Information and Communications Technology
A computer suite of 50 networked computers allows controlled safe access to the internet, now acting as the leading research tool across all curriculum subjects. Access to the network is available to all students during free time and activities to allow for free study or class work to be completed. Site wide wireless support will allow pupils to access the internet through the safety of the school firewall on their own computer equipment, alongside that provided by the school. Additional computer laboratories support ART/DT and Music Technology lessons.
Students in year 7, 8 and 9 follow a common course of study, based upon the National Curriculum. All areas of ICT are covered, some in combination with other subjects such as scripting, modeling and producing animations, involving the English, Design and Technology departments as well as the ICT department. This early stage of developing ICT skills is seen as essential, to give a solid foundation for the use of ICT throughout the student’s life within the school, and beyond.
A GCSE is offered (starting in Year 10) which lasts for two years, following AQA ICT specification number 4520. Examination board set Assignment and Project work is carried out throughout the two years and used for assessment, along with an examination at the end of the second year. Typical project work includes designing and creating posters, calculations solved using a spreadsheet, data stored and sorted in a database used for a mail merge.
In the Sixth Form we follow the AQA ICT specification number 2520. Students solve a small practical exercise, using skills and knowledge gained through the structured learning within the ICT department. They continue on to use this material in one of two examination papers at AS level.
In the second year (A2) there is a substantial project of the candidate's own choosing and a final written examination paper. Examples of projects are Mail Order Company and Driving School systems for booking lessons and producing bills for the students. Pupils may create websites for clients or indeed pursue one of a number of different project options available from within the department or through their own research.
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