Matthew Wimpenny-Smith

BSc (Hons), PGDip, PGCE, QTS, FCCT

Senior Lecturer in ITE: Partnerships & Computing

School of Education, Humanities and Languages

Role

My role here at Oxford Brookes is to lecture on the Initial Teacher Training (ITE) as well as provide the subject knowledge leadership and expertise for Computing. I teach both the PGCE and BA courses and work with partnerships, including School Direct and other organisations.

As part of my extended role, I am also seconded one day a week to the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) as the Primary Lead for the Bucks and Oxon Computing Hub as well as a member of both the NCCE Subject Practitioners Panel and British Computing Society (BCS) School Curriculum and Assessment Committee.

Teaching and supervision

Modules taught

PGCE 5-11 and 3-7
BA Primary Teacher Education
School Direct Programme

Teaching PGCE and BA Initial Teacher Education.

Primary and Secondary Computing.

In service teacher training in Computing through Bucks and Oxon Computing Hub.

Research

School Computing Education, Digital Stratergy and Edtech
Computer science education, prorgamming and physical computing
Teacher professional development
School Managment and Leadership.

Areas of expertise

Computing Education and Edtech
Primary and Secondary School Education
Information Technology and Digital Stratergy in Education
School management and Leadership.

Publications

Other

Leading Primary Computing: reflections from the subject leader Community
BCS Academy - Computing at School, Mar 22, 2022
Agile Computing Lessons
Raspberry Pi Foundation - HelloWorld Magazine, Mar 1, 2022
Could curriculum design be as simple as ABC?
HelloWorld Magazine Raspberry Pi Foundation, Sep 28, 2020
Using a design book in computing
Hampshire County Council HIAS School Improvement, Apr 22, 2020
A Year in Design
HelloWorld Magazine, Sep 19, 2019
One Design Three Ways article
HelloWorld Magazine, Jan 16, 2019
Teaching Scratch Jr to Year 1
HelloWorld Magazine, Apr 7, 2017.

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching
Member of the BCS School Curriculum and Assessment Commitee
Member of the NCCE Subject Practitioners Panel
Member of CAS (Computing at School) and Leader of the local Community of Practice.

Conferences

I have presented at the CAS (Computing at School) National Conference at Birmingham University, CAS London Conference and at the University of Hertfordshire Computing Education Conference.

Consultancy

I have provided consultancy in Computing Education to a number of local schools in both Oxfordshire and Bucks mainly through my work as Teach Computing Hub Lead for Bucks and Oxon.

Further details

I am a highly trained Educationalist and Computing professional who has over 16 years of experience in teaching across both primary and secondary schools. I have extensive knowledge of School Leadership and Management having previously held the post of Assistant Headteacher, Digital Strategy at Headington Prep School Oxford. I have strong skills in leading teacher development and training through my role as Computing Hub Leader and as a Subject Matter Expert for Computing.

Prior to my career in education, I worked in the IT Industry as a Consultant and Systems Support Analyst.

Below is a list of my achievements and publications

2014 - Awarded Computing At School (CAS): BCS Certificate of Computer Science Teaching
2016 - CAS Primary Community Leader for Oxfordshire Primary
2017 - Raspberry Pi Certified Educator
2017 - CEOP Ambassador
2017 - Article written for Hello World Magazine
2017 - Member of BCS School Curriculum and Assessment Committee
2018 - Admitted as CAS Master Teacher
2018 - Presented at CAS National Conference
2019 - Member of the NCCE and RPi Subject Practitioners Panel
2019 - Awarded Google Educator Level 1
2019 - Awarded NCCE STEM Learning Associate Facilitators CPD Mark
2019 - Article written for HelloWorld Magazine
2020 - Presented at CAS London conference with Jane Waite
2020 - Admitted as a Fellow of Chartered College of Teaching
2020 - Article written for HelloWorld Magazine issue 14
2021 - Member of the BCS Digital Literacy Working Group
2022 - Awarded STEM Learning Lead Facilitator CPD Mark
2022 - Article written for HelloWorld Magazine about the STEM process in Primary.

I have been teaching since 2005 in both secondary and primary as a Teacher, Subject Leader of Computing and Assistant Head Teacher. Prior to my career in education I worked in the IT Industry as a Consultant and Systems Support Analyst.

I am a CAS Master Teacher, Community of Practice Leader, BCS Certified Computer Science Teacher, Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, CEOP Ambassador and I am Lead Facilitator for National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE). On Thusdays I work for the NCCE delivering CPD as Primary Schools Lead and SME of the Teach Computing Bucks and Oxon Computing Hub.

I helped to produce content for the new Teach Computing Curriuclum and complete by CSA. I have also written a number of articles for HelloWorld magazine in conjunction with Jane Waite. Recently, I was admitted as a Fellow of Chartered College of Teaching.

I am a member of the BCS School Curriculum and Assessment Committee and the NCCE Subject Practitioners Panel.