The article substantiates the content and structure of the conceptual construct of «information and digital competence of students» of secondary schools. It is noted that there is no single approach to determining the information and digital competence of students in the use of information and digital technologies in their educational activities, and those that exist are typologically related, with different component structure. Based on the analysis of modern understanding of the pedagogical phenomenon of «information and digital competence» the definition of «information and digital competence of the student», which involves confident and critical use of information and communication technologies to create, search, process, exchange information in the learning process. public school space and private communication. It is noted that in the Concept «New Ukrainian School» competence is interpreted as a dynamic combination of knowledge, ways of thinking, views, values, skills, abilities, and other personal qualities that determine a person's ability to successfully conduct educational and further professional activities. It is shown that the training of a highly qualified and competent person in modern society is one of the priority areas in reforming the current educational space of Ukraine. The reform of the New Ukrainian School is aimed at the development and mastery of key competencies by students, in particular-information and digital. The structure of information and digital competence of students is offered, which includes information and media literacy, basics of programming, algorithmic thinking, ability to work with databases, skills of Internet security and cybersecurity, as well as understanding of ethics of information (copyright, intellectual property etc). The combination of knowledge, skills and abilities opens up opportunities for students such as the ability to carry out web design, develop presentations, use graphics programs, the availability of information from online libraries, web browsers, Word, etc. Key words: competence, information competence, digital competence, information-digital competence, structure of information-digital competence, competence approach.