Avery's Inbox - BTEC IT U1 LA-D

A full 90-minute lesson pack built around Avery’s Inbox, a free browser-based simulation in which students take on the role of a professional receiving workplace emails that each present a real legal and ethical dilemma. For every scenario, students choose to Report, Stay Silent, or Leak — then see the immediate and long-term consequences, followed by a plain-English breakdown of the legislation that governed the situation.
Directly mapped to Unit 1 Learning Aim D: Protecting Data and Information, including:

Data Protection Act 2018 / UK GDPR
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (whistleblowing)

The simulation covers 20 scenarios in total, each grounded in a specific UK statute. Students encounter the legislation not as a list to memorise but as something that either supports or complicates what they thought was the right thing to do — which is precisely the kind of applied understanding Unit 1 rewards.
The pack includes:

16-slide presentation — introduces the app, walks through a worked example (Scenario 0: an NHS data breach) in full, and frames the law-vs-ethics distinction that runs through LA-D
Detailed 90-minute lesson plan — seven phases with teacher and student columns, differentiation guidance, circulation prompts, and assessment for learning notes
A4 teacher reference card — all 13 laws covered, lesson flow at a glance, anatomy of each scenario’s legislation panel, curriculum mapping, and answers to common student questions

The app is free, requires no login, and runs in any browser. Students can use phones, tablets, or laptops. The pack is designed for KS4 and KS5 — core for BTEC IT Year 12/13, but accessible from Year 10 upward.