ICT will equip learners with a range of real life ICT skills and provide opportunities to develop, in context, desirable, transferable skills such as research, planning, and review, working with others and communicating ICT concepts and usage effectively. Through the use of these skills, learners will ultimately be creating a range of fit-for-purpose ICT products.

Students will assess the application of ICT skills through their practical use. They will provide learners with essential knowledge, transferable skills and the tools to improve their learning in other subjects with the aims of enhancing their employability when they leave education, contributing to their personal development and future economic well-being. The qualifications will encourage independence, creativity and awareness of the ICT sector.

YEAR 10	YEAR 11
ICT in Society Functionality of Hardware and Software Services by ICT Data Legal, moral, ethical, cultural and environmental impacts of IT and the need for cybersecurity Databases Spreadsheets	Automated Document Manipulating and Storing Images Controlled Assessment based on Unit 2 Topics from Year 10 and 11 Unit 1 Exam Preparation

EXAM BOARD: Eduqas Level1/2 Vocational Award in ICT Technical Award

Unit 1: This unit allows learners to explore the wide range of uses of hardware, application and specialist software in society. Learners will investigate how information technology is used in a range of contexts, including business and organisations, education and home use of information technology to include: * How IT can be used to fulfil the needs of organisations and individuals. * How data and information is used and transferred. * Legal, moral, ethical, cultural and environmental impacts of IT and the need for cybersecurity. Unit 2: This unit introduces learners to a broad working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets, automated documents and images and enables learners to apply their knowledge and understanding to solve problems in vocational settings to include: * Planning, creating, modifying and using database. * Planning, creating, modifying and using spreadsheets. * Planning, creating and modifying an automated document. * Planning, creating, manipulating and storing images Assessment: 60% Coursework 40% Exam

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