Slindon CofE Primary School celebrates receiving Computing Quality Mark

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

Slindon CofE Primary School 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).

Laura Webb,  headteacher said: “We are delighted to have achieved the computing mark and it really demonstrates the exceptional learning and talent of the children in our school. Ms Poulton and the rest of the staff have worked tirelessly to update their knowledge and give the children the best possible computing curriculum. With our world becoming increasingly digital, we want to ensure that all of our children are ready and ensure they feel safe and confident when online.”

Rachel Poulton computing lead at Slindon CofE Primary School, said: “I’m really thrilled we’ve earned the Computing Quality Framework at Slindon. Our pupils really love computing- it’s fun, exciting and sometimes a little bit mind blowing! Children are aware of how important technology is in our world, how creative they can be with it and they really appreciate how to keep safe online, which is a bit part of our learning here at Slindon. We have lots of great things coming up and I’m looking forward to sharing new ideas and programmes with our school community ”

Slindon CofE Primary School 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 Slindon CofE Primary School, 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.