Spurs in the Community STEM Lab
Bring STEM learning to life through football-inspired challenges. Students explore coding, robotics and engineering through hands-on activities.
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Overview
Bring a full day of hands-on STEM learning to school with a Spurs in the Community STEM Lab.
Delivered by an experienced STEM team, the programme features 4 interactive sessions that use football to explore coding, robotics, engineering and problem-solving.
Students take on challenges with Sphero, Ozobot Evo and LEGO® SPIKE™, developing coding, analytical and engineering skills through practical activities.
The experience builds creativity, teamwork and computational thinking while showing how STEM is used in football and beyond. Students also explore careers in technology, engineering, coding, data and sport, helping them connect classroom learning to real-world opportunities.
Activities can be adapted for different ages and abilities including SEND and EAL learners.
Details
- Curriculum links
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- Mathematics
- Computing
- Design and technology
- Group size
- Whole class
4 interactive sessions, each for up to 30 students
- Participation level
- Hands-on
- Duration
- Whole day
- Dates
- 12 October 2026 – 16 July 2027
- Cost
- Cost applies
£550 per day
Schools in Haringey can access a £150 discount, reducing the cost to £400 per day
A limited number of £150 discounts may also be available for schools outside Haringey, subject to need and availability
- Location
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In-school
- Barnet
- Camden
- Enfield
- Hackney
- Haringey
- Islington
- Waltham Forest
Learning outcomes
- Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
- Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers
- Learning what the engineering workplace is like
- Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering
- Develop engineering employability skills
- Attainment and progress
Frameworks
Gatsby benchmarks
The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:
- 2 - Learning from career and labour market information
- 3 - Addressing the needs of each pupil
- 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers
- 6 - Experiences of workplaces
EqualEx
- Introduce and Inspire
- Investigate and Explore
Essential skills
The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:
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