STEM Experience @ Percy House
Take your students on a STEM discovery with a hands-on, football-themed experience on the grounds of Tottenham Hotspur.
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Overview
Take STEM beyond the classroom with a hands-on, football-themed experience at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Percy House, the home of Spurs in the Community.
Using specialist STEM equipment, students will explore how science, technology, engineering and maths are used in football and elite sport. They’ll also discover how these skills connect to careers in engineering, technology and the wider world of work.
Up to 30 students can take part in this half-day experience. They’ll split into 2 groups and rotate through 2 interactive STEM workshops:
Sphero® Indi – Coding with Colours: students use colour to create sequences and instructions that control Sphero Indi, developing computational thinking and problem-solving skills
Sphero® BOLT – Tiki Taka: students programme Sphero BOLT to navigate a football pitch, testing and improving their code to complete the challenge
Ozobot® Evo – Football Analyst: students explore coding and sequencing with Ozobot Evo and Colour Codes, before applying their skills to a football analyst challenge
Programmed to Score – LEGO® SPIKE™: students design, build and code an automated goal-scoring machine, putting their engineering and programming skills into practice
After the experience, teachers can encourage students to design and illustrate an invention that could improve football. Students can enter their ideas into a competition for the chance to win Spurs merchandise.
Details
- School subject
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- Science
- Technology/computing
- Engineering
- Maths
- Curriculum links
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- Mathematics
- Computing
- Design and technology
- Group size
- Whole class
- Participation level
- Hands-on
- Duration
- Half day
- Dates
- 12 October 2026 – 16 July 2027
- Cost
- Cost applies
- Location
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Offsite
- Percy House and Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium
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
The equalex framework allows educators to embed meaningful workplace experiences within a progressive whole school careers programme.
- 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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