Digital Schoolhouse: Calling all teachers with a passion for computing!

You could become the next Digital Schoolhouse...read on to find out more....

Thousands of primary school children across Warwickshire are enjoying a head start in digital skills thanks to the groundbreaking Digital Schoolhouse programme, and after securing crucial funding the initiative is expanding to a total of 50 Schoolhouses by September 2019. Keep reading to find out more about the schools that have already successfully joined the initiative and for how to apply to become the next Digital Schoolhouse...

Currently, Digital Schoolhouse is running in four secondary schools in the county - Campion School, Kineton High School, The Coleshill School and King Edward VI School, Stratford - and there is scope for more to join. 

The programme, delivered by the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE), is backed by Warwickshire County Council along with industry leaders PlayStation, Sega and Ubisoft.

It offers computing and digital skills training to secondary school teachers which they then pass on to local primary school staff and children. The focus is very much on fun-based learning with a range of inventive ways to engage youngsters in the subject.

The results have been spectacular with more than 90 per cent of primary school children in the programme in Warwickshire left feeling more confident about computing and programming.

Almost 3,000 children and more than 200 teachers in 32 schools across the county have benefited from the programme in the last academic year, which also serves to strengthen links between secondary and primary schools.

You can read the full write-up of this initiative in January's edition of Warwickshire Means Business.

We are looking for exceptional, creative and forward-looking teachers who are excited and passionate about furthering quality computing education in their schools and beyond.

If you fit this description, then you should consider applying today to become the next Digital Schoolhouse. This application round closes at midnight on 31 March 2019.

For further information visit the Digital Schoolhouse website