Festival Of Computing
We are back on Wednesday 1st July 2026 for another fantastic day of networking, CPD, inspirational speakers and fantastic prize giveaways!
Main sponsor
Cambridge OCR are kindly sponsoring and hosting our returning “Fringe Event” in the afternoon as well as our post festival drinks social.
Learn more about their products, services and what they have to offer you and your students.
Headline sponsor
AQA are this years festival headline sponsor! As well as sponsoring the whole day and the marketplace they will be delivering an exciting key note in the afternoon.
Learn more about their products, services and what they have to offer you and your students.
Main sponsor
VEX Robotics are kindly sponsoring our pre-event social the night before the festival, a great opportunity to mix and mingle with the great and good!
Learn more about their products, services and what they have to offer you and your students.
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.
View the AgendaA 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.
All the good bits!
All the good bits from 2025 are back, including our high quality CPD sessions, pre-event social, big marketplace marquee and the fringe event!
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.
On-site accommodation
In Housman Hall provided by Bromsgrove School went down a storm, so we are repeating this. We are hoping to expand this to offer even more spaces. A great chance to mix and mingle before the big day!
Want to be the first to know about 2026?
Register your interest here
Making Learning Computer Science Fun
Paul Curzon, Professor of Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London gives our opening key note of the festival!
Keynote Speaker "The Craig'n'Dave universe"
Craig’n’Dave outline their plans for 2026-27.
Key note TBA
Details coming soon!
CPD Sessions
A range of guest speaker CPD sessions for you to attend.
VEX Robotics pre-event social
A chance to network, meet, relax, eat and socialise at our pre-event curry supper social in the stunning grounds of Bromsgrove school.
The AQA Marketplace
Meet exhibitors and speakers during break-out, lunch, the fringe and networking times at the AQA Marketplace.
Cambridge OCR post-event social and Fringe event
Cambridge OCR will be hosting our afternoon Fringe event and our post festival drinks social.
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 SchoolOur 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.
Get directionsIn 2024 & 2025
Craig'n'Dave Festival of Computing
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