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Our Regional D&T Leaders are here to support teachers across your area. Sponsored by Samsung UK and working with the Design & Technology Association, they offer advice, share resources, connect schools, and highlight CPD and events. Whether you want to develop your curriculum, link up with other teachers, or simply have a conversation about D&T in your school, they’re ready to help., D&T Regional Leads
The Big D&T Christmas Giveaway – a festive treat for teachers, Christmas is coming, and we’re spreading a little festive cheer for the amazing teachers who light up the classroom with creativity. Thanks to incredible support from companies like CAD Class, Chompshop, Dinosuit, Hope Education, KCS Education, Maker’s Red Box, Scalextric, Specialist Crafts and Yoto, we’ve put together two fantastic prize bundles, one for Primary teachers and one for Secondary. Each bundle is packed with goodies to inspire, support, and bring a little extra magic to your classroom in the New Year. ...
GCSE Key Resources: Control Systems Teacher Training PowerPoints, D&T GCSE Resources Control Systems Teacher Training PowerPointsEnabling you to teach your students to build control technology into their designs Ages 14-16First published 2016This resource is aimed at supporting teachers to develop their subject knowledge in the area of control systems, in readiness for delivering the GCSE in Design and Technology. It forms part of a set of CPD resources aimed at modernising your design and technology curriculum at a time when there is a clear need for modernisation in the subject to develop...
SketchUp for Schools, This on-demand webinar explores how SketchUp for Schools can be used to support 3D design and modelling in Design and Technology. Led by members of the education team, the session provides an overview of how the platform has been developed specifically for classroom use, including how it integrates with Google and Microsoft education platforms so teachers and students can access the software using existing school accounts and devices. Examples of student work are shared throughout, showing how learners use 3D modelling to explore real design challenges, from scaled architectural models to projects that...
A-Level Results Day 2025, Today marks a defining moment in the lives of thousands of young people across the country. A-Level, Vocational and Technical Qualifications and T Levels Results Day 2025. It’s a day charged with anticipation, relief, and pride, reflecting the hard work, determination, and resilience of students, supported every step of the way by their teachers and families. A Mix of Emotions For students, the morning brings a rush of excitement mixed with nerves as they log in online or open their envelopes, discovering the outcome of years of effort. Teachers,...
Richard Brown, Teaching Experience I have taught in primary schools for over 25 years and had full time classteacher responsibilities in a variety of year groups across both Key Stage One and Two. I have held various senior leadership roles in rural and urban schools in Cambridgeshire and North Somerset and in every school have led and developed D&T. Curriculum Design Since establishing my consultancy, I have been employed by the Design and Technology Association as Curriculum Design Lead for the Oak Academy Primary D&T Curriculum and had the fortune to...
Mike Walsh, Mike has a wealth of experience as a teacher of design and technology, head of faculty and local authority adviser. A qualified Ofsted inspector Mike left local authority employment in 2006 and has been an independent consultant ever since. He is always delighted to help support the subject wherever he can offering his expertise and knowledge generously. A keen guitarist and maker of guitars and mandolins Mike enjoys working with schools to improve their practice either within a health and safety context or improving curriculum provision.
Jon Reeves, Jon is currently Head of Design and Technology and Business Enterprise at Les Beaucamps High School on the beautiful island of Guernsey. Jon has experience of being on SLT as an Assistant Headteacher and has worked on curriculum development and setting up and leading a successful and thriving D&T department. He is also involved in leading on Teaching and Learning. Jon is available to work nationally and internationally and is well travelled and competent in some languages including Spanish and Portuguese.
Primary D&T Roadshow, The Primary D&T Roadshow is a collaboration between STEM Learning and the Design & Technology Association, aimed at strengthening teachers’ confidence and subject knowledge in primary design & technology. You will explore what high-quality D&T looks like in practice and support teachers to distinguish authentic D&T from craft-based activities. You will be introduced to the essential elements of effective D&T, emphasising purposeful projects, creativity, problem-solving and opportunities for genuine pupil decision-making. You will spend time unpacking the primary D&T curriculum, demystifying statutory requirements, expected progression from EYFS to KS2 and strategies
Amazon Mechatronics Engineering Apprentice, Olivia Lane, One pattern that has repeated across the 108 podcasts published since Designed for Life launched in the summer of 2020 is the role of serendipity in aligning people and their careers. Today's podcast is a case in point. Driven by a primal desire to help people, Olivia set her heart on a career in medicine. School and academia did not come easily to her, and she realised at a very early stage that if she were to have any hope of following her dream, she would need...
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