As you may well know, 2014 is the Year of the Code. Starting this year, children as young as five are being introduced to programming and coding. The legislation makes England the first country in the world to mandate computer programming in both primary and secondary schools.
Having a network of excellence via the certified CAS (Computing at Schools) master teachers has helped Birches Head immensely when planning, implementing and teaching the new computer science curriculum. To become master teachers, candidates have to take part in extra training through CAS to help their school and others in the area develop the way they teach computer science.
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