ICT

Key Stage 3

All students in Year 7-8 follow an ICT course delivered through one lesson per week. Our aim is to develop pupils ICT capability through the teaching of skills and understanding of how ICT is used in all areas of our society. As pupils ICT competence increases they can begin to use this important tool to their advantage throughout the school curriculum.

The ICT curriculum at Key Stage 3 is based on the New National ICT Strategy guidelines. The current scheme of work covers a wide variety of topics that familiarise students with most the applications needed to support their studies and future professional life. Year 9 is now following the Nationals First Award in ICT (Level 2) with 3 lessons per fortnight.

In addition to the ICT lessons, pupils use ICT in relevant contexts in all curriculum areas. We consider this aspect of ICT to be as important as the discrete lessons.
 

Key Stage 4

ICT is a popular subject at KS4 with 50% of the year group opting one of the two options available:

GCSE IT Full Course is a single award option geared to the more academic pupils based on systems' design.
AiDA/CiDA is a single/double award certification for those who prefer 100% coursework courses.
OCR Nationals First Award/Award and First Certificate is a 1/2/3 GCSE option based on 100% coursework.
Diploma IT Level 2. This course is currently on its second year of existence and offers a hands on approach to learning with a weight of 7 GCSEs worth.

 

Post 16

Sixth Form students have access to good ICT facilities. They use ICT as an integral part of 'A' level and BTEC courses. All post-16 students have access to all Level 2 courses (5). In addition to these courses, the following Level 3 courses are also available:

OCR AS/A2 GCE Applied single award.
Diploma IT. This is currently on its second year of existence and offers a hands on approach to learning with a weight of 3 A-Levels worth.
The teaching of OCR Nationals leve 3 will start in September 2010.
 

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