Narrowing the digital divide in schools and colleges

Overview

This consultation sets out the Department for Education’s long-term vision for narrowing the digital divide in schools and colleges, focusing on proposals for the future of the  digital and technology standards.

The document is split into three sections, outlining proposals and gathering evidence aligned to three key aims:

• Prioritising essential technology infrastructure
• Managing the risks of technology
• Harnessing the opportunities of technology

To help inform future policy development, this document also seeks to gather wider evidence, including:

• the readiness of the sector to meet these six core digital and technology standards
• any barriers schools and colleges face in meeting the standards
• the support the sector requires to meet the standards
• examples of best practice in harnessing the benefits of technology
• evidence gaps that the sector would like the Department to help with filling 

Your views will help us refine our approach and ensure that all students benefit from the opportunities that technology offers.