Welcome
A Level ICT
Make a difference
Contents
• Introduction to OCR
• Introduction to ICT
A Level
ICT
• Why change to our specification?
• Support and training
• Next steps
About OCR
• Part of Europe’s largest
assessment agency, Cambridge
Assessment
• UK’s leading awarding body
• Over 13,000 centres choose our
qualifications
• Qualifications are developed in
consultation with teachers
Our Mission
Our commitment is to provide qualifications which engage
learners of all ages whether at school, college, in work and part time training
programmes so they achieve their full potential
make a difference
Practical
Accessible
Innovative and exciting
Our Credentials
• Leading the way with new ideas
• Dedicated to offering respected
qualifications
• Engaging and relevant
qualifications
• Comprehensive support
framework
ICT Credentials
• Leading IT awarding body
• Working with global IT vendors
• A smart choice for an extra A Level
Key points of the specification
• Explores the latest technologies
• Modern and relevant content
• Encourages practical skills
ICT | AS Structure
Teaching Units
and Assessment
Method and
Weighting
G061 Information, Systems and
Applications
Topics covered in this unit include:
•Data, information, knowledge and processing
•Software and hardware components of an
information system
•Characteristics of standard applications
software and application areas
•Spreadsheet concepts
•Relational database concepts
•Applications software used for presentation
and communication of data
•The role and impact of ICT – legal, oral and
social issues
ICT | AS Structure
Teaching Units
and Assessment
Method and
Weighting
G062 Structured ICT Tasks
This unit gives the learners the
opportunity to explore:
•Design
•Software development
•Testing
•Documentation
ICT | A2 Structure
Teaching Units
and Assessment
Method and
Weighting
G063 ICT Systems, Applications
and Implications
Topics covered in this unit include:
•The systems cycle
•Designing computer-based
information systems
•Networks and communication
•Applications of ICT
•Implementing computer-based
information systems
•Implications of ICT
G064 ICT Project
Here learners explore:
•Definition, investigation and
analysis
•Design
•Software development
•Documentation
•Evaluation
Stretch and Challenge
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Stretch and Challenge is a new QCA initiative for A Levels:
Included in A2 assessment
Reflected in the style of question asked which invite a greater variety of thinking
Questions are structured to show more connections between different sections of
the specification
Extended writing is encouraged in all subjects (except Maths)
A wider range of question types – like case studies and open ended questions
More synoptic assessments – exploring connections between different areas and
levels of a subject
What’s in it for you?
• Easy to administer
• Rewarding to deliver
• Flexibility in teaching topic to
match your interests
What’s in it for your learners?
• Enjoyable and motivational
• Develops essential skills required
in the real business world
• Progression opportunities
• Stretch and challenge
opportunities
What’s in it for your school?
• More student enrolments
• Flexibility in curriculum planning
• Good progression routes into
HE/FE
Support
• Overarching scheme of work and
sample lesson plans
• E-community
• Exemplar candidate work
• Coursework guidance documents
• Past papers online for you to
download
• Exam quest
• INSET
Publishers
• We are working with our
publishing partner Hodder
Education to provide further
resources to support the new
specifications. The books are
specifically tailored to the
specification.
Next Steps
• Book training/events - www.ocr.org.uk/training
• Bookmark website for further information/future updates –
www.ocr.org.uk
Other qualifications
•GCSE ICT
•OCR Nationals in ICT
•IT Diploma
•iMedia