DfE unveils colleges as edtech demonstrators

Colleges and schools named edtech demonstrators get DfE funding to support teaching and learning in other institutions
16th June 2020, 12:51pm

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DfE unveils colleges as edtech demonstrators

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Colleges Have Been Named By The Dfe Among 18 New Edtech Demonstrators

The government has announced that 18 more colleges and schools have been named as edtech demonstrators

The institutions, nine of which are colleges, will receive more than £75,000 to support teaching and learning in other institutions.


News: Colleges awarded money to support others with edtech

More: Edtech cash 'refocused' on remote teaching

Background: Basingstoke College of Technology wins the outstanding use of technology award at the Tes FE Awards


Colleges sharing edtech expertise

The DfE's initiative is not a direct response to the rapid move to online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, but part of the government's £10 million edtech strategy launched last April to spread best practice across a wide range of schools and colleges. The first 20 edtech demonstrators were announced in April. 

The 18 successful institutions:

  • Dalton St Mary’s Primary School
  • Denbigh High School with Challney High School for Girls (Chiltern Learning Trust)
  • DCG (Derby College Group)
  • Elizabeth Woodville Primary School
  • Exeter College
  • Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education – part of The TEC Partnership
  • GST King’s Warrington
  • Harlow College
  • Heart of Worcestershire College
  • The Manchester College (part of LTE Group)
  • Oldham Sixth Form College
  • Outwood Grange Academies Trust
  • Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre
  • Reach Academy Feltham
  • Stephenson Memorial Primary School
  • West Suffolk College Group and Suffolk Academies Trust, including Abbeygate Sixth Form College and One Sixth Form College, Swavesey Village College and the ConnectED Teaching School Alliance led by Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
  • Wilberforce College
  • Wildern School

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