OPTION SUBJECTS: COMPUTER SCIENCE

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to develop skills in computational thinking and computing concepts. You will develop coding skills and cover new and emerging technologies such as cyber security, hardware, AI, algorithms and programming.

Computer Science is a STEM subject, sharing attributes with Engineering, Mathematics, Science, and Technology and provides young people with many opportunities in life.

We aim to equip all students with programming skills and knowledge of how computer systems work so that they can be prepared for the Computing Science qualification and the modern world ahead of them.

We follow the AQA specification which offers a broad range of resources and media to help all our learners.

The course consists of two exam papers, both worth 50%. Students will complete this course equipped with the logical and computational skills necessary to succeed in the workplace or beyond.