The Computing Department offers a range of courses from S2 ICT core skills, through Standard Grade, Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Higher and Advanced Higher.  Progression is available regardless of the pupil's initial starting point.

The department also offers the NQ Internet Safety (Int1) course.

S2 ICT Core Skills

Within this course the pupils have the opportunity to use the main types of application software which they are likely to use across the curriculum.  These include:

•  the production of simple graphics,
• creation of DTP documents,
• web page creation,
• use of spreadsheets for calculations and charting,
• use of databases for storing and manipulating data,
• creation of powerpoint presentations,
• creation of structure diagrams,
• production of simple animations.

Embedded within the course are the techniques needed to search for and collate information from the internet, along with the study of the main pieces of hardware used with a computer system. 

Examples of S2 graphics work

Standard Grade Computing

 This course covers the topics of General Purpose Packages, Commercial & Industrial Applications, Computer Systems and Programming.  It allows the pupils to look at how computers are used in a wide variety of applications, as well as learning how to program them.  This course can then be followed in S5 by one of the NQ courses available.

 Intermediate 1 Computing

This course consists of three units:

• Computer Applications
• Multimedia
• Computers & the Internet

Intermediate 2 Computing

This course follows on from Standard Grade and focuses on the three areas of

• The Software Development Process
• Computer Systems
• Computer Networking

Entry requirements are a Grade 3 or 4 from Standard Grade

Higher Computing

This course follows on from Standard Grade and focuses on the three areas of

Advanced Higher Computing

This follows on from Higher, allowing pupils to further develop their skills in software development by applying them to an extended coursework task, as well as developing further knowledge relating to Artificial Intelligence.