Technology - Computer Science
The GCSE Computer Science curriculum is an engaging and practical course in which students develop their understanding and application of the core concepts in computer science. The course encourages creativity and problem solving through the analysis of problems in computational terms and students devise creative solutions by designing, writing, testing and evaluating programs.
KS3
No Course Available
KS4
Year 9 – Foundation course consolidating and extending knowledge gained in year7-8 to include the development of programming skills, knowledge of hard and software.
Throughout year 10 and 11 students will study six theory units based on computer programming and software development:
1: Algorithms
2: Programming Techniques
3: Producing Robust Programs
4: Computational Logic
5: Translators and Facilities of Language
6: Data Representation.
Throughout year 10 and year 11 students will study 8 theory units based on computer systems:
1: Systems Architecture
2: Memory
3: Storage
4: Wired and Wireless Networks
5: Network Topologies and Protocols
6: System Security
7: System Software
8: Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental
Towards the end of year 10 students are given a coursework task to complete which involves individual work on designing, developing and testing a computer program to solve a given scenario.
Students are assessed through end of unit tests after each theory unit, we also have an internal exam at the end of year 10 and a mock exam in January of year 11.
KS5
No Course Available
A-Level
No Course Available