Computer Science is a practical subject where students can apply the academic principles learned in the classroom to real-world systems. It’s an intensely creative subject that combines invention and excitement, and can look at the natural world through a digital prism. The aims of this qualification are to enable learners to develop: • An understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including: abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms and data representation • The ability to analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience of solving such problems, including writing programs to do so • The capacity to think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically • The capacity to see relationships between different aspects of computer science • Mathematical skills.
Year 12 - AS Outline Computing Principles 50%- 1 hour and 15 minutes Algorithms and problem solving 50%- 1 hour and 15 minutes written paper Year 13 – A Level Computer systems 40%- 2 hours and 30 minutes written paper Algorithms and programming 40%- 2 hours and 30 minutes Programming project 20%- Non-exam assessment
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Barking and Dagenham |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | Terling Road, Wood Lane, Dagenham, RM8 1JT |
Computer Science is a practical subject where students can apply the academic principles learned in the classroom to real-world systems. It’s an intensely creative subject that combines invention and excitement, and can look at the natural world through a digital prism. The aims of this qualification are to enable learners to develop: • An understanding and ability to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including: abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms and data representation • The ability to analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience of solving such problems, including writing programs to do so • The capacity to think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically • The capacity to see relationships between different aspects of computer science • Mathematical skills.
Year 12 - AS Outline Computing Principles 50%- 1 hour and 15 minutes Algorithms and problem solving 50%- 1 hour and 15 minutes written paper Year 13 – A Level Computer systems 40%- 2 hours and 30 minutes written paper Algorithms and programming 40%- 2 hours and 30 minutes Programming project 20%- Non-exam assessment
