Colin Hurd

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ICT in Schools department for education and skills
Colin Hurd Deputy Head of ICT in Schools
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• strategic technologies value for schools

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• context
• Five year strategy for children and learners
• Harnessing Technology - unifying e-Strategy March
  2005
• Connecting the UK the Digital StrategyMarch 2005

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unstoppable evolution
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ICT in Schools core mission
to support every child to achieve their full
potential by ensuring that every school in
England makes full use of ICT for learning and
teaching to improve standards across the board
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problem

• 51 of schools have ICT embedded or making very
  good progress, with a further 36 using ICT
• increasingly highlights need for systems to work
  first time every time to deliver the mission
  critical service schools should expect and ICT
  to be a cost effective and sustainable utility
• historically fragmented approach with devolved
  responsibilities to 23,000 schools influenced by
  150 different local education authorities and
  parent local authorities
• not fully meeting the needs of learners and
  teachers, neither consistent nor cost effective,
  and not fully inclusive
• functionality not optimised

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consensus

• groundswell of opinion that opportunities
  supported by ICT should be better exploited
• opportunity to make a step change in school
  improvement by deploying ICT more effectively
• significant improvement requires integrated whole
  school systems and smarter procurement
• ministerial consultation on 18 October concluded
  action now

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strategic technologies vision

• schools with easy access to a full range of
  seamless and professional nationwide ICT
  services, combining national standards, central
  procurement, and local choice all optimising
  impact on standards

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• a dynamic environment for all stakeholders
  involved with schooling and childrens services
  locally, regionally or centrally enhancing
  significantly personal and collective
  achievements through realising the increased
  effectiveness, efficiency and user-friendliness
  which the capabilities of modern technologies
  deliver
• national success maximised by adopting strategic
  frameworks, standards and approaches to ensure
  the needs of learners, citizens, front-line
  workers, businesses and taxpayers are all met to
  a greater degree than today
• achieving stretching Government objectives and
  targets is more certain, with greater scope for
  exceeding them, by the determined and strategic
  use of ICT as a critical driver for raising
  standards, stimulating change and continuous
  improvement across the board

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aims

• align ICT related activity and co-ordinate
  investment and delivery across all relevant
  policy strands
• identify and implement best options for more
  effective procurement e.g. framework contracts
  and managed services
• accelerate and extend standards and
  interoperability work to support development of
  integrated systems and collaborative
  applications, and improve information flows
• accelerate roll-out of combined curricular and
  management systems
• learning platform in all schools 2008
• 100 broadband connectivity 2006
• personalised online learning space 2008 / access
  in out of school
• realise efficiency savings asset management
  285m

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plain English

• ICT is a utility - schools have the right mix of
  ICT at the right time and in the right place for
  the task in hand
• informed choices for schools plus scope for local
  adaptation and innovation
• ICT works first time every time or gets fixed
  quickly
• school systems and products can be mixed and
  matched
• best value for money from best procurement deals
• no procurement and contracting burdens on schools
• cross-sector joining-up and collaboration

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bottom line

• national framework of technical standards and
  systems enabling customised solutions to meet
  local circumstances and priorities

schools get the casting vote on how to meet
learning and teaching needs and challenges
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doing nothing not an option
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approach

• re-use, adapt and enhance existing work wherever
  practical and possible to achieve a faster
  delivery and realisation of benefits
• coordinate planning and delivery to make sure
  individual actions together meet the overall
  vision and aims and increase their impact through
  synergy
• customise solutions - not one-size-fits-all or
  monolithic end-to-end model

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key partners and stakeholders

• schools and local education authorities
• Becta strategic partner
• BSF, academies, national strategies, e-Strategy,
  NRWS data sub programme, business development
  unit, procurement, schools capital, e-delivery
  etc, etc
• specialist schools trust
• NCSL, Ofsted, QCA, TTA
• commercial ICT developers and suppliers
• any and all organisations that have an interest
  in the design, construction and use of school ICT

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key dependencies

• government / e-government / 5 year strategy /
  e-Strategy
• existing, new and emerging policy demands e.g.
  childrens services, school funding
• common problems that must be solved
  collaboratively
• common technical standards and systems
• cross-sector and cross-organisation information
  transfer
• joint ventures and solutions
• capacity, adaptability and competitiveness of ICT
  markets
• efficiency savings

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risks and issues such as

• funding
• insufficient capital and revenue funding in the
  right proportions
• current funding arrangements, e.g. devolved
  formula capital
• market
• future market opportunities uncertain for some
• existing long term contracts with suppliers slow
  changeover / costs
• aggregation reduces competition (monopolistic
  results)
• school workforce
• not able to accommodate all required changes
  quickly
• not agreeing new roles and / or changes in their
  roles
• partners and stakeholders
• buy in difficult because of existing work and
  commitments

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starting-up

• remit agreed by Ministers
• outline programme brief in place
• realign existing work ICTiS, Becta and DfES
  policy teams
• some links with external stakeholders
• scope for quick wins
• possible contenders for trials / proof of concept
• programme staffing and documentation
• 18 months two years lifespan

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technologies powerful package

• tools
• techniques
• access
• exemplars
• culture
• competence / confidence
• CPD
• tech support
• leadership

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ICT transforming when all

• learners have access to ICT facilities in and out
  of school that support provision of personalised
  learning opportunities and contribute to improved
  attainment irrespective of circumstances
• teachers and others in school workforce able to
  use ICT effectively to improve learning, teaching
  and school management including access to
  appropriate support and training and high quality
  digital learning resources
• school leaders and governors use their strategic
  understanding to integrate ICT effectively into
  whole school development