Al Kingsley MBE

Schools know only too well how tricky it is to keep students safe as they learn online. However, the issue has become increasingly complex over the last couple of years as education at times moved out of the classroom, into the home and often out of…

Al Kingsley, Group CEO at NetSupport, chair of a Multi-Academy Trust and an AP Academy, and ambassador for the Digital Poverty Alliance, discusses how schools can help teach students respectful and responsible online behaviours and awareness on this…

Approaches to digital safeguarding In 2021 the online safety of students became a major concern. Al Kingsley has some starting points for a planned approach to digital safeguarding. A problem going nowhere, As schools are increasingly reliant on…

There’s a technological growth spurt in the classroom and, as a result, our kid’s digital footprints are getting bigger and bigger. That means a feast of data for the big tech providers. Hackneyed as the phrase is now beginning to sound, Generation Z…

Read in 9 minutes Al Kingsley explains how to embed digital citizenship skills... Even as adults, we may not be totally up to speed with every aspect of digital citizenship. There are nine key areas – passwords, privacy, personal information,…

Al Kingsley is CEO of NetSupport, Chair of 2 Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK and a regular presenter on all things #EdTech. @AlKingsley_edu. As in-person activities were curtailed at the start of the pandemic and children’s physical worlds suddenly…

Read in about 10 minutes Al Kingsley explains the role of EdTech in fostering parental engagement during remote education and beyond... Every primary school aspires to good parental engagement. It’s a well-evidenced fact that the more involved…