TAKE YOUR DIGITAL STRATEGY TO NEW HEIGHTS

MULTI AWARD WINNING STRATEGY, CHANGE MANAGEMENT, TRAINING & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

"Sonny has made that difference. Digital innovation has woven, most notably through the introduction of the Trust Hub (our staff intranet), across almost all aspects of the Trust’s work during the last 24 months."
 Digital Strategy & Transformation ~ Sean McClafferty, CEO @ St Ralph Sherwin CMAT (25 school MAT)

Sonny is the Founder of New Ways to Learn and has over 28 years experience of working in schools, with his last 6 years as Assistant Head at the multi-award winning Djanogly City Academy.

We provide school and college leaders and teachers with the ideas, tools, practice and knowledge to enhance learning, raise standards and improve outcomes. Our team of associates and experts work hard to bridge the growing gap between IT spend and impact with engaging workshops, in-class team-teaching and online training.

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We work with Learning & Development providers to supercharge their hybrid training approaches to leverage technologies like AI, VR, AR and the Metaverse.

More recently Sonny founded the multi-award winning Spongy Elephant. Spongy Elephant is now the UK's leading platform for online training and coaching with over 100 engaging courses and 1000+ bite-sized videos.

"He impressed, packed a punch, opened eyes, and motivated my colleagues, and they are still talking about him weeks after..."

Glasgow Festival of Learning

"Sonny was fantastic - approachable, extremely professional and inspirational!"
Headteacher @ Avanti Fields Secondary School, Leicestershire

OUR MOST POPULAR TECH WORKSHOPS

We offer hybrid training  and CPD across everything edtech in education with the nine core areas listed below. Our approach is the totally flexible with delivery across INSET days, twilights and in-class training on offer. All our experts are fully qualified teachers with decades of classroom experience.

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In-class means no need for cover or supply - your staff learn on the job, alongside students!

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Spongy Elephant offers over 1000 bite-size videos for you to choose from, organised into over 100 Edtech and IT courses for schools, trusts and colleges.

"Feedback from staff was once again fantastic and this is really helping us to change the culture..."
 Digital Strategy ~ Wendy, CPD Lead @ Dudley FE College, Midlands

"Sonny is a true professional and is in a league of his own when it comes to devising and implementing digital strategy."
 Digital Strategy ~ Jeremy Spencer, Senior Director of Standards & Improvement, SRSCMAT

"We very much enjoyed having you here and your input and time was very much appreciated!"
 Tablets in Education ~ Emma, Deputy Headteacher @ Peponi Prep School, Kenya

DIGITAL STRATEGY

"Sonny would be my "go to" person to ask to lead an enthusiastic and engaging workshop with any audience, but especially education leaders and practioners, on how IT, Google and Microsoft Cloud services can be embraced to enable them to become more confident with integrating these learning tools into teaching and learning experiences. 
Neil Iles ~ Education Business Change and Governance Team