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Who am I?

My name is Phil Wickins and I support teachers and leaders in primary schools in the UK and beyond, specialising in computing. I am a Senior Professional Development Leader for STEM learning and was recently the National Specialist for Primary Computing Leaders for the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE – Teach Computing). I have also completed the NPQSL – National Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership.

What do I do?

I am passionate about raising the quality of computing education for children; supporting school leaders, subject leaders and individual teachers so that they are empowered, confident and resourced to deliver the best possible computing curriculum in their schools. I am a creative, versatile and motivated communicator with over 15 years of leading, educational and training experience. I have advanced problem-solving skills, I am a logical and lateral thinker with the proven ability to inspire confidence in others.

Who can I support?

support staff, HLTAs, classroom teachers and specialist teachers
computing subject leaders (new and experienced) and school leaders
whole school, Multi-Academy Trust or cluster/ multi-school joint venture
ITT support for PGCE, SCITT, PGTA, Teach First and Schools Direct (currently working with University of Southampton and University of Berkshire)
school/ local authority/ government inspectors new to computing

What can I offer?

coaching, mentoring and training
one to one support in all aspects of subject leadership and computing in education
curriculum development including teaching through contexts and culturally relevant pedagogy
bespoke support for schools, based on CQF outcomes or internal audit
whole school computing curriculum consultation
inset day, staff meeting and PDM sessions
subject knowledge and pedagogy training in all aspects of the computing curriculum
hands on programming/ physical computing workshops
university lectures, residentials, training sessions and tutoring.

What subjects do I cover?

artificial intelligence – What should we teach in schools?
assessment and evidence in computing
analysing, understanding and presenting assessment data
physical computing (Crumbles, Micro:bits, Beebots, data loggers etc)
SEND Inclusion in computing, including adaptive teaching
curriculum design including skills progression and enrichment
subject leadership including monitoring the quality of teaching and learning
programming & algorithms
IT including office and media
IT including databases and spreadsheets
computer science, including networks and search engines
digital literacy including online safety
developing your own CPD delivery to support your staff
basic IT training for staff with low confidence in using technology

Where do I work?

I am listed as one of Southampton City Council’s trusted partners in education, but also happy to work with any independent or state school across the UK or internationally. Happy to travel up to an hour from Southampton for whole or half day sessions (North – Newbury; East – Chichester, West – Bournemouth). Usually for 1.5 hour sessions outside of Southampton, or whole or half day sessions for locations that are over an hour away from Southampton, I would offer remote online sessions, unless the work requires a number of consecutive days. I’ve recently been leading online sessions with schools and teachers who are based in Africa, please get in touch if you are interested!

My rates

These are my basic rates. Please contact me to discuss your requirements.

	Full day (7 hours)	Half day (3.5 hours)	Session (1.5 hours)
Live remote	£500	£400	£250
Face to face	£500 plus travel	£400 plus travel	£250 plus travel
Face to face or Live Remote x 3 (commit to 1 per term, save £150)	£450 x 3 (plus travel)	£350 x3 (plus travel)	£200 x 3 (plus travel)

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Accreditation

Please see my profile on Credly to view up to date accreditation – Phil Wickins on Credly

Testimonials

“Excellent delivery with practical and appropriate ideas to implement straight away.”

“The training session was extremely fun to participate in, it allowed us to actually get engaged in our own learning and gave us a really good idea on how to start teaching this material ourselves.”

“…prior to arrival the session seemed daunting due to the ‘technical’ nature of the subject, but the trainer made the subject accessible and easy to understand.”

“I wanted to express my sincere thanks to the whole team but especially Phil who I’ve had the pleasure of being on several courses alongside, his passion for not only the subject material but also its delivery and drive to upskill and support staff is inspirational”

“I am writing to feedback about the fantastic meeting with Phil last week. I am the subject computing lead and after a recent Ofsted inspection needed advice regarding content, resources and software alongside evidencing. Phil has really motivated and inspired me to look into more exciting options to add to our teaching alongside our existing map. He has kindly shared some excellent ideas with us which we certainly will bring to the school as part of Next Year’s Computing teaching. I found Phil very knowledgeable and easy to talk too and whilst he suggested some changes he always took our existing curriculum onboard as well”

“I am currently revamping our Computing overview and progression documents to reflect the knowledge that Phil has shared with us. I certainly think that Phil would be a very valuable asset to all primary schools in taking their computing provision to the next level”

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