IGCSE ICT

The IGCSE ICT qualification is an internationally-recognised award that you will study towards during Year 10 and Year 11.

To receive the award, you must sit three exams at the end of Year 11, one written exam and two practical exams. Your performance in these exams will be graded and, if you pass, you will receive a certificate with an A*-G grade to show how well you performed.

The examinations are written and assessed by a British organisation called Cambridge International. To help you know what you will need to learn for their IGCSE exams, Cambridge International publishes a syllabus containing assessment objectives each year. Click on the link below to view the syllabus for upcoming years:

IGCSE ICT Syllabus for 2020-2022 exams

The dates for the examinations in the Summer 2022 session are as follows:

Paper 2 (Practical Exam): Tuesday, 5th April

Paper 3 (Practical Exam): Thursday, 7th April

Paper 1 (Written Exam): Tuesday, 10th May

The syllabus splits the assessment objectives into two sections: Curriculum content and Practical tests, with the Curriculum content section developing your knowledge and understanding of ICT key terms and concepts, while Practical tests develops your ability to use software on a computer.

At Garden International School, you will study ten units that will develop your ability to achieve every assessment objective from the current IGCSE ICT syllabus.

Preparing for the exams

Revision is key to achieving the top grades in IGCSE ICT, and although it is always best to revise the way that works for you, the Znotes resource below gives clear, concise revision notes specifically for the IGCSE ICT course.

Revision notes for IGCSE ICT

Every exam is different, and you will never fully know what questions or tasks will be on the exam. However, questions and tasks from different exams are often structured in a similar way and are of similar content. Therefore, an excellent way to prepare for your IGCSE ICT exam is to have a go at answering questions and completing tasks from past exam papers.

There is a well-known phrase 'Practice Makes Perfect', and this rings true when it comes to IGCSE ICT exams, so use the links below to try out some questions and tasks from recent CIE IGCSE ICT exams.