Throughout Key Stage 3 students are taught I.C.T in one lesson per week. In year 7 – 8 students follow the National curriculum which includes the areas of information & data searching, processing text and images, models, rules and investigations, control, publishing on the web and systems. In Year 9 students commence the GCSE (short course) which they then complete in Year 10. Year 11 will offer an additional course in the future.

In Years 10 & 11 students can also opt to follow the diploma, DIDA (diploma in digital Application). This is a vocational course equivalent to 4 GCSEs. Students produce several pieces of coursework all created in an e-portfolio covering databases, spreadsheets, presentation skills, multimedia and graphics.

The facilities for teaching I.C.T at KSHS allow students to produce high quality work. The school is fortunate to have six large ICT suites as well as the Learning Resource Centre. Most classrooms have interactive whiteboards on which teachers can demonstrate I.C.T to whole classes throughout the curriculum, and students can effectively demonstrate work.

The sixth form has a very successful A level course of study. We currently offer the AQA A-Level in I.C.T. In this course students learn advanced theories of information and complete 2 pieces of coursework which develops their software skills to a high level. We also offer a vocation course which is an Applied A level. This course has few examined units as most of the work is completed through coursework modules. It is a rigorous course and the students gain skills in database design, systems analysis, networking, multimedia and design. Students following this course have historically gained very high grades.

We currently have 5 members of teaching staff:

Mrs Davis (Head of Department), Mr Jaffa, Mrs Berk, Mr Laing and Mr Redfern. Most staff in the department are involved in teaching all Key Stages.

We also have two technical staff:

Ricky Simons (Network Manager) and Alex Elston (technician)