KS5 Computing & ICT
Within KS5 we offer the BTEC Certificate in ICT – where students study the following:
Unit 1 – Information Technology Systems – Learners study the role of computer systems and the implications of their use in personal and professional situations.
Unit 2 – Creating systems to manage Information – Learners study the design, creation, testing, and evaluation of a relational database system to manage information.
Unit 3 – Using social media in Business – Learners explore how businesses use social media to promote their products and services. Learners also implement social media activities in a business to meet requirements.
Unit 6 – Website Development – Learners investigate website development principles. They will design and develop a website using scripting languages.
Within the Computer Science A level, you will study the following units:
Fundamentals of data structures, Fundamentals of algorithms, Theory of computation, Fundamentals of data representation, Fundamentals of computer systems, Fundamentals of computer organisation and architecture, Consequences of uses of computing, Fundamentals of communication and networking, Fundamentals of databases, Big Data, Fundamentals of functional programming, Systematic approach to problem solving the computing practical project where you will create a program using Python.