At secondary, pupils are encouraged to move away from Pseudo code (Block based) to recognised languages such as Python, touch develop, visual…

Computer Science (known in the media as coding) is one element of the current curriculum for computing.  Much of the old ICT…

Scratch seems to have become the go-to software for schools trying to teach the new computing curriculum.  It is simple and more…

As I talk to more and more teachers, it is clear that foundation subjects (everything other than English, Maths and Science) are…

I run a weekly computing club for children at my school, as well as teaching Computing as part of my normal timetable. …

One of the hardest concepts that we need to teach children during computing is that computers are incredibly stupid devices. Yes, they…

From the outside, it is easy to think that the push toward coding is going to create a generation of children who…

The creation of algorithms and writing of code has been portrayed in the media as something that happens on a screen.  While…

Recently, the government announced that it was going to scrap the GCSE and A-Level ICT courses in favour of Computer science. While…