ICT and Computing Qualifications Update

January 25, 2016

I've updated my ICT and Computing Qualifications document with the most recent information available.

Thanks to Kay Sawbridge for spotting some errors before I made a complete fool of myself. Kay has been very active and proactive in attempting to get the Department for Education to reconsider its ill-advised decision to srap qualifications in ICT. See An interview concerning the scrapping of ICT.

Here's the link to the qualifications document version 3:

Please note: the information in the document is given in good faith. Please check for yourself before making decisions based on it.

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