Bring a cyber security day to your setting.
Hands-on sessions for schools and colleges, run by the team behind Aurora CTF. Your students crack codes, catch out scammers and solve real challenges, and you don’t need any tech know-how to host us.
Why it matters
Cyber security isn’t just for experts in a server room. It affects everyone who uses a phone, sends a message or shops online.
Most attacks don’t rely on clever code. They rely on people clicking a dodgy link, reusing a weak password or trusting a message that looks real. When young people understand how that works, they’re safer online, more confident, and some of them find a career they’d never have thought of.
The best way to learn it is by doing it. That’s what our days are about.
What a day with us looks like
Every day is shaped around your students, but a typical one goes something like this.
Morning · Getting started
How attacks really happen
A lively intro to how scams, phishing and password attacks work, with real examples students will recognise from their own phones.
Late morning · Hands-on
Crack the code
Students get stuck into codes, ciphers and puzzles, learning the basics of cryptography without even noticing.
Afternoon · Team challenge
Capture the Flag
Teams race to solve challenges we’ve written for their age group, with points up for grabs and plenty of help on hand when they get stuck.
End of the day · Wrap-up
Winners and what’s next
We crown the winning team and finish with a chat about where cyber security can take them, from GCSE options to real careers.
Why settings book us
Hands-on, not a lecture
Students spend most of the day actually doing things, not sitting through slides.
Pitched at the right level
From primary through to post 16, we write and adapt our challenges so everyone can get involved and the keen ones still have something to chew on.
Easy to host
We bring the challenges and run the day. All you need is a laptop for each student with an internet connection, and we’ll sort the rest.
We’ve done this before
We’re the team behind Aurora CTF. Our Birmingham event brought together 70+ students and professionals, with 50+ challenges written for the day.
Cyber at every age
It’s never too early to start. Here’s how cyber security fits in at each stage, and what a day with us could look like for your students.
Ages 5–11 · Key Stages 1–2
Primary
This is where good habits start: keeping passwords private, not sharing personal details and telling a trusted adult if something feels wrong. With us, that means secret codes, puzzles and becoming online safety detectives.
Ages 11–14 · Key Stage 3
Lower secondary
As students get more independent online, they learn how the internet works and how attacks happen. With us, they spot scams, test password strength and take on their first beginner-friendly challenges.
Ages 14–16 · Key Stage 4
GCSE
GCSE Computer Science covers network security and common threats. With us, students put that into practice with cryptography, digital forensics and ethical hacking challenges.
Ages 16+
Post 16
This is where cyber can become a career path, through A levels, T Levels, degrees and apprenticeships. With us, students take on a full Capture the Flag competition, just like the ones we run for universities.
Booking is simple
Step 1
Get in touch
Drop us an email with your setting, the age group and roughly when you’re thinking.
Step 2
We plan it together
We’ll have a quick chat to shape the day around your students and confirm the details.
Step 3
We run the day
We turn up, run the sessions and leave your students buzzing about cyber security.
Ready to book a cyber day?
Tell us a bit about your setting and we’ll get back to you to start planning.