Head Of Department: Jim Burdett
Second In Charge: Frank Holder

Overview

Enabling learners to make effective use of ICT in solving real-world problems. Skills will be developed in the main Office applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Students will also spend considerable time utilising cutting edge multimedia software and developing websites.

KS3 Schemes of Work

Problem based tasks enable students to build capability by learning and applying skills in relevant, interesting scenarios:

Year 7: Understanding audience and the presentation of information; managing, manipulating and presenting data; contol and automation.
Year 8: Further information and presentation skills; using public information, intergrating applications to find solutions.
Year 9: Databases: processing data into information; modelling data; intergrating applications to find solutions.

GCSE Course(s) Overview

Diploma in Digital Applications (DiDA)
2 units equivalent to 2 GCSEs

www.dida.edexcel.org.uk

Unit 1: Using ICT (creating databases, spreadsheets, presentations and websites)
Unit 2: Multimedia

GCSE Exam Boards Used

Edexcel DiDA D2018 & D202

AS/A Level Course(s) Overview

Edexcel GCE in Applied ICT

Year 12

Unit 1: The Information Age
Unit 2: The Digital Economy
Unit 3: The Knowledge Worker

Year 13

Unit 7: Using Database Software
Unit 8: Managing ICT Projects
Unit 10: Using Multimedia Software

AS/A Level Exam Boards Used

Edexcel

Study Days/Educational Trips

Years 12 and 13 – Sixth Form ICT Conference.