Teaching ICT at Key Stage 3

Begun in schools in September 2001, the Key Stage 3 National Strategy aims to raise standards by strengthening teaching and learning across the curriculum for all 11 to 14 year olds. The developments are now subsumed under the Secondary Strategy which also includes the QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) which sets the National Curriculum for all school ages and the 14-19 agenda described in '14-19: opportunity and excellence'. This paper describes teaching ICT at Key Stage 3, the National Strategy, an Ofsted perspective, the Framework for ICT capability and the| teaching and learning processes associated with ICT.