Developing your vision

Part 1 — What is your why?

Your digital strategy extends beyond an equipment inventory. It functions as a roadmap for leveraging technology to support your institution’s primary objectives.

Whether your goals involve enhancing academic performance, increasing student engagement, or fostering inclusive educational environments, beginning with your “why” guarantees that every choice aligns with institutional principles. This prevents technology from becoming a standalone objective and instead transforms it into a meaningful instrument for institutional advancement.

Part 2 — Watch a range of examples

Watch a range of examples of effective digital strategies from across the EdTech Hubs programme.

The Park Federation

Embedding technology at the heart of teaching and learning.

Whitefield Primary School

Ensuring technology use helps you achieve your school’s teaching and learning vision and ethos.

Exning Primary School

Getting EdTech use aligned to the vision and ethos of the school.

LEO Academy Trust

How to resource your digital strategy.

Woodland Academy Trust

Inclusive practice for all at the heart of a digital strategy.

Ribblesdale School

Managing the change effectively.

Highfurlong School

Ensuring EdTech use supports your school’s ethos and vision.

Royal Grammar School, Worcester

The key role of senior leadership.

Key questions

What specific challenges are you trying to solve with digital technology?
How will a digital approach help us achieve our school improvement goals?
What does success look like for our students, staff, and community?

Next steps

Form a Digital Strategy Steering Group with representatives from different departments.
Conduct a digital visioning workshop with key stakeholders to brainstorm and prioritise your “whys”.
Draft a preliminary vision statement based on the outcomes.