IGCSE Computer Science

The IGCSE Computer Science qualification is an internationally-recognised award that you will study towards during Year 10 and Year 11.

To receive the award, you must sit two written exams at the end of Year 11. Your performance in these exams will be graded and, if you pass, you will receive a certificate with an A*-G grade to show how well you performed.

The examinations are written and assessed by a British organisation called Cambridge International. To help you know what you will need to learn for their IGCSE exams, Cambridge International publishes a syllabus containing assessment objectives each year. Click on the link below to view the syllabus for upcoming years:

IGCSE Computer Science Syllabus for 2020-21 exams

The dates for the examinations in the Summer 2021 session are as follows:

Paper 1 (Theory of Computer Science): Friday, 13th May

Paper 2 (Practical Problem-solving and Programming): Tuesday, 17th May

The syllabus splits the assessment objectives into two sections:

Theory of Computer Science: Assessed in the Paper 1 exam.

Practical Problem-solving and Programming: Assessed in the Paper 2 exam.

At Garden International School, you will study seven units that will develop your ability to achieve every assessment objective from the current IGCSE Computer Science syllabus.

Preparing for the exams

Revision is key to achieving the top grades in IGCSE Computer Science, and although it is always best to revise the way that works for you, the Znotes resource below gives clear, concise revision notes specifically for the IGCSE Computer Science course.

Revision notes for IGCSE Computer Science

Every exam is different, and you will never fully know what questions will be on the exam. However, questions and tasks from different exams are often structured in a similar way and are of similar content. Therefore, an excellent way to prepare for your IGCSE Computer Science exams is to have a go at answering questions from past exam papers.