Waverley Abbey Junior School in Tilford has been recognised for giving high-quality computing education to children, developing their digital skills and preparing them for the future.

It has earned the national Computing Quality Mark after evaluating its computing education and demonstrating high-quality provision.

The Computing Quality Mark is awarded by the National Centre for Computing Education and recognises excellence of computing education offered by a school as part of its curriculum development through the Computing Quality Framework.

Computing lead Jon Noble said: “I am delighted that the success of computing in the school has been recognised and will continue to encourage all students to develop their passion for computing.”

Waverley Abbey completed all seven aspects of the Computing Quality Framework to receive the Computing Quality Mark, which recognises achievement in leadership and vision; curriculum and qualifications; teaching, learning and assessment; staff development; equity, diversity, inclusion and SEND; careers education; and impact on outcomes.

Claire Garside, senior lead facilitator at the National Centre for Computing Education, said: “Congratulations to Waverley Abbey Junior School on becoming a National Centre for Computing Education Computing Quality Mark school.

“They’re among the schools leading the way to deliver high standards in computing education. The Computing Quality Mark recognises the quality of their provision to ensure all students receive the computing skills and knowledge so valuable for today and in their future careers.”

The National Centre for Computing Education, funded by the Department for Education and supporting partners, improves computing education in England.

Since 2018 it has engaged with 60,000 teachers from 20,000 schools, created the Teach Computing Curriculum which has seen a million downloads of lessons, engaged 1,600 schools with the Computing Quality Framework and supported 54 per cent of AS and A-level computer science students through the Isaac Computer Science platform.