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The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is currently operating certain of its non-regulatory functions under the name Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA).

QCDA is responsible for developing the curriculum, improving and delivering assessments and reforming qualifications.

QCDA will continue to support schools, colleges and local authorities by delivering programmes previously managed by the National Assessment Agency and on behalf of QCA.


These onscreen tasks have been designed for pupils following the key stage 3 programme of study for information and communication technology (ICT), working at national curriculum levels 3-6.  They can be used flexibly by teachers to contribute to assessment for ICT at any time during key stage 3.  There are three tasks in each of four key ICT activity areas, namely:

All the tasks are based on the programme of study, designed to fit within lesson times, are available on demand, can be completed online and are automatically marked. 

Reports are generated on completion giving pupils instant feedback on what they have achieved.  Teachers can access reports for individual pupils (and for groups) to provide evidence of pupil progress and develop and target learning objectives more accurately.

If you experience any problems with the software or tasks please go to Technical support. The support team can be contacted on 0845 121 3349 (Option 1 for Customer Services, Option 2 for Technical Support). Alternatively email ks3ict@rm.com.

Support materials

To help schools use these onscreen assessment tasks effectively, a range of support materials is available namely general support, task support and keyboard user support.  Please click on these links to access the resources.

A toolkit help document, with a glossary and a help menu of the functionality within each application used for the tasks (including the shortcuts available) can also be downloaded by clicking on this link.

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