ICT Policy for Primary School

ICT capability development learning progression is prevalent throughout the primary foundation to Year 6 curriculum.

Therefore, if the ICT policy is to address this then it needs to describe in detail how ICT will be used on a day-to-day basis and articulate the contribution which ICT makes to students’ learning.

Your school ICT policy needs to reflect the school’s needs.

It is essential to ensure: • Effective design, organisation and management of opportunities for students to develop their ICT capability in a coherent and progressive manner. • Clear communication within a school and between neighbouring schools.

ICT will be used by every student for every lesson so the ICT policy needs to hold together the ways ICT will be implemented in lessons throughout the school.

You should be familiar with other relevant documents including school policies on assessment, special needs and equal opportunities just to name a few examples.

The school ICT policy is what you do, not what you write. It will be important that you set goals for your colleagues that are achievable.

A few other points to remember include: • ICT policy only works if it is well supported by the senior management team. • ICT policy only works well if all those people who are going to implement it, including teachers, teacher assistants and any technician support you may have, feel a sense of ownership, and feel that their voices have been heard. • It is perfectly possible to write extremely long and detailed policy documents that nobody takes much notice of, in which case you have