Education & Young People Community & Social Justice 2025
STEM Learning

STEM Learning Impact Report 2025

STEM Learning supports teachers and young people to improve achievement, inspire a love of STEM and grow the UK talent pipeline. In 2024-25, CPD was delivered to 20,200 teachers improving learning for 3.4 million young people; 13,800 STEM Ambassadors gave 329,000 volunteering hours representing 3,300 employers; 288 research placements were delivered; 14,400+ young people engaged in student-facing activities; and 178,000 students participated in Mars Day. 95% of teachers showed increased subject knowledge and pedagogical understanding after CPD. A STEM Impact Fund launches January 2026.

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Continuous professional development (CPD) for teachers (physics, computing, primary science, non-specialists); STEM Ambassadors programme; Destination STEM (research placements, STEM Camps, CanSat, Mars Day, Protecting Our Planet Day, STEM Clubs); Explorify (free primary science digital resource); I Belong (computing inclusion for girls); NCCE (National Centre for Computing Education); SKPT (Subject Knowledge for Physics Teaching); AI Sprints and conferences; STEM Impact Fund (launching Jan 2026) Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (HQ York)

📊Key Metrics

CPD delivered to 20,200 teachers improving learning for 3.4 million young people; 95% of teachers showed increased subject knowledge and pedagogical understanding Key Metric 1
13,800 STEM Ambassadors gave 329,000 volunteering hours (55% under 35, 48% women, 20% from ethnic minorities) representing 3,300 employers; 97% of targeted Ambassador volunteers reported strong sense of personal achievement Key Metric 2
288 research placements delivered (4,000+ since 2020); 178,000 students on Mars Day; 142,000 on Protecting Our Planet Day; 1,500+ students across 300 CanSat teams; 6,900 young people from under-resourced backgrounds targeted Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 96% of research placement students said experience positively influenced their confidence; 81% said placement shaped future plans; engagement with Destination STEM STEM Camps can raise GCSE and A-level attainment by up to one grade (independent 2021 evaluation)
  • 97% of teachers report STEM Ambassadors help students learn about STEM workplaces; 99% agree Ambassadors challenge stereotypes; 75% of Explorify users feel more confident in science knowledge; 99% of SKPT participants report greater subject knowledge and confidence
  • STEM Impact Fund launching January 2026 — place-based, sustained 3-year school support model; AI Roundtable convened bringing together educators, industry and policymakers; submitted evidence to Curriculum and Assessment Review; Angiolini Inquiry submission; 46% of computing lessons taught by non-specialists; at least 600 secondary schools had no specialist physics teacher

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