Vocational IT & Digital Media

IT and Digital Media Pathway

Course Outline

This combination of courses is equivalent to three A-levels and provides the knowledge, understanding and skills for young people to progress into employment in IT and digital media.

This CTEC course will help students to:

gain a range of specialist knowledge and transferable skills in the context of applied IT and the digital media industry
prepare for employment or progress into apprenticeships in the IT-related sectors

Exam board

The course is comprised of:

OCR – Level 3 Cambridge Technicals Diploma in IT (equivalent to 2 A Levels)
OCR – Level 3 Cambridge Technicals Extended Certificate in Digital Media (equivalent to 1 A Level)

Head of Computing

Ms Nazareth

Email
NazarethC@cfbs.islington.sch.uk

Entry Requirements

To be considered for this course, you will need an average GCSE point score of 5 (C) including a minimum of grade 5 (C) in Maths and English. If you have not obtained a grade 4 in Maths and English, you may be asked to re-take your Maths and English GCSEs. Good prior knowledge of ICT is also advisable.

Assessment:

The course assessed in three ways:

Assignments: Set and marked by teachers
Tasks: Work-based challenges in timed, realistic work conditions
Written exams

Approximately 1/3 is examination based.

Progression:

This course gives students access to further education and the world of work in a full range of specialities, from business and project management, through to website design and computer graphics and animation. Students have gone on to do successful courses in business as well as programming, gaming and website creation. A number of students have also gone on to well-paid recognised apprenticeships.