Bespoke consultancy and training

The Digital Education and Strategy Services (DESS) team consists of experienced teachers specialising in leveraging technology in education and transforming learning. They offer bespoke consultancy support, focusing on personalised training and improving ICT capabilities. 

They provide high-quality, subject-specific CPD to ensuring your teachers are well-equipped to teach computing and use technology effectively for management, teaching and learning and safeguarding Our offer is bespoke to your school and aligned to current guidance and statutory requirements. We don’t expect your teachers to spend hours watching pre-recorded content. Instead, we’ll work with your senior leaders to identify the skills and knowledge gaps you want to address, so you can be sure your staff receive the highest benefit from their training. 

How we can help

Our comprehensive programme of training can either be delivered in one of our well-equipped and easy-to-access training venues, or as a remote online offer.  Alternatively, you may prefer it is delivered in your school as an inset or twilight programme. Browse our training courses here.

Alongside the courses available here, our expert education consultants can design CPD based on your specific requirements and deliver it through coaching and mentoring to your staff during the school day.  Comprehensive support can be provided in, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Primary and EYFS Computing Curriculum
• Computing subject leadership coaching and mentoring
• Addressing individual staff needs to teach computing and embed technology
• Implementing the Entrust computing curriculum alongside Just2Easy (J2E) software
• Just2Easy software training
• Support for Purple Mash software
• Microsoft 365 training
• Google Workspace for Education training
• Effective and safe use of AI for staff

Digital enrichment workshops

Our team of experienced expert teachers can also deliver student workshops alongside school staff.  We offer hands-on digital enrichment workshops to enhance the computing curriculum, such as:

• Mission to Mars: Engineering and Coding a Rover - using Lego Mindstorms 

• Mission to Mars: Engineering and Coding a Rover - using Lego WeDo2 

• Digital Animated Storytelling 

• Artificial Intelligence 

• Micro:bits

• Coding in Scratch

• Digital PopArt using iPads

“I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for conducting such an inspiring and engaging eco workshop for our KS2 children. The students absolutely loved it and had a fantastic time learning about sustainability and Micro:Bits.  Your passion for the subject really shone through, and it sparked a lot of exciting discussions and ideas among the children.

We truly appreciate the time and effort you put into creating such an educational and fun experience for the children. It was an invaluable opportunity, and we are grateful for your support in nurturing their understanding of coding.”

Starbank School, Birmingham

“The children were thrilled with the workshop.  One child in year 5 went back to his teacher and said it was the best day ever!” Grove School, Birmingham