The price of unfulfilled potential is a lifetime of missed opportunity — a loss not only for the individual but the country as a whole.

The Sutton Trust

What DigiSmart delivers

  • DigiSmart improves attainment, motivating under-achieving Year 5 children from poor and low-income backgrounds to make significant learning gains, especially in literacy and ICT
  • DigiSmart puts children who aren’t making sufficient progress on track to achieve a secure Level 4 at the end of Key Stage 2
  • DigiSmart boosts children’s self-esteem and has a positive impact on attendance and behaviour, which transfers back into the classroom and supports their overall learning
  • DigiSmart has a life-changing effect on Year 5 children’s self-assurance as they approach the crucial transition from primary to secondary school
  • DigiSmart gives vulnerable children the skills and confidence to use the Internet effectively and, crucially, safely
  • DigiSmart assesses and documents individual children’s progress, so schools can demonstrate exactly what they are doing to ensure all children fulfil their potential
  • DigiSmart offers valuable professional development for teaching and support staff, which informs and enhances their wider practice
  • DigiSmart facilitates parental engagement, particularly with harder-to-reach groups
  • DigiSmart promotes and celebrates achievement and success, in school and across the whole community