Course Content:

Unit 1: Computer Systems

• Software and its development 
• Types of programming languages, data types, representation and structures 
• Exchanging data and web technologies 
• Following algorithms 
• Using Boolean algebra 
• Legal, moral and ethical issues. 

Unit 2: Algorithms and Programming

• Elements of computational thinking 
• Programming and problem solving 
• Pattern recognition, abstraction and decomposition 
• Algorithm design and efficiency 

Unit 3: Computing Project

• Design, development, testing & evaluation of software.

Assessment Format

Unit 1: 2 hour 30 min exam (40%)

Unit 2: 2 hour 30 min exam  (40%)

Unit 3: Coursework Project (20%)

Board: OCR

Course Entry Requirements:

GCSE grade 6 in Mathematics.  

GCSE grade 5 in Computing .

Teacher to contact: Mrs J Kirkland