Ada, the National College for Digital Skills

At the London Sixth Form college every 16-19year old student takes Computer Science and all of Ada's diverse Higher Level and Degree Apprentices work in skills shortage disciplines in innovative, blue-chip companies.

[7] Its curriculum is designed with input from founding industry partners such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Gamesys, IBM, Deloitte, and King.

[9] The National Colleges have a mission to work designing the curriculum with employers “to produce the skills needed now and into the future to ensure the UK remains innovative and at the forefront of pioneering industry.”[9] Ada was founded by Mark Smith and Tom Fogden, both of the inaugural Teach First cohort which aims to get talented teachers into classrooms in low income areas.

The achievement follows a partnership with Bank of America to deliver outreach and additional services which recruit and support young people from underrepresented groups into Ada's sixth form and Digital Degree Apprenticeship education programmes and onto careers in technology.

Ada currently offers courses in Software Development, Data Analytics, Tech Consultancy, Cyber Security and Business Analysis with over 30 employers such as Salesforce, Google, Sainsbury's, Deloitte, EY and many more.