Computing & Digital Innovation Service
Special Schools
The Computing & Digital Innovation Service offers the following subscriptions for special schools:
| Package |
Detail |
Cost |
| Basic |
Initial check-in with computing lead (1 hour video call), email support, curriculum resources & video content |
£325 |
| Standard |
1 day of consultancy + 1 staff meeting, email support, curriculum resources & video content, equipment loan (physical computing kit), plus 5 places on courses |
£1025 |
| Enhanced |
3 days of consultancy + 2 staff meetings, email support, curriculum resources & video content, equipment loan (physical computing kit), plus unlimited places on courses |
£2295 |
Consultancy
Consultancy time can be used to best suit your school priorities. Examples include:
- Developing an effective computing curriculum to meet the needs of your learners, including mixed age classes
- Planning time with year teams to support the implementation of the computing curriculum
- Team teaching exemplar lessons
- Advice around assessment and evidencing of computing
- Support for ECTs and new computing leads
- Developing an AI strategy
Staff meetings can cover a range of subjects, for example: key pedagogy and concepts in computing, supporting EAL learners with technology, using AI to reduce workload, developing problem-solving in computing.
Curriculum Resources
All subscribers will have access to the following resources, with more in development:
- Image-supported computing glossaries, broken down by strand and year
- Assessment quizzes for every unit (mapped to Sheffield scheme of work, but easily adapted to other curricula)
- Key-skills appendix
- Mixed Year Group programming units
- Alternative physical computing units
- Year 4 Datalogging with micro:bit
- Year 5 Selection with micro:bit
- Year 6 Variables with Crumble
- AI Units:
- Year 6 - Artificial Intelligence (6 lessons)
- Year 4 - Photo Editing lessons using AI
Video Content
- Evidencing & monitoring in computing
- Assessment of primary computing
- Using Plickers for assessment
- How to support acquisition of key computing vocabulary
- Key concepts in computing
- Content to support curriculum resources
- Assistive Technology tools to support SEND/EAL