Computer Science / ICT
At CELC we have designed our ICT curriculum to help our students progress forward, learning new skills that will help them in the workplace after they have finished school. Our KS3 and KS4 ICT curriculum builds on pupils existing ICT skills helping them understand the continuation of learning from their previous lesson. As teachers we ensure our students understand their learning and will show them how they can secure their knowledge and understanding by developing and building on their skills using our Chromebooks, allowing them to expand on their ICT skills through our curriculum. We believe that our students should be allowed to build upon their existing skills base and widen their learning with the courses we offer.
Our courses have been carefully selected to ensure effective learning can take place at KS3 and KS4, our students will be given the care and support needed to help them progress further and gain a qualification and attainment suited to their level.
At Key Stage 3, we have specialised designated teachers who are following ‘AQA’s specification’ and have been accredited as an ‘approved’ centre. We aim to accredit our students in years 7,8 and 9 as they complete individual units – installing a positive mindset within our students, giving them a sense of achievement as they go along completing each unit – encouraging them to want to achieve further – through the completion of more units.
Within our Key Stage 4 centres, we have designated teachers who seek to look at how our students can achieve qualifications regardless of their previous educational background. Given that students can arrive at our centres at any time during year 10 and 11 – we feel following OCR’s Functional Skills at entry-level, level 1 and level 2 would give our students the best start at developing their skills and competences in ICT.
See our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for all remote learning resources for ICT