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This is a set of tables of virtual schools, schools and related entities of interest in [[United Kingdom/England|England]]
This is a set of tables of virtual schools, schools and related entities of interest in [[United Kingdom/England|England]]
   
   
== Tables P Policies and strategies for ICT in Education ==
== Tables S Policies and strategies for ICT in Education ==
=== Table P.1 Policies and strategies for ICT in Education in schools ===
=== Table S.1 Policies and strategies for ICT in Education in schools ===
{| class="wikitable"
|''Date''
|''Policy''
|''Reference''
|''Brief description''
|-
|2005
|Harnessing  Technology: Transforming Learning and Children's Services
|(Department for Education, 2005)
|"This document is the  Department for Education and Skill's '''first cross-sector e-learning  strategy'''. The strategy focuses on what the technology can do for  informing and advising citizens, for supporting children and learners of all  ages in their encounters with the system, and for transforming the experience  of learning."
|-
|2010
|New  government closes Becta
|(Department for Education, 2012)
|"Becta  was set up to lead the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative  use of technology throughout learning. ... our judgement is that schools are  now in a position to manage much of this themselves." This was hotly  disputed e.g. (Arthur, 2010).
|-
|2019
|Realising  the potential of technology in education: A strategy for education providers  and the technology industry
|(Department for Education, 2019)
|From  the Foreword: "We are living in a digitally enabled world where technology  is increasingly part of our society. We owe it to our young people, and to  anyone who wants to upskill, to do more to explore and reap the benefits that  technology can bring. This strategy is the first step in helping us do just  that across our education system."
|-
|2023
|Accreditation  for online education providers
|(Department for Education, 2023)
|"The online education  services sector for children in England has grown rapidly in recent years.  This type of provision is currently unregulated. Many providers now offer a  full curriculum and may represent a child’s main or only source of formal education.  The Department for Education (DfE) is introducing an accreditation scheme to  reassure children, parents and local authorities of the quality of education  and safeguarding arrangements offered by these providers."
|}
 
== Tables P Programmes and large projects ==
 
=== Table P.1 Programmes and large projects for schools ===
{| class="wikitable"
|''Date''
|''Policy''
|''Reference''
|''Brief description''
|-
|1998
|National  Grid for Learning
|(Selwood, Smith, & Wisehart, 2001)
|"The National Grid for  Learning (NGfL) was a UK government-funded gateway to educational resources  on the Internet. It provided a curated collection of links to resources and  materials of high quality. The NGfL was established to support schools in  England, while separate grids were created for schools in Northern Ireland,  Scotland, and Wales." (Wikipedia, 2023)
|-
|2002-04
|Laptops  for Teachers
|(Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2004) gives a  comprehensive description of how a typical municipalities and its schools was  to manage this scheme.
|"The Laptops for  Teachers initiative was announced by the Secretary of State at the BETT 2002  exhibition on 9 January 2002. An extension of the initiative from two to four  years and an increase in funding was announced by the Secretary of State in January  2003.
 
Laptop computers are being  supplied to facilitate the flexible use of ICT equipment both at home or at  school by teachers. 2004-05 is Year 3 of the scheme."
|-
|2003-10
|Building  Schools for the Future
|(National Audit Office, 2009)
|The BSF program aims:  "to renew all 3,500 English secondary schools over the 15-year period  2005-2020, subject to future public spending decisions. It plans to entirely  rebuild half the school estate, structurally remodel 35 per cent, and  refurbish the rest. Refurbishment includes ''providing new ICT to recently  built schools.''"
 
The "total capital cost  of the programme will be between £52 and £55 billion". (ibid, p.7)
|}
 
== Tables R Research papers and commissioned reports ==


==== Table R.1 Research papers and commissioned reports for schools ====
{| class="wikitable"
|''Date''
|''Paper or report''
|''Reference''
|''Brief description''
|-
|2010
|Shaping  contexts to realise the potential of technologies to support learning
|(Manches, Phillips, Crook, Chowcat, & Sharples,  2010)
|This  was the final report on the CAPITAL project (Curriculum and Pedagogy in  Technology Assisted Learning), undertaken by the University of Nottingham and  Sero Consulting Ltd in association with Becta.


This  project was initiated in support of the Government strategy for E-learning  set out in the Harnessing Technology Strategy... and ended when this was  discontinued after the change of Government in 2010."
|-
|2012
|The Impact of Digital Technology on Learning
|(Higgins, Xiao, & Katsipataki, 2012)
|The report, commissioned by the Department for  Education, recommended strategies towards the improvement of effective use of  technology in the classroom.
It drew on meta-analysis and the “48 studies which  synthesized primary research studies of the impact of technology on the  attainment of school age learners (5–18-year-olds)”.
|-
|2015
|Education Technology Action Group: Our reflections
|(ETAG, 2015)
|The report was commissioned by the UK government to  explore how educational technology could be harnessed to transform teaching  and learning experiences, including barriers and opportunities associated  with educational technology and successful practices.
|-
|2022
|Education technology for remote teaching
|(Department for Education, 2022)
|A review of UK evidence on remote teaching, including  case studies and analysis highlighting what worked well when using EdTech to  support remote teaching.
|-
|2022
|Future opportunities for education technology in  England
|(Vicentini, et al., 2022)
|"In December 2021, the Department for Education  (DfE) appointed Ecorys UK to undertake a research project: Future  opportunities for education technology in England. The project aimed to  provide insights to the future of the EdTech market in England, considering  likely developments in digital technology and education policy."
|-
|2023
|Innovating Pedagogy 2023
|(Open University and UCT, 2023)
|Designed  to inform policy and practice, this annual report, now in its 10th iteration,  highlights emerging trends and technologies education and their potential  impact on teaching and learning.
|}


== Tables F Key Department for Education funding documents for education sectors during the Covid era ==
== Tables F Key Department for Education funding documents for education sectors during the Covid era ==
=== Table F.1 Key Department for Education funding documents for schools sector during the Covid era ===
=== Table F.1 Key Department for Education funding documents for schools sector during the Covid era ===
{| class="wikitable"
|''Date''
|''Funding scheme''
|''Reference''
|''Brief description''
|-
|2020-22
|Get  Help with Technology: £374m [?]
|The  official announcement (Department for Education, 2020) now lacks detail.
[See  NAO report]
|This provided devices and  increases in mobile data to those who met specified criteria, in order to  access remote learning. The programme ran from April 2020 to June 2021 and  then again from October 2021 to May 2022.
DfE  said of the first phase: "We have invested over £160 million to support  remote education. As part of that, during the summer term, we delivered over  220,000 laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children who would not  otherwise have access to the internet." (FE News, 2020)
|-
|2022
|All  schools to have high-speed internet
|(Department for Education, 2022)
|" The £150 million  provided to help schools upgrade their technology will include those in the  department’s previously identified Education Investment Areas."
|}




== Tables S Interesting schools in England ==
== Tables S Interesting schools in England ==
=== Table S.1 Some of the largest schools in England ===
=== Table S.1 Some of the largest schools in England ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|''School''
|''Planned #''
|''Actual #''
|-
|Nottingham Academy
|3570
|2337
|-
|Ashfield Comprehensive School
|3146
|2685
|-
|Walton High School, Milton Keynes
|3000
|2793
|-
|Beal High School
|2840
|2688
|-
|The Sydney Russell School
|2670
|2581
|-
|Exmouth Community College
|2650
|2225
|-
|Thomas Deacon Academy
|2560
|2378
|-
|Roundhay School
|2500
|2467
|-
|Ivybridge Community College
|2500
|2525
|-
|Robert Clack School
|2500
|2510
|-
|Homewood School
|2156
|2089
|-
|Brampton Manor Academy
|2046
|2795
|-
|Bitterne Park School
|2000
|2031
|-
|Oakgrove School, Milton Keynes
|1945
|2304
|-
|Tupton Hall School
|1821
|1556
|-
|Watling Academy
|1800
|480
|-
|Kingsdale Foundation School
|1750
|2466
|-
|Stantonbury School
|1560
|1532
|-
|Little Ilford School
|1560
|1542
|-
|Ridgewood School, Doncaster
|1512
|1396
|}


== Tables V Virtual schools in England ==
== Tables V Virtual schools in England ==
=== Table V.1 Virtual schools in England likely to be eligible for DfE accreditation ===
=== Table V.1 Virtual schools in England likely to be eligible for DfE accreditation ===
{| class="wikitable"
|''Virtual School''
|''Age Range''
|''GCSE''
|''A level''
|''VLE or main tool''
|''Notes''
|-
|CambriLearn
|5-18
|Y
|Y
|My Top  Dog
|VLE  provider based in South Africa
|-
|Crimson  Global Academy
|11-16
|Y
|Y
|Canvas
|
|-
|Gaia  Learning
|8-16
|Y
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|
|
|-
|Kings  Interhigh
|7-18
|Y
|Y
|Canvas
|in  existence since 2005
|-
|Harrow  Online School
|16-18
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|Y
|Pearson  Connexus
|Closing  end 2024
|-
|Minerva’s  Virtual Academy
|11-18
|Y
|Y
|
|BTEC  also
|-
|My  Online Schooling
|7-18
|Y
|Y
|Canvas
|
|-
|National  Extension College
|16-18
|Y
|Y
|Moodle
|in  existence online since 2011
|-
|Nisai  Virtual Academy
|11  - 18
|Y
|Y
|Adobe  Connect (not a VLE)
|
|-
|Oxford  Homeschooling
|11-18
|Y
|Y
|Moodle
|
|-
|Oxford  Online School
|11-18
|Y
|Y
|
|
|-
|Sophia  High School
|4-16
|Y
|
|Google  Classroom
|
|-
|The  Online School
|15-16
|Y
|
|
|
|-
|UK  Virtual School
|5-16
|Y
|
|
|
|-
|Wolsey  Hall
|5-18
|Y
|Y
|Canvas
|
|}




== Tables L VLEs in educational institutions ==
== Tables L VLEs in educational institutions ==
=== Table L.1 VLEs in schools or colleges with Sixth Form A level provision at 16-18 ===
=== Table L.1 VLEs in schools or colleges with Sixth Form A level provision at 16-18 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|''School''
|''Type''
|''VLE''
|''URL''
|-
|AbbeyGate Sixth Form  College
|Free school
|Moodle
|moodle.abbeygatesfc.ac.uk
|-
|Ashton Sixth Form College
|Academy
|Canvas
|asfc.instructure.com
|-
|Barnsley Sixth Form College
|GFEC
|Moodle
|mymoodle.barnsley.ac.uk
|-
|Beverley High School
|Community
|Moodle
|moodle.beverleyhigh.net
|-
|Blue  Coat Church of England School and Music College
|Academy
|Moodle
|vle.blue-coat.org  (bloodle)
|-
|Brockenhurst College
|GFEC
|Canvas
|brock.instructure.com
|-
|Bury College
|GFEC
|Canvas
|burycollege.instructure.com
|-
|Chester International  School
|Studio School
|Canvas
|cis.instructure.com
|-
|East Durham College
|GFEC
|Canvas
|eastdurham.instructure.com
|-
|East Norfolk Sixth Form  College
|Academy
|Moodle
|moodle.eastnorfolk.ac.uk
|-
|Ernest Bevin Academy
|Academy
|Canvas
|ernestbevin.instructure.com
|-
|Greenhead College
|SFC/FE
|Moodle
|moodle.greenhead.ac.uk
|-
|Haringey Sixth Form College
|Academy
|Canvas
|haringey6.instructure.com
|-
|Hornsea School and Language  College
|Community
|Moodle
|www.hslc.co.uk/moodle
|-
|Itchen Sixth Form College
|GFEC
|Moodle
|see college site
|-
|King Alfred School
|Independent
|Canvas
|kingalfred.instructure.com
|-
|Kingdown School
|Academy
|Moodle
|media.kingdown.wilts.sch.uk
|-
|Lancaster Girls' Grammar  School
|Academy
|Moodle
|moodle.lggs.lancs.sch.uk
|-
|Middlesbrough College
|GFEC
|Canvas
|<nowiki>https://www.mbro.ac.uk/about-us/news/detail/2019/03/19/going-for-gold</nowiki>
|-
|Oakwood  Park Grammar School
|Academy
|Moodle
|www.opgs.org/page/?pid=152
|-
|Rochdale  Sixth Form College
|Academy
|Moodle
|vle.rochdalesfc.ac.uk
|-
|Rooks Heath School
|Academy
|Canvas
|mentioned on site
|-
|Salford City College Group  (Salford, Eccles, Pendleton all teach Sixth Form)
|Academy
|Canvas
|salfordcc.instructure.com
|-
|St Felix School
|Independent
|Canvas
|stfelix.instructure.com
|-
|St Mary Redcliffe and  Temple School
|Voluntary aided
|Moodle
|moodle.smrt.bristol.sch.uk
|-
|Sir Robert Woodard Academy  - Sixth Form
|Academy
|Canvas
|wsix.instructure.com
|-
|South Essex College - A  levels (Canvas for HE students)
|GFEC
|Moodle
|vle.southessex.ac.uk
|-
|University College  Birmingham Sixth Form Centre
|HE
|Canvas
|<nowiki>https://www.ucb.ac.uk/student-support/learning-support/canvas/</nowiki>
|-
|West Bridgford School
|Academy
|Brightspace
|mentioned on site
|-
|West Herts College
|GFEC
|Canvas
|whcgroup.instructure.com
|-
|Wyedean School and Sixth  Form Centre
|Academy
|Moodle
|mentioned on site
|-
|Yardleys School
|Academy
|Moodle
|www.yardleys-vle.com
|}




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This is a set of tables of virtual schools, schools and related entities of interest in England

Tables S Policies and strategies for ICT in Education

Table S.1 Policies and strategies for ICT in Education in schools

Date Policy Reference Brief description
2005 Harnessing Technology: Transforming Learning and Children's Services (Department for Education, 2005) "This document is the Department for Education and Skill's first cross-sector e-learning strategy. The strategy focuses on what the technology can do for informing and advising citizens, for supporting children and learners of all ages in their encounters with the system, and for transforming the experience of learning."
2010 New government closes Becta (Department for Education, 2012) "Becta was set up to lead the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning. ... our judgement is that schools are now in a position to manage much of this themselves." This was hotly disputed e.g. (Arthur, 2010).
2019 Realising the potential of technology in education: A strategy for education providers and the technology industry (Department for Education, 2019) From the Foreword: "We are living in a digitally enabled world where technology is increasingly part of our society. We owe it to our young people, and to anyone who wants to upskill, to do more to explore and reap the benefits that technology can bring. This strategy is the first step in helping us do just that across our education system."
2023 Accreditation for online education providers (Department for Education, 2023) "The online education services sector for children in England has grown rapidly in recent years. This type of provision is currently unregulated. Many providers now offer a full curriculum and may represent a child’s main or only source of formal education. The Department for Education (DfE) is introducing an accreditation scheme to reassure children, parents and local authorities of the quality of education and safeguarding arrangements offered by these providers."

Tables P Programmes and large projects

Table P.1 Programmes and large projects for schools

Date Policy Reference Brief description
1998 National Grid for Learning (Selwood, Smith, & Wisehart, 2001) "The National Grid for Learning (NGfL) was a UK government-funded gateway to educational resources on the Internet. It provided a curated collection of links to resources and materials of high quality. The NGfL was established to support schools in England, while separate grids were created for schools in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales." (Wikipedia, 2023)
2002-04 Laptops for Teachers (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2004) gives a comprehensive description of how a typical municipalities and its schools was to manage this scheme. "The Laptops for Teachers initiative was announced by the Secretary of State at the BETT 2002 exhibition on 9 January 2002. An extension of the initiative from two to four years and an increase in funding was announced by the Secretary of State in January 2003.

Laptop computers are being supplied to facilitate the flexible use of ICT equipment both at home or at school by teachers. 2004-05 is Year 3 of the scheme."

2003-10 Building Schools for the Future (National Audit Office, 2009) The BSF program aims: "to renew all 3,500 English secondary schools over the 15-year period 2005-2020, subject to future public spending decisions. It plans to entirely rebuild half the school estate, structurally remodel 35 per cent, and refurbish the rest. Refurbishment includes providing new ICT to recently built schools."

The "total capital cost of the programme will be between £52 and £55 billion". (ibid, p.7)

Tables R Research papers and commissioned reports

Table R.1 Research papers and commissioned reports for schools

Date Paper or report Reference Brief description
2010 Shaping contexts to realise the potential of technologies to support learning (Manches, Phillips, Crook, Chowcat, & Sharples, 2010) This was the final report on the CAPITAL project (Curriculum and Pedagogy in Technology Assisted Learning), undertaken by the University of Nottingham and Sero Consulting Ltd in association with Becta.

This project was initiated in support of the Government strategy for E-learning set out in the Harnessing Technology Strategy... and ended when this was discontinued after the change of Government in 2010."

2012 The Impact of Digital Technology on Learning (Higgins, Xiao, & Katsipataki, 2012) The report, commissioned by the Department for Education, recommended strategies towards the improvement of effective use of technology in the classroom.

It drew on meta-analysis and the “48 studies which synthesized primary research studies of the impact of technology on the attainment of school age learners (5–18-year-olds)”.

2015 Education Technology Action Group: Our reflections (ETAG, 2015) The report was commissioned by the UK government to explore how educational technology could be harnessed to transform teaching and learning experiences, including barriers and opportunities associated with educational technology and successful practices.
2022 Education technology for remote teaching (Department for Education, 2022) A review of UK evidence on remote teaching, including case studies and analysis highlighting what worked well when using EdTech to support remote teaching.
2022 Future opportunities for education technology in England (Vicentini, et al., 2022) "In December 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) appointed Ecorys UK to undertake a research project: Future opportunities for education technology in England. The project aimed to provide insights to the future of the EdTech market in England, considering likely developments in digital technology and education policy."
2023 Innovating Pedagogy 2023 (Open University and UCT, 2023) Designed to inform policy and practice, this annual report, now in its 10th iteration, highlights emerging trends and technologies education and their potential impact on teaching and learning.

Tables F Key Department for Education funding documents for education sectors during the Covid era

Table F.1 Key Department for Education funding documents for schools sector during the Covid era

Date Funding scheme Reference Brief description
2020-22 Get Help with Technology: £374m [?] The official announcement (Department for Education, 2020) now lacks detail.

[See NAO report]

This provided devices and increases in mobile data to those who met specified criteria, in order to access remote learning. The programme ran from April 2020 to June 2021 and then again from October 2021 to May 2022.

DfE said of the first phase: "We have invested over £160 million to support remote education. As part of that, during the summer term, we delivered over 220,000 laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children who would not otherwise have access to the internet." (FE News, 2020)

2022 All schools to have high-speed internet (Department for Education, 2022) " The £150 million provided to help schools upgrade their technology will include those in the department’s previously identified Education Investment Areas."


Tables S Interesting schools in England

Table S.1 Some of the largest schools in England

School Planned # Actual #
Nottingham Academy 3570 2337
Ashfield Comprehensive School 3146 2685
Walton High School, Milton Keynes 3000 2793
Beal High School 2840 2688
The Sydney Russell School 2670 2581
Exmouth Community College 2650 2225
Thomas Deacon Academy 2560 2378
Roundhay School 2500 2467
Ivybridge Community College 2500 2525
Robert Clack School 2500 2510
Homewood School 2156 2089
Brampton Manor Academy 2046 2795
Bitterne Park School 2000 2031
Oakgrove School, Milton Keynes 1945 2304
Tupton Hall School 1821 1556
Watling Academy 1800 480
Kingsdale Foundation School 1750 2466
Stantonbury School 1560 1532
Little Ilford School 1560 1542
Ridgewood School, Doncaster 1512 1396

Tables V Virtual schools in England

Table V.1 Virtual schools in England likely to be eligible for DfE accreditation

Virtual School Age Range GCSE A level VLE or main tool Notes
CambriLearn 5-18 Y Y My Top Dog VLE provider based in South Africa
Crimson Global Academy 11-16 Y Y Canvas
Gaia Learning 8-16 Y -
Kings Interhigh 7-18 Y Y Canvas in existence since 2005
Harrow Online School 16-18 - Y Pearson Connexus Closing end 2024
Minerva’s Virtual Academy 11-18 Y Y BTEC also
My Online Schooling 7-18 Y Y Canvas
National Extension College 16-18 Y Y Moodle in existence online since 2011
Nisai Virtual Academy 11 - 18 Y Y Adobe Connect (not a VLE)
Oxford Homeschooling 11-18 Y Y Moodle
Oxford Online School 11-18 Y Y
Sophia High School 4-16 Y Google Classroom
The Online School 15-16 Y
UK Virtual School 5-16 Y
Wolsey Hall 5-18 Y Y Canvas


Tables L VLEs in educational institutions

Table L.1 VLEs in schools or colleges with Sixth Form A level provision at 16-18

School Type VLE URL
AbbeyGate Sixth Form College Free school Moodle moodle.abbeygatesfc.ac.uk
Ashton Sixth Form College Academy Canvas asfc.instructure.com
Barnsley Sixth Form College GFEC Moodle mymoodle.barnsley.ac.uk
Beverley High School Community Moodle moodle.beverleyhigh.net
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Academy Moodle vle.blue-coat.org (bloodle)
Brockenhurst College GFEC Canvas brock.instructure.com
Bury College GFEC Canvas burycollege.instructure.com
Chester International School Studio School Canvas cis.instructure.com
East Durham College GFEC Canvas eastdurham.instructure.com
East Norfolk Sixth Form College Academy Moodle moodle.eastnorfolk.ac.uk
Ernest Bevin Academy Academy Canvas ernestbevin.instructure.com
Greenhead College SFC/FE Moodle moodle.greenhead.ac.uk
Haringey Sixth Form College Academy Canvas haringey6.instructure.com
Hornsea School and Language College Community Moodle www.hslc.co.uk/moodle
Itchen Sixth Form College GFEC Moodle see college site
King Alfred School Independent Canvas kingalfred.instructure.com
Kingdown School Academy Moodle media.kingdown.wilts.sch.uk
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School Academy Moodle moodle.lggs.lancs.sch.uk
Middlesbrough College GFEC Canvas https://www.mbro.ac.uk/about-us/news/detail/2019/03/19/going-for-gold
Oakwood Park Grammar School Academy Moodle www.opgs.org/page/?pid=152
Rochdale Sixth Form College Academy Moodle vle.rochdalesfc.ac.uk
Rooks Heath School Academy Canvas mentioned on site
Salford City College Group (Salford, Eccles, Pendleton all teach Sixth Form) Academy Canvas salfordcc.instructure.com
St Felix School Independent Canvas stfelix.instructure.com
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School Voluntary aided Moodle moodle.smrt.bristol.sch.uk
Sir Robert Woodard Academy - Sixth Form Academy Canvas wsix.instructure.com
South Essex College - A levels (Canvas for HE students) GFEC Moodle vle.southessex.ac.uk
University College Birmingham Sixth Form Centre HE Canvas https://www.ucb.ac.uk/student-support/learning-support/canvas/
West Bridgford School Academy Brightspace mentioned on site
West Herts College GFEC Canvas whcgroup.instructure.com
Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre Academy Moodle mentioned on site
Yardleys School Academy Moodle www.yardleys-vle.com




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