COMPUTER SCIENCE
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:
MR D STAPLETON
STAFF:
Teaching Staff: Miss H Burt, Miss S Coldwell, Mr M Ashton-Thompson
Network Manager: Mr G Barton
IT Technicians: Mr S Rudd, Mr S Collier
KEY STAGE 5:
A-Level Computer Science:
This qualification consists of three components as follows:
Component 01: Computer Systems (Written Paper, 40%)
The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices
Software and software development
Exchanging data
Data types, data structures and algorithms
Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues
Component 02: Algorithms & Programming (Written Paper, 40%)
Elements of computational thinking
Problem solving and programming
Algorithms
Component 03: Programming Task (Non Examined Assessment, 20%)
Analysis of the problem (10 marks)
Design of the solution (15 marks)
Developing the solution (25 marks)
Evaluation (20 marks)