Computer Science

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 12	Elements of computational thinking. How data is exchanged between different systems.	Problem solving and programming. Analysis and design of a problem.	Development and evaluation of a problem. Data types, data structures and algorithms.
Skills	AO1	AO2 and AO3	AO3
Assessment	Paper 1 Exchanging data	Paper 2 Elements of computational thinking and Problem solving and programming	Submission of NEA (worth 20% of the course – can retake)

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 13	The use of algorithms to describe problems and standard algorithms. Characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices.	Software development and various computing issues. Recapping Computer systems (01) and Algorithms and programming (02*)	Revision for final exams.
Skills	AO1 and AO2	AO1 and AO2	AO1, AO2 and AO3
Assessment	Paper 1 and Paper 2	Paper 1 and Paper 2	Final exams

Entry Requirements

5 in GCSE Maths and English Language or 5 in Computer Science.

Exam Board

OCR A LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE

What three things should I do to further my independent learning of this subject?

1. Regularly watch “Click” – a weekly BBC television programme covering technology news and recent developments in the world of technology and the Internet.

2. Review you learning regularly throughout the course by completing units in A-Level OCR Computing on the SENECA platform.

3. Watch past and present Computer-focussed Xmas lectures episodes and read Andriy Burkov “The Hundred-Page Machine
Learning Book” – the book is distributed on the “read first, buy later” principle.