Why we teach ICT

The ICT Curriculum has been designed to enable every student at St Paul’s to learn and gain fundamental knowledge of digital communication technology.

Our aim is for all students to become masters of technology and enhance their learning across all subjects whilst at school and thereafter by:

• Understanding how to stay safe while using technology within the online world.
• Identifying how computers work.
• Understanding how computers are programmed.
• Utilising specialist software application to present data.
• Communicating and collaborating within the digital world.
• Applying logic and sequence to problem-solve.

Our vision for ICT at St Paul's

Our rich ICT curriculum considers the 'global impact of digital literacy and competency in a rapidly changing world' [The School Run, 2022]. We equip our students with digital competency to successfully explore the opportunities available to them. These are:

• Employability skills through programming at KS3 and KS4
• Linking the curriculum to careers in computing, engineering, IT and data
• KS4 pathways: BTEC Tech Award in Digital Information Technology and GCSE Computer Science

Clubs

Year 10 BTEC DIT Component 1 Club:

• Every Monday – 15:30 to 16:30
• Every Tuesday – 15:30 to 16:15

Head of Department: Mr A Molefi