GCSE Computer Science builds on what you have studied in the first three stages (from starting Primary School) to give you the grounding so that you can pass formal examinations at the end of Stage 4 (GCSEs). The content of this stage cover the current UK National Curriculum content for Computing. First, we start with a question ...
| Ready to start? |
Before you start studying for your GCSE in Computer Science, you need to get organised! You will need ...
- Notebook / Exercise book
- Access to a computer at home
- Intrinsic motivation to learn (you can't get that from this website however ...)
Each section in the course has lots of activities for you to complete and an assessment which your teacher will give you after you have completed the section to measure how much you have understood.
| Course structure |
The Stage 4 course is not split into years - simply plan to cover all the topics in the time allocation you have. There are suggested splits for a 2 year and 3 year GCSE but this is by no means prescriptive. Each topic has a topic presentation, series of learning tasks, various revision activities and links to extension work.
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Top Exam Tips (click to view)
| Examination board links and planning |
Use these links to help you to get to know what is required for each UK specification. As all the examination boards have a slightly different take on their 'pseudocode standard', I've included guidance on where to find help. Please bear in mind that the algorithms on The Computing Café are written in CC_Pseudocode and, as such, may need to be converted.
| Examination Board | Reference | Homepage | Specification | Pseudocode Standard |
| OCR | J277 (2020) | Homepage | Specification | Specification, Page 25 |
| AQA | 8525 (2020) | Homepage | Specification | Within specification points |
| Edexcel | 1CP2 (2020) | Homepage | Specification | Programming Language Subset |
| WJEC Eduqas | 2020 | Homepage | Specification | Specification, Appendix A |
| Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE | 0984 (2022) | Homepage | Specification | Within specification points |
| Edexcel IGCSE | C4P0 (2017) | Homepage | Specification | Specification, Appendix 5 |
| Oxford International AQA IGCSE | 9210 (2017) | Homepage | Specification | Teaching Guide, Appendix 1 |
