Elmgrove Primary School and Nursery has been recognised for delivering high-quality computing education to young people, developing their digital skills and preparing them for the future.

Elmgrove Primary School and Nursery has achieved the national Computing Quality Mark after evaluating its computing education and demonstrating high-quality provision. The Computing Quality Mark is awarded by the National Centre for Computing Education and recognises excellence of computing education offered by a school as part of their curriculum development through the Computing Quality Framework (CQF).

Mr. Halai, The Computing Lead said,

“This is an absolute honour for our school. The children, staff, parents and the governing body have all worked hard and supported throughout this process.”

Elmgrove Primary School and Nursery completed all seven aspects of the CQF in order to receive the Computing Quality Mark, which recognises achievement in:

· Leadership and vision

• • Curriculum
  • Teaching, learning and assessment
  • Workforce development
  • Addressing the needs of each pupil
  • Enrichment, destinations and careers
  • Impact and outcomes

Claire Garside, senior lead facilitator at the NCCE, said:

“Congratulations to Elmgrove Primary School and Nursery, on becoming an NCCE ‘Computing Quality Mark’ school! They’re among the schools leading the way to deliver high standards in computing education. The Computing Quality Mark recognises the quality of their provision to ensure all students receive the computing skills and knowledge so valuable for today and in their future careers.”

The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) is funded by the Department for Education and supporting partners, to improve the provision of computing education in England.

Since the NCCE’s establishment in 2018, it has engaged with 60,000 teachers from more than 20,000 schools in England, created the Teach Computing Curriculum which has seen over one million downloads of lessons, engaged over 1,600 schools with the Computing Quality Framework and supported 54% of students studying AS and A level computer science through the Isaac Computer Science platform.

The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) is funded by the Department for Education and supporting partners and marks a significant investment in improving the provision of computing education in England. It is delivered by STEM Learning. www.teachcomputing.org

The Computing Quality Framework (CQF) is part of the National Centre for Computing Education’s (NCCE) support to schools. It is free to use and designed to help schools review and plan how they teach the computing curriculum. www.computingqualityframework.org