We provide inspiration and support for more effective teaching and learning.
Knetic Education are a team of education consultants working together to provide support for schools. Although we are based in the North East of England we work nationally with a number of partner organisations.
Having previously worked as classroom teachers, and in school improvement roles, we have a vast range of classroom, management and school improvement experience.
While our main specialism is integrating learning technologies in the classroom, we are passionate about improving pedagogy too.
We offer a complete range of services and approaches from in-class support through coaching and mentoring to team-teaching and delivering CPD.
Our approach offers complete flexibility to ensure you get the support you require to realise your vision.
We hope you take the opportunity to explore the services we offer and how we can work together.
Why Knetic?
We chose the name Knetic as it represents the energy of movement. Ok so we played with the spelling a bit, but we hope that to our customers it still embodies our desire to help you move toward your goals – whatever they may be.
We work nationally delivering courses to empower teachers not only to use technology but to improve their pedagogy. We have decades of experience in supporting the use of learning technologies to inspire and motivate learners.
Our subscribers enjoy on-demand strategic advice at a time that suits them – reassured that we are here when they need us. Other clients like to hire us in for specific projects – either way, you can be assured of great service.
Media Services
We are here to support you with your media projects too. We offer filmmaking services or we can work with your learners to develop their filmmaking skills. The same is true for music production, sound recording and photography.
Our Partnerships
We are lead trainers for the Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Programme (Teep) and provide mentor support to schools doing the Embedding Formative Assessment (EFA) programme
We run a digital schoolhouse covering Sunderland and Durham
We run the CAS – Computing at School support hub for Sunderland offering free advice and CPD on computing
We provide support for Durham schools under the computing service level agreement.
We run an Apple Regional Training Centre providing free training and advice to schools that want to make effective use of Apple technologies for teaching & learning
Meet the team
Mark Lloyd
Director - Educator
Mark Lloyd is an Education consultant specialising in providing inspiration and support for more effective teaching and learning.
A self-confessed geek, he loves nothing more than working with teachers to explore how they can raise standards of teaching and learning using technology. Mark has worked in education for his entire career. Starting as a Primary School Teacher, in Sunderland, before moving on to spend ten years managing a schools ICT centre and more recently as Local Authority ICT advisor and member of the school improvement team. His vast experience of delivering strategies for effective teaching and learning strategies has enabled him to work in schools throughout the UK to provide training, strategic advice and in-class support on raising teacher effectiveness.
He has worked with a number of schools on support and strategic planning for mobile device rollouts and the associated training, coaching and mentoring of staff. Mark is an Apple Professional Learning Specialist (APLS), CEOP Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator and Adobe Education Trainer.
He has a particular interest in music technology, film-making, photography and digital media production.
In his spare time you’ll find him composing music, running, and attempting to make the perfect flat white.
Jane Adamson
Director - Educator
Jane Adamson is an Education consultant with a passion for enhancing teaching and learning using IT.
Jane is an experienced teacher who has worked with Primary and secondary aged students. She has many years experience of delivering fun and engaging activities to children and teachers that inspire and motivate them to succeed in traditionally hard to teach areas such as computing.
As any job evolves over time she has adapted different approaches as the curriculum has developed. She is a TEEP trainer working for SSAT (the schools, students and teachers network)
Jane is an Adobe certified trainer & Apple Learning Coach.
She also delivers online safety training and activities in schools. The team are a regional training centre for Apple technology.
What have we been up to?
Supporting Your School’s Online Safety: We Are Now Accredited 360° Safe Assessors
Having been involved in online safety education for many years we’re thrilled to share that we are are now officially accredited assessors for the 360° Safe tool, developed by SWGfL. This means we're ready to support schools just like yours in reviewing,...
One of Our Favourite Devices to Teach Coding: Meet Sphero Indi
If you're on the lookout for a fun, hands-on way to teach coding in your classroom, let us introduce you to one of our absolute favourites: the Sphero indi. It might be small, but don’t let that fool you—this little robot car packs a serious punch when it comes...
Confident Computing: Preparing Trainees to Inspire the Next Generation
Training future teachers on their journey to deliver the primary computing curriculum is about more than learning how to use digital tools, it’s about building confidence, creativity, and strong classroom practice. In our training, the focus is on key...
Looking for some quick “coffee break” CPD?
Check out Raspberry Pi’s Pedagogy Quick Reads Let’s be honest—turning big, abstract ideas like AI and computational thinking into meaningful, engaging lessons isn’t always easy. Whether you’re teaching Year 4 about algorithms or helping GCSE students unpick the magic...
It’s awesome when we can empower learners to use technology.
I recently had the pleasure of working with the brilliant Year 5 Podcast Tech Team at Fulwell Junior School, helping them get to grips with their brand-new podcasting equipment. Their enthusiasm was infectious—they came brimming with creative ideas for their own shows...
Who is Dan? We launch our new online safety assembly for primary schools
For a number of years, we have been successfully delivering online safety assemblies in Primary and Secondary schools. We have to keep moving forward and keeping things fresh. We chose the Anti-Bullying Childrens' Conference to launch our new assembly "Who is Dan?"...
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