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

Close gaps with disciplinary literacy

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #9 – Close gaps with disciplinary literacy   Audience – Key stages…

High quality interactions

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #8 – High quality interactions   Audience – Staff working with all…

Rosenshine’s principles

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #7 – Use Rosenshine’s principles to improve teaching and learning   This…

Cure the spelling headaches!

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #6 – Curing the spelling headaches!   Audience – Key stages 1,…

Understand effective leadership in early years as a headteacher

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #5 – Understanding effective leadership in early years as a headteacher  …

Phonics subject knowledge

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #4 – Phonics subject knowledge   Audience – EYFS, key stages 1,…

Planning for practice in mathematics

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #3 – Planning for practice in mathematics   Audience – Key stages…

Dive deeper as a subject leader

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #2 – Diving deeper as a subject leader   Audience – Subject…

Helping words stick

By Neil Brown

< 20 Opportunities to improve your school Opportunity #1 – Helping words stick   Audience – Key Stages 1, 2,…

The Graduated Approach: Introduction for parents/and carers

By Neil Brown

For parents/and carers of children who think their child has or may have Special Education Needs or Disabilities Audience: SENDCos…