Neil Brown

School Improvement Advisor
Computing
neil.brown@northtyneside.gov.uk

Neil Brown became a School Improvement Advisor for North Tyneside in 2010.

Prior to his work with Education North Tyneside, he spent two years working across two City Learning Centres, delivering creative technology events for all school phases, and six years as a primary school teacher and  ICT subject leader.

Neil now supports schools with computing and all aspects of technology, providing high quality training, subject leadership, curriculum planning and demonstration lessons for staff and students from all key stages.

Neil has led major initiatives on digital inclusion, online safety and has forged strong relationships with local and national organisations to develop STEM teaching and learning in the North East; through the IET’s FIRST LEGO League programmes and partnerships with local technology companies.

Neil’s educational passion is creative uses of technology and developing resources to support outstanding teaching and learning of computing in schools.

Articles by Neil Brown

FIRST LEGO League – Gateshead and Grown-ups

By Neil Brown

This year we are bringing FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge to another new part of the North East. In the third in this…

FIRST LEGO League, taking on Teesside

By Neil Brown

In my first article in this series of three, I introduced you to FIRST® LEGO® League and our outstanding partnership with…

FIRST LEGO League & Sage, our winning partnership

By Neil Brown

This year will see our biggest ever year of FIRST® LEGO® League events as we deliver five tournaments in March…

North Tyneside Headteacher Conference

By Neil Brown

Addressing the gender imbalance in STEM subjects

By Neil Brown

Still only 24% of people working in the Tech Industry are women. The underrepresentation of women and girls in STEM…

North Tyneside Headteacher Conference 2025

By Neil Brown

We are delighted to announce that our 2025 North Tyneside Headteacher Conference 14th February 2025 is now open for booking.…

Support the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2024

By Neil Brown

Our team at Education North Tyneside work closely with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to deliver FIRST® LEGO®…

Which device is best for primary school physical computing? BBC micro:bit Vs The Crumble controller

By Neil Brown

  In the realm of educational microcontrollers, the BBC micro:bit and the Crumble controller from Redfearn Electronics stand out as…