Case Study - School-based Innovations and Projects


Case Studies focusing on school-based innovations and projects
31 October 2011In March 2011 the judges visited St Aloysius after the school had been nominated for the Northern Grid Overall Excellence Award. They were impressed by what they saw and especially by the work of Myris Groom the ICT Network Leader working across the whole school with Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.
27 October 2011All Saints School opened in 2003 to provide a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school, with a capacity of 600 students, aided by the Diocese of York. The school is within the Parish of St Francis of Assisi and is within easy walking distance of many of the students who attend the school. There are now 632 students on roll in Years 7 to 11. The school has been oversubscribed each year since opening.
All Saints is unique in many ways and student leadership is a strength which is rapidly...
19 August 2011Cullercoats Primary School, North Tyneside won the Personalisation Primary Award at the 2011 Northern Grid ICT in Education Awards
Emerging technology can often be more commonly associated with a secondary learning environment, and Gavin Storey, (Headteacher,...
19 August 2011St Peter’s C of E Primary School won the Collaboration through Technology Primary Award with their Partner School, Kilton Thorpe School
The School
St Peter’s C of E Primary School is a large primary school located in East Cleveland, incorporating two SEN bases. We deliver a broad and balanced...
25 July 2011Redcar Community College was the Winner in the Overall Excellence Category of the Northern Grid Awards 2010. This Case study looks at what they achieved and how they accomplished this, giving valuable insight for schools wanting to improve their ICT integration.
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22 July 2011
Tuned In! won the PSHE Secondary Award at the Northern Grid ICT in Education Awards 2011.
Tuned In! is a local authority wide project involving students from a number of secondary schools across the Borough of Redcar and...
26 May 2011Cockerton Primary School, Darlington
Cockerton Primary School was Highly Commended in the Overall Excellence Category of the Northern Grid Awards 2010. This case study describes their journey from a school with little ICT equipment and very little enthusiasm for ICT to one where ICT is embedded across the whole school. There were challenges along the way and more to come but the dedication of head teacher Chris Metcalfe and the school staff ensures that they find solutions. In...
13 May 2011A pilot project / case study facilitated by Northern Grid for learning and Lush Places Media.
Northern Grid is always keen to promote and facilitate the use of cutting edge technology in its partner schools....
13 May 2011
Innovative Curriculum at Normanby is a series of case studies based on the
award winning primary school Normanby in Middlesbrough.
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04 January 2011
Shaping Learner Landscapes is a project set up by North Tyneside School Improvement Service to allow schools to explore enquiry based learning over an extended period of time supported by ICT.
This case study looks at one particular Shaping Learner Landscapes project with Norham Community...
12 October 2010
Developing Student Improvement Leaders is one of our Schools Innovation Projects and it aims to make use of new technologies to impact on teaching and learning.
All Saints VA CE School in Stockton will be developing a
27 April 2010

This Case Study by Redby Primary School, Sunderland, looks at how their school went about holding an E-Safety Week.
21 January 2010
A meeting of the minds: Learn how a group of Essex schools use videoconferencing to provide stretch and challenge to able, gifted and talented learners across a technological network.
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21 January 2010
Learn how the success of a pilot project involving primary school pupils taking music lessons over videoconferencing, encouraged Dumfries & Galloway Council to invest in upgrading their broadband network to deliver cost effective teaching to a greater number of pupils.
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16 January 2007
Chandlers Ridge Primary School in Middlesbrough look at Video Conferencing in collaboration with the National History Museum.