Computing & Digital Innovation Centre
AI Research Programme 2026/27
Learn Sheffield with the Computing & Digital Innovation Centre is offering primary, secondary and special schools the opportunity to take part in its highly impactful one-year research programme to investigate either:
- The effective governance and implementation of AI in school, including how to develop an AI policy, and the impact of AI on staff workload, inclusive practice or another school priority.
- The impact of teaching about AI in primary or special schools on pupil AI literacy and staff confidence.
Each project costs £350 and includes up to 2 places, or it can be accessed as part of the AI Enhanced Package.
AI Lessons:
- Comprehensive lesson sequence for Year 2 to Year 6 mapped to the computing curriculum, plus full year 5 AI unit
- Sequence of SEND AI activities for pupils working below age expectations
- Full lesson plans, worksheets and slides
- Video guides for teachers to explain key content and background knowledge for each lesson
- RSHE & AI Literacy appendix
- AI progression framework
Computing Curriculum Resources:
Includes:
- Image-supported computing glossaries
- Assessment quizzes
- Key-skills appendix
- Careers in computing resource
- Mixed year group programming units
- Reduced timetable programming units
- Alternative physical computing units
- AI lessons sequence (see above)
- SEND Computing Curriculum