ICT
Department Aims 
- Also to help provide pupils with the ITC tools needed for enhancing
their learning in other subject areas.
Departmental Courses
Departmental Staff
Head of Department : Ms B Hodsoll
Departmental Staff: Ms S Bathmanathan
Mr D Talbert
The department also employs a Network Manager and a full time and a part time IT technician
Department Resources
Hardware
- Each room has an electronic whiteboard
Software
Internet/Extranet
After School IT Club
Exam Results
% of Pupils achieving an A* to C grade at GCSE from 2003 to 2005
| Year | June 2003 | June 2004 | June 2005 | June 2006 |
| % A* to C grades | 96% | 87.5% | 94% |
OCR Nations in ICT Level 2 (revised qualification)
From September 2006 Year 10 pupils have had the option of following the OCR Nationals in ICT Level 2 This course has been developed to provide candidates with an introduction to the skills, knowledge and understanding required to prepare for work in the IT sector.
In year 10, pupils cover the following Units:
Unit 1 – ICT skills for business
Unit 4 – Design and produce multi media products
Unit 5 – Desk top publishing
Unit 20 – Creating animation for the web
Unit 23: Creating video
In year 11 pupils cover the following units:
Unit 2 – Webpage creation
Unit 3 – Digital Imaging – plan and produce computer graphics
Pupils taking the OCR Nationals course in Years 10 and 11 currently have 4 hours per week allocated on the timetable.
GCSE ICT
Course Structure
2 x exams for higher or foundation tier – 40% of grade
Coursework – 60% of grade
