Computing

Subject lead: Mr A Virr 

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Key Stage 3

Welcome to the ICT Department at George Pindar School. We are creative and forward looking, teaching students ICT and Business skills needed for the 21st Century. The Department’s main strengths are engaging the students, and using innovative technologies and media to communicate in different ways.

At Key Stage 3, students study one lesson a week where they will learn applications and skills to give them a broad range of skills that can be used in the workplace.

Key Stage 4 – Creative iMedia: Cambridge National Certificate Level 2

25% Exam

75% Controlled Assessment

Exam Board: OCR: Cambridge National Certificate Creative iMedia

Digital Media is a key part of many areas of our everyday lives and vital to the UK economy. Production of digital media products is a requirement of almost every business so there is huge demand for a skilled and digitally literate workforce. 

Cambridge National in Creative iMedia teaches students the pre-production skills required in areas including film, television, web development, gaming and animation, and has the development of key IT skills at the heart of the course. 

This qualification helps students develop specific and transferable skills such as research, planning, and review, working with others and communicating creative concepts.