Looking forward to 2024/25

After a thorough review and consultation with educators, we have gradually retired our older courses, replacing them over the past three years with three new courses - Innovate for Climate Change, App for Social Action and AI for Good.

There are a number of benefits to delivering our new courses. We draw on the very best teaching and learning approaches; course delivery is shorter and more flexible; plus the courses are Skills Builder accredited and mapped to UK computing curriculums.

Now that we’ve introduced our new courses, our focus turns to making sure we reach even more schools, specifically those in challenging circumstances. We’re exploring new ways to reach educators, which are sympathetic to the incredibly busy schedules of school leaders and classroom teachers.

We recognise that we’re on a continuous learning journey, so the more feedback we glean from students and teachers, the more we learn, the more we iterate and the greater impact we will have. That’s why we’re so keen to receive feedback from schools! We’re implementing new processes to increase our survey response rates and exploring ways to make personalised impact data available to schools.

Our Theory of Change connects our day-to-day work to our mission and vision. As well measuring our impact on short-term outcomes (on students’ computing and essential skills), it’s also important for us to understand our impact on long-term outcomes. That’s why we will continue to receive support from the Hg Foundation to deliver an independent evaluation of the App for Social Action course with the Institute of Employment Studies. We're excited to discover what impact our courses have on students' subject choices.

We will continue to evolve our impact measurement approach to ensure it is robust and provides actionable insights. We’re committed to sharing what we learn along the way and will remain transparent about our impact journey. As we celebrate 15 years of Apps for Good in 2025, we’re excited to hear from previous Apps for Good students about what they’re doing now! If you are Apps for Good alumni, do get in touch by emailing us at contact@appsforgood.org .

In the year ahead we look forward to working with new and existing partners who are pivotal to providing our courses free of charge to schools, as well as providing the industry engagement opportunities and inspirational role models that are so valuable to the young people at the heart of our work. If you would like to volunteer your time or have access to funding opportunities, we’d love to hear from you. Find out how you can get involved.