Cambridge Nationals ICT Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J800, J810, J820

Guided Learning Hours and Total Qualification Time
Total Qualification Time (TQT) includes all supervised or direct contact time (Guided Learning Hours/GLH) and an estimate of the number of hours a learner will reasonably spend studying not under immediate guidance or supervision.

TQT has now been assigned to the following qualifications:
- J810 GLH 120 hours (unchanged), TQT 151 hours (new)
Withdrawal of Level 1/2 Cambridge National Award and Certificate in ICT

Following a review of our portfolio and changes to market demand, we have made the difficult decision to withdraw the Cambridge National Award and Certificate in ICT at both Levels 1 and 2. If you are looking for an alternative qualification within the Cambridge Nationals suite we do offer Information Technologies and Creative iMedia.

For more detailed information please refer to the subject information update.

This is a vocationally-related qualification that takes an engaging, practical and inspiring approach to learning and assessment. The everyday use of ICT, from PCs to smartphones, now impacts all of our lives. Cambridge Nationals in ICT reflects this and provides students with a solid understanding of the subject which they can use in their working lives. Three themes are covered: business information systems, creative and technical.

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(1) Specifications
- Specification (PDF, 1024KB)
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Teaching and learning resources

The teaching and learning resources on this page must not be used for summative assessment purposes. As part of our teaching we expect support to be given to your learners; such support is not permissible for summative assessment and is likely to be considered malpractice.

(1) Promoting your subject
- A guide for parents and students (PDF, 3MB)
  
  Information on our computing qualifications for key stage 4.
  
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(16) Support materials
- A guide to resources (PDF, 237KB)
- Combined Feedback - R001 June 2013 exam paper (PDF, 4MB)
  
  This resource brings together the questions from the June 2013 examined unit (R001), the marking guidance, the examiner’s comments and the exemplar answers into one place for easy reference.
  
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- Combined feedback - R001 June 2014 exam paper (PDF, 832KB)
  
  This resource brings together the questions from the June 2014 examined unit (R001), the marking guidance, the examiner’s comments and the exemplar answers into one document for easy reference.
  
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- Mapping Cambridge Nationals in ICT to Cambridge Nationals in Creative iMedia (PDF, 1MB)
  
  This document shows how Cambridge Nationals in ICT units and learning outcomes map to Cambridge Nationals in Creative iMedia units and learning outcomes.
  
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- Sample learner work - Units R002 and R011
- Unit R002 - Sample learner work with commentary (PDF, 26MB)
  
  This is a guide for teachers so that you can see how we would mark work, Cambridge Nationals are designed to give the learners the project and let them create the work. The guide contains sample learner work for this unit and covers all learning objectives, graded at Marking Band 1 (MB1) and Marking Band 3 (MB3).
  
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- Unit R002 - Using ICT to create business solutions - Model assignment - Specimen (ZIP, 64KB) New
- Unit R003 (ZIP, 30MB)
- Unit R004 - Introductory presentation (PPT, 6MB)
- Unit R005 - Introductory presentation (PPT, 7MB)
- Unit R006 (ZIP, 21MB)
- Unit R007 (ZIP, 14MB)
- Unit R008 - Introductory presentation (PPT, 6MB) New
- Unit R009 - Introductory presentation (PPT, 7MB)
- Unit R010 - Delivery guide (PDF, 2MB) New
- Unit R010 - Introductory presentation (PPT, 10MB) New

Courses and training

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Advice and support on generating and submitting learner work for moderation.

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