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Computer Science

Year 10 & 11

KEY STAGE 4 CURRICULUM PLAN: OCR Spec code J277  

Students will experience the OCR Computing GCSE from an engineering and theory-based standpoint, in today’s modern technology.  The course has been designed to transition students into Computer Science A-level or the modern workplace.  It does this by developing valuable computational thinking and how to apply it through a programming language.  A specification of the course can be found here: https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/558027-specification-gcse-computer-science-j277.pdf 

As well as covering the below content, students must undertake a programming task to either a specification or as small problem-solving tasks during the course. 

Pensby High School
Irby Road, Heswall CH61 6XN
Tel: 0151 342 0570 Fax: 0151 342 0571
Email: schooloffice@psf.wirral.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr K Flanagan