NCCE North East

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb, said:

Welcoming the launch of the Hubs, chair of the NCCE Professor Simon Peyton Jones said:

The 23 new Computing Hubs are:

· All Saints RC School, North Yorkshire

· Beauchamp College, Leicestershire

· Bingley Grammar School, West Yorkshire

· Bishop Challoner Catholic College, West Midlands

· Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Tyne and Wear

· Carmel College, County Durham

· Chesterton Community College, Cambridgeshire

· City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College, Staffordshire

· Dartford Grammar School, Kent

· Dereham Neatherd High School, Norfolk

· Exeter Mathematics School, Devon

· Harrogate Grammar School, North Yorkshire

· Kings Priory School, Tyne and Wear

· Langley Grammar School, Berkshire

· Newstead Wood School, Kent

· Pate's Grammar School, Gloucestershire

· Saffron Walden County High School, Essex

· Sandringham School, Hertfordshire

· St Clements Danes School, Hertfordshire

· The Chase, Worcestershire

· Truro and Penwith College, Cornwall

· West Suffolk College, Suffolk

· Westcliff High School for Girls, Essex

The National Centre for Computing Education is a consortium of STEM Learning, Raspberry Pi Foundation and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, set up to increase the number of pupils in schools and colleges who study computer science at GCSE, AS and A level, particularly girls and in disadvantaged areas, and ensure that there is a strong pipeline of digital skills in England.

Notes

· The Government’s decision to substantially invest in computer science in schools followed a Royal Society report, After the Reboot, which showed computing education across the UK was patchy and fragile. It called for action to be taken in a swift and coordinated way by government, industry, and non-profit organisations.

· The NCCE aims to increase the number of pupils in schools and colleges who study computer science at GCSE, AS and A level, particularly girls and in disadvantaged areas, and ensure that there is a strong pipeline of digital skills.

· The NCCE is funded by the Department for Education and is being delivered by a consortium of STEM Learning, Raspberry Pi Foundation and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

· STEM Learning is the UK’s largest provider of education and careers support in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It has a mission to improve lives through world-leading STEM education. For more information, visit www.stem.org.uk

· The Raspberry Pi Foundation creates world class educational resources for computing and computer science used by millions of people each year, and has developed online courses that have supported tens of thousands of computing educators. For more information, visit www.raspberrypi.org

· BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT is the professional body for computing and, as part of its Royal Charter, sets and maintains academic and professional standards in computing. For more information, visit www.bcs.org

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