Primary Goal (www.primarygoal.co.uk), a Coventry-based education business, is to create 30 apprenticeship posts as it looks to help schools get to grips with digital learning. The company is creating the positions as part of its Teachers Apprentice Programme, which has been specifically designed to help schools embrace digital learning and technology.

Founded by Louise Campton, Primary Goal has developed through the University of Warwick Science Park’s Ignite incubator programme. It has now moved into a new base at the University of Warwick Science Park’s Business Innovation Centre in Binley.

Each apprentice will be based at a school full-time to support teachers on tech-related matters such as log-in and printer issues, projector bulb replacement and the use of green screens, while helping them to use technology across all curriculum subjects.The apprentices will complete a six- to eight-week training programme before being placed in a school.

This programme combines personality assessment, confidence and social skills, on-line computing and technology assessment, face-to-face training using curriculum technology, e-safety and support towards engaging teachers and interacting with children.

Once the learners have been selected for a post in a school, they will work towards a Microsoft Level 3 and 4 IT apprenticeship framework, combined with the Microsoft Educators Award.