RVHS Pathways to Success, 2024

Course Summary

The IT/Computing/digital sector is a major source of employment in the UK. The UK has positioned itself to be the ‘Digital capital of Europe’ as it continues to invest billions every year in digital skills and commerce. The modern world expects digital skills to be as important as English and Maths.

Having both technical skills and business understanding is the key to success. In this qualification, you will develop important technical skills in data interpretation, data presentation and data protection. You will learn about Cybercrime, understanding the different types of threats and how to protect against them.

This qualification will enable you to use project-planning tools, models and techniques within an IT, computing and digital context. Digital projects today often involve working with diverse teams across different locations. You will develop an understanding of what a virtual work environment is and how cloud technologies allow remote teams to work together more effectively.

Course Assessment

Students study Components 1 and 2 throughout the 2 years, which will be internally assessed and externally moderated. We will complete Component 3 in the latter half of year 11. This is an externally assessed unit.

Component 1: Exploring User Interface Design - Principles and Project Planning Techniques (30%), Learning hours, followed by a project which will be assessed in-school by your teacher and moderated by the exam board.
Component 2: Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data (30%), Learning hours, followed by a project which will be assessed in-school by your teacher and moderated by the exam board.
Component 3: Effective Digital Working Practices (40%) - Learning hours followed by an exam (1.5 hours) which will be sent away for external marking

Career Pathways

IT is an excellent choice for all students as it will equip students with a wide range of transferable skills to employ in other subjects, further study and the workplace. Around 1.46 million people work in digital companies and there are around 45,000 digital jobs advertised at any one time. Digital skills span all industries, and almost all jobs in the UK today require employees to have a good level of digital literacy.

Staff Contact

Mr Hussain - Head of Faculty, please click here to send an email.