The A Level course is based on the AQA Specification for Computer Science - the course runs over two years and pupils sit exams at the end of each academic year
1 Fundamentals of Programming
2 Fundamentals of Data Structures
3 Systematic Approach to Problem Solving
4 Fundamentals of Data Representation
5 Fundamentals of Computer Systems
6 Fundamentals of Computer Organisation and Architecture
7 Consequences of Uses of Computing
8 Fundamentals of Communication and Networking
1 Fundamentals of Algorithms
2 Theory of Computation
3 Fundamentals of Databases
4 Big Data
5 Fundamentals of Functional Programming
NEA - Programming Project
Students studying A Level Computer Science are provided with the AQA Approved Textbook for both years of the course.
The textbook has 12 Sections and a range of additional resources to assist in the pupils learning throughout the course.
In the second year of the course, pupils also have access to the "Tackling Projects at A-Level" textbook, designed to assist them with their NEA