Free STEM Provision Checker for Schools
Answer ten questions about your equipment, staff confidence and STEM activities. Get a printable report with practical next steps.
The STEM provision checker is a free self-review for computing, science and STEM leads in UK schools. It takes about five minutes, runs in your browser and gives a printable report with your strengths, up to three priorities, practical next steps, and workshops, training and national support that fit your answers.
Question 1 of 10
What the report covers
Where you are now
Equipment, staff confidence and training, curriculum coverage and enrichment, each rated in plain words: working well, worth developing or a priority.
Up to three priorities
Each with why it matters, practical things your school can do this term, and where to find help.
Help that fits
Workshops matched to your pupils’ year groups, staff training where it applies, and free or national support.
The ten questions
The checker asks about the pupils and subject you are reviewing, then the equipment, staff and activities behind it.
- Which pupils are you reviewing?
- Which subject are you reviewing?
- Which hands-on equipment can pupils use in school? Tick all that apply.
- How often does a typical class use that equipment?
- How confident are most teachers teaching this subject?
- How confident are staff setting up and running the equipment without help?
- When did staff last have training specific to this subject?
- Which areas feel least well covered at the moment? Choose up to three.
- What STEM enrichment did pupils get in the last year? Tick all that apply.
- What are your priorities for the next 12 months? Choose up to two.