KS4 Curriculum

In KS4 pupils are entered onto the OCR National Level 2 ICT course (2010). This is a controlled assessment course which allows pupils to achieve various awards/qualification which are equivalent to GCSE awards.

The current qualification award levels are:
National First Award (1 GCSE Equivalent)
National Award (2 GCSE Equivalent)
First Certificate Award (3 GCSE Equivalent)
National Certificate Award (4 GCSE Equivalent)

(Please be aware that some Sixth Forms and Colleges may only accept this qualification as 1 GCSE equivalent even if a pupil has achieved a higher award. It is recommended that, if possible, pupils state which units they completed and what level they received when applying for further education.)

This course has been developed to recognize learner’s skills, knowledge and understanding of Information and Communication Technology functions, environments and operations. The learners carry out a range of tasks that have been designed to recognize their achievements in a modern, practical way that is relevant to the workplace.

Most pupils who take ICT at Carnforth High School finish with either the First Certificate or National Certificate Award. The different awards are judged on how many units of work pupils complete while studying the course. We currently offer the following units at Carnforth High School:

'A' Unit	'B' Units	'C' Units
Unit One: ICT Skills for Business	Unit Two: Website Creation	Unit Twenty: Creating animation for the WWW using ICT
	Unit Four: Design and Produce Multimedia Products	Unit Twenty One: Creating Computer Graphics
	Unit Five: Desktop Publishing	Unit Twenty Two: Creating Sound using ICT
	Unit Six: Spreadsheets- Design and Use	Unit Twenty Three: Creating Video
	Unit Seven: Databases- Design and Use
	Unit Thirteen: IT Systems and User Needs

To achieve the First Certificate Award pupils must complete Unit One, four units from column B and four units from column C.

To achieve the National Certificate Award pupils must complete all eleven units.

For more information about the course and individual units, please visit http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/ocr-nationals-ict-level-2-05659-04676-04679-from-2010/