Helping You Teach Computing...

Welcome to your local Computing Hub, led by West Suffolk College - Part of the Eastern Education Group.

We provide local training and support for teachers, schools and colleges. We are part of the National Centre for Computing Education, (the DfE funded governing body, led by STEM Learning) tasked with supporting schools and colleges across the country to provide a high-quality computing education for all young people.

Not sure where to Start?

Try exploring these options...

Evaluate your current provision

Computing Quality Framework and Quality Mark

  • Completing the CQF is a great place to start, as it will help you reflect against national standards and give you ideas as to what free support you need
  • You can get started in as little as 5 minutes, and spend as long or as little time as you need to complete it
  • Reflect on your school’s current position and add a self-grade level and some starter text for each of the seven strands (level 1-5 / each level has easy to follow descriptors)
  • Revisit as often as you like
  • You can complete independently, or we can support this FREE consultancy or an online course (led by our specialist Professional Development Leads)
  • Leads to the Computing Quality Mark (nationally recognised award for your school)
  • Click here to visit the CQF Website.
Evaluate your current provision

Choose Support

Choose your bespoke online and face-to-face support options

  • Visit teachcomputing.org, and register yourself as a teacher (if you are a student-facing staff such as TA, Cover Supervisor or Teacher), and choose from a range of FREE resources and programmes such as:
  1. Primary or Secondary certificates
  2. I Belong Programme
  3. Isaac online platform
  4. Local face-to-face or online CPD
  5. Online courses led nationally or regionally
  6. Contact us on [email protected] to request FREE consultancy support
  7. Borrow physical kit
  8. Request our Professional Development Lead input into your PD days
Choose Support

Get Certified

Nationally Recognised Certificates for all phases

  • Visit teachcomputing.org, register yourself as a teacher (if you are a student-facing staff such as TA, Cover Supervisor or Teacher), then choose a Certificate.
  • Certificate pages will signpost you to courses that may suit your existing skills and level
  1. Key stage 3 and GCSE Computer Science subject knowledge
  2. A level Computer Science subject knowledge
  3. Teach secondary computing
Get Certified

Recruit more girls into GCSE Computing

Join the I Belong Programme

  • I Belong Programme
  • This evidence-informed programme helps teachers and leaders understand the barriers to girls’ participation in computer science and make a plan to overcome them.
Recruit more girls into GCSE Computing

Secondary and A-Level Online Platform

Access the Isaac Platform

  • Isaac Computer Science online platform
  • Access a huge range of time-saving learning materials that cover the full A level and GCSE Computer Science curricula for the AQA, OCR, Edexcel, and Eduqas exam specifications — all for free!
Secondary and A-Level Online Platform

Borrow Physical Kit

Access loan physical kit and bring learning alive!

  • Book Kit: Delivered to, and collected from your school
  • Programming kits
  • Robots and accessories
  • CPD courses covering Crumble Kits, Micro:Bits, Raspberry Pi Pico, Edison Roboits and more..
Borrow Physical Kit