education to all young people.

We will work with you to identify your computing needs and provide a targeted programme of support to help embed this key subject in your school. Support includes high-quality CPD with subsidies; teaching and learning resources; and school-to-school support.

Email us to be added to our mailing list - we send newsletters mostly termly on the latest computing course and event information (and we do not share your details) - teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk

Vision and Background

Our vision is for every child in every school in England to receive a world-leading computing education. And it's in secondary education that we build strongly on the foundations set in the primary years, and prepare students for further study, rewarding careers and citizenship.

The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) is funded by the Department for Education and marks a significant investment in improving the provision of computing education in England.
Run by a consortium made up of STEM Learning, and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, our vision is to achieve a world-leading computing education for every child in England.

Computing Community

Subject Matter Experts

We offer fully-funded consultancy and guidance to primary schools located in local authority districts 5 or 6 through a network of computing education specialists, called Subject Matter Experts. Your local expert can help you to complete a three year action plan to improve your computing offer, and identify the most appropriate CPD to upskill your staff.

CAS Communities of Practice

Communities of Practice - run by Computing at School (CAS) - are local networks of computing teachers that share expertise, resources and best practice to encourage strong and effective teaching.
Find your local community

Secondary Certification

Teach Computing offers a comprehensive range of support for secondary schools to develop inspirational computing teaching. We help address a challenge faced by many senior leadership teams in secondary schools and colleges - recruiting and retaining teachers with the skills to provide high quality delivery of the computing curriculum.

Certificates

Improve your subject knowledge and gain confidence with our nationally recognised certificates:

Subject knowledge certificate

Our professional development programme, Key stage 3 and GCSE Computer Science subject knowledge, is designed to help you develop or refresh your subject knowledge.

Teach secondary computing

Following on from the certificate above, gain the confidence to take your teaching practice to the next level.

A level Computer Science subject knowledge

Are you teaching or planning to teach A level Computer Science and looking to demonstrate your subject knowledge at this advanced standard?

Our certificate will help you benchmark your computer science knowledge and identify gaps in understanding to address through CPD.

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science

Computer science is the fastest-growing STEM subject, and yet, despite its popularity, girls are consistently outnumbered by boys. In 2023, only one in five GCSE Computer Science and 15% of all A level Computer Science entries were from female students in England.

Our evidence-informed programme aims to help teachers and leaders understand the barriers to girls’ participation in computer science and make a plan to overcome them. We offer curated resources, training and implementation support to empower you with the tools to support more girls into computer science qualifications and careers.

Courses are fully funded to state maintained schools