Staff
Subject Leader
- Mr S Dannell
An Introduction to Business and Digital Media
We are committed to raising attainment which has helped to build a culture of achievement within the faculty. Business, ICT and Digital Media pupils want to learn and are not content unless they are achieving their full potential.
We enable our pupils to become lifelong, enterprising, independent learners, whom are able to take risks and assume responsibility confidently. We ensure pupils develop a commercial awareness and the knowledge and understanding to pursue a career in Business, ICT or Digital Media. The faculty understand the importance of celebrating the pupils’ successes and place particular emphasis on this. There is a departmental drive on making pupils become independent learners which is done through pupils using more sophisticated styles of learning and enjoying high levels of motivation for the subjects.
In KS4, the Learning Journey starts by building up core knowledge, skills and becoming familiar with the specialist vocabulary before starting their BTEC in Creative Digital Production. There is a focus on publishing media to allow students to maximise the technology available and to develop their skills and creativity in a controlled and safe setting. There is also a focus on developing the students' theoretical knowledge in order for them to have a clear understanding of the media rich world they live in. In KS5 we offer a diverse curriculum giving students the opportunity to continue their Learning Journey on an academic or vocational pathway so every pupil is able to realise their potential, the focus shifts to Film in their Level 3 BTEC in Creative Media Production.