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The brilliant Kim Jeanes, Colin Lamont, and Morag Shaw (35+ years of teaching experience and Advanced Higher Principal Assessor) have written a brand-new, completely unseen National 5 Computing Science Prelim & Marking Scheme! It is an amazing premium resource designed to save your department hours of time.

117 hours of collective professional learning in a single evening. Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science by collaborating, and driving change from the ground up.

🚨 STACS In-Person Connect Event: Glasgow! (Monday 8th June, 5pm–7pm)

Join us at St Aloysius' College for an evening of networking, practical ideas, and community! Whether you are a Secondary CS teacher, a Primary specialist, or an incoming PGDE student, we have a fantastic lineup of workshops tailored just for you—including the launch of our brand-new STACS Upskilling Platform.

🎁 Plus an exclusive bonus: Every attendee will walk away with a brand-new, completely unseen National 5 CS Prelim & Marking Scheme written by Advanced Higher Principal Assessor Morag Shaw!

Free entry, food, and refreshments included. [Read more and book your ticket]

At STACS, we believe that every pupil in Scotland deserves equity of access to Computing Science. However, achieving this goal depends on one vital factor: Recruitment.

To change this, we need to build a sustainable pipeline of new teachers. The STACS Computing Science Teacher Insight Initiative is looking for schools and departments to host prospective applicants for short, 1–2 day observational visits.

A huge thank you to the teachers who shared their experiences and insights. All contributions shared through STACS were anonymised and fed into national discussions. The Scottish Government is now preparing a report focused specifically on Computing Science, due to be published.