ICT

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

ICT is a vital part of a pupil’s education at St Wilfrid’s. All pupils in years 7-11 have one period of ICT per week. At Key Stage 3, pupils follow the KS3 ICT strategy which involves modelling, control, text and graphics, data handling and sound and video. All work is assessed against National Curriculum levels throughout KS3 and a final level is awarded at the end of Year 9.

All pupils at St Wilfrid’s will gain a nationally recognised qualification in ICT. At KS4 pupils can opt to take the OCR Level 2 National Award in ICT or the OCR Level 2 National First Certificate in ICT. The OCR Nationals suite of qualifications provides candidates with high quality, industry-relevant qualifications geared to the specific requirements of key sectors.

All pupils not taking one of these subjects study for the national Key Skills qualification in ICT. All these courses are assessed by a combination of extended coursework and examination.

All our pupils will study in state-of-the-art accommodation using up-to-date Microsoft software. Specialist hardware and software are available to support teaching and learning in this area. All our teaching concentrates on ensuring that our pupils develop a very high level of ICT capability and that they understand and can apply the underlying concepts that they have studied.