Evaluation of the IntoTech Programme
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Speakers for Schools and the Hg Foundation are jointly funding a pilot of the IntoTech programme, which will deliver a series of interventions for young people in state secondary schools with the aim of inspiring them to consider a career in technology.
The pilot programme will be delivered during the 2024-25 academic year and will offer talks, employer-led career insight days and work experience for young people in Years 10 and 11 in 20 schools. Key target groups will be less advantaged young people and girls.
Speakers for Schools has commissioned NFER, in partnership with ImpactEd, to carry out an evaluation of the IntoTech pilot year. The purpose of the evaluation is to gain an understanding of programme effectiveness and impacts, with a view to informing an impact evaluation of a subsequent three-year programme.
The pilot year evaluation will involve the following activities for schools:
- the collection of monitoring information on pupil participation in IntoTech in the 20 pilot schools using ImpactEd’s School Impact Platform (a digital platform that integrates with schools’ MIS to enable GDPR-compliant, secure and easy sharing of key pupil information)
- qualitative telephone interviews with teachers in 10 out of the 20 schools
- three case-study visits to schools to gather qualitative data from staff and students on programme delivery and perceived outcomes.
The evaluation will also include interviews with IntoTech programme managers and strand leads, we well as employers involved in programme delivery.
For more information about the evaluation and how personal data will be collected and processed, please read the relevant information sheet(s) and privacy notice(s) at the top of this page.