Computing Department

Computing at Patchway Community College offers students the opportunity to follow a creative and challenging curriculum that prepares them for life in the digital age. Students will learn to use software applications safely, effectively and creatively. While also learning how computer systems work and how they are constructed and programmed. Employers continue to demand computing skills, and IT is a jobs??? sector where there is almost full employment.

Computing at Patchway allow students to develop their digital literacy, logical thinking and problem solving skills through projects that include animation, graphics, film making, coding and games development.

Please see below for more information on each Key Stage:

ICT across the Curriculum


The use of ICT significantly enhances teaching and learning in subjects across the curriculum by enabling rapid access to knowledge, information and experiences from a wide range of sources. The use of ICT throughout the curriculum encourages critical thinking, imagination and creativity, problem solving, initiative and independence, teamwork and reflection.

Each subject includes, as appropriate, opportunities for students to learn where and how to use ICT to support their learning and achievement in the subject.

Post 16
A suite of networked computers for the sole use of students in the Post 16 Student Centre is available. These computers allow students to complete work during individual study time.

Internet Access


The Internet is available to all students and is filtered to ensure access to desirable web sites only. Individual student email access is available as required and so too is their ability to access school files from home, The school has WiFi which allows students to access the network through notebooks and other portable devises

Gateway to Learning (G2L)
The college???s G2L provides an excellent opportunity to students, parents and teachers to communicate and share their learning experience. This internet based resource allows files and information to be available to the relevant people at the right time. This process has provided all students with email capabilities as well as access to important documents, key dates for the diary and a place to communicate with staff. All departments use this resource to benefit learning and internal communication.

Lunchtime Use
Students have access to the computers in the ICT department at lunchtime and in the library at lunchtime as well as before and after school for completion of schoolwork. We provide support to help examination groups and to support students with specific needs.