Funding worth £2 million has been allocated to the programme which is to be delivered during the next two years via the existing Network of Excellence run by BCS, the chartered institute for IT.
The idea is that each master will pass on their training to 40 schools, meaning computing teachers in 16,000 primary and secondary schools will receive training around the new computing curriculum and the computer science GCSE.
The draft curriculum has a strong emphasis on the principles of computer science and practical programming, including algorithms, coding and hardware. The GCSE is to be included as a science option for the English Baccalaureate from January 2014.
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