Computing

e: phil.bagge@hants.gov.uk

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Phil has worked for HIAS since 2014.

He has three main areas of responsibility, namely:

• helping schools understand and develop their computing curriculum
• helping schools develop cross-curricular use of their IT systems, including learning platforms
• promoting safe use of technology.

Phil was involved with drafting the computing curriculum through Computing at School (CAS) and the British Computing Society and was a member of the DfE expert panel to advise teacher training organisations on the move from ICT to computing. He is a CAS Computing Master Teacher and a contributing author to Compute-IT, a KS3 scheme of work, and author of How to teach primary programming using Scratch. A speaker at computing conferences, his online computing science resources http://code-it.co.uk supported by HIAS, are the sixth most used primary programming resource in England and are used by schools around the world.

Phil is passionate about:

• the importance of every child being exposed to research-informed quality computing teaching and learning
• the power of computing to develop pupil resilience and perseverance
• the importance of a balanced curriculum of Computing Science, IT and online safety
• that every teacher, with training, can teach outstanding computing lessons
• the importance of progression rather than just activity in primary computing.

Phil works part time for HIAS and continues to teach computing in two Hampshire primary schools.