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Secondary early career and trainee teachers

We support early career and trainee teachers to develop their computing subject knowledge and pedagogy through professional development, resources and local communities.

Professional development

Strong subject knowledge is paramount to successfully delivering any area of the curriculum. Your first step to success is to access our Computer Science Accelerator, which will develop your subject knowledge up to GCSE. Our new to computing pathway is a great way for non-specialist trainees or early career teachers to engage with the programme.

Join the Computer Science Accelerator

Develop your teaching practice

Once you've completed the KS3 and GCSE Computer Science subject knowledge certificate, you will receive free access to all NCCE courses if you work in a secondary state-funded school or college. We also recommend accessing our complementary Teach secondary computing certificate to help you enhance how you teach secondary computing, bringing together your subject knowledge, pedagogy skills, assessment and progression, curriculum design and leadership.

Discover the Teach secondary computing certificate

Funding

Our Computer Science Accelerator courses are free for trainees and teachers working in state-funded education. We also offer subsidies to state-funded schools for supply cover to help teachers participate in CPD during the school day.

Resources

Early career support guide

We can support trainee and early career teachers at all levels to meet and evidence the teacher standards. The early careers support guidance we have put together maps out our offer against the eight areas of performance you are working to achieve.

Download early career support guide

Teach Computing Curriculum

If you're on placement or have started your first year of teaching and would like support with lesson planning, our curriculum contains everything you need to teach computing. It includes lesson plans, slides, worksheets, homework and assessments.

Browse curriculum resources

Pedagogy

Augment your curriculum knowledge with evidence-based teaching practices. Our 12 principles of computing pedagogy are embedded across everything we do, including our Teach Computing Curriculum and CPD.

Discover pedagogy resources

Communities

Computing hubs

Computing hubs

Providing local training and support for teachers across England, our Computing Hubs are led by schools and colleges with an exceptional track record in teaching computing.

Contact your local Hub

STEM community

STEM community

Discuss computing education with like-minded professionals and share ideas, practices and resources. The New to secondary computing group caters for teachers joining the profession or teaching computing for the first time.

Join STEM community

CAS communities of Practice

CAS communities of Practice

Local networks of computing teachers who share expertise and best practice. They provide peer support, especially in your early career, and information to help you embed computing concepts in the classroom.

Find a CAS community