Festival Of Computing

We are back on Wednesday 1st July 2026 for another fantastic day of networking, CPD, inspirational speakers and fantastic prize giveaways!

1st July

About The Festival of computing

The Ultimate Secondary Computing Education Event of 2026!

We’re building on the huge success of The Festival of Computing 2025 — a day of inspiration, innovation, and collaboration for secondary computing teachers.

Featuring CPD sessions, top industry speakers, and an opportunity to connect with like-minded people. Whether you’re looking to refine your teaching or explore the latest in computing education, this is the annual event you can’t afford to miss.

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A look back at 2025

This is what happened last year... what a festival!

Making a great event even better!

More of what you want in 2026, thanks to your feedback.

In 2025 we trialled some changes, we took all your feedback on board and have made sure to give you more of what you want.

Returning: Fringe Event

A chance for our market stall holders to make their pitches and share their ideas on teaching and learning in Computing.

The "Big" festival marquee

A huge, dedicated marquee on Gordon Green went down so well this year we have secured it again for 2026.

More Coffee + Decaf options and more water.

We bought you more coffee last year, but forgot the decaf option!
We are also making sure there is more water available at all times.

3 CPD sessions

In 2025 we moved from 2 x 1-hour sessions to 3 x 45-minute sessions.
On the whole this went down very well, so we are keeping this format.
Marketplace holders and presenters will be given the option to sign up this year to!

On-site accommodation

In Housman Hall provided by Bromsgrove School went down a storm, so we are repeating this.

Pre-event social

The pre-event social was a huge success, we are waiting for sponsors for this event, but it will be back... with drinks at the pub afterwards!

In the first week of July each year

2026 tickets available in the Autumn

The 2026 Craig'n'Dave Festival of Computing

Keynote Speaker - TBA

Key note speaker to be announced.

Keynote Speaker "The Craig'n'Dave universe"

Craig’n’Dave outlined their plans for 2026-27.

CPD Sessions

A range of guest speaker CPD sessions for you to attend.

Marketplace & Fringe

Meet exhibitors and speakers at break-out, lunch, the fringe and networking times.

Prize draw

We gave away over £3000 of goodies at the 2025 festival, we want to make it even bigger and better for 2026!

Event Agenda

Wednesday 1st July

Agenda to come

Once we have our agenda sorted we will update this page.

Co-founded and hosted in partnership with

Bromsgrove School

Our very special thanks to the inimitable John Palmer and Frances Round for helping us to organise this event for secondary school teachers.

Five hundred year old Bromsgrove is one of Britain’s finest boarding and day schools. In spectacular facilities, spread over one hundred acres, offering staggering breadth and first division academic performance to over two thousand children, aged two to eighteen, from fifty four nationalities.

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