At Key Stage 4, learners should be taught to:

• Develop their capability, creativity and knowledge in computer science, digital media and information technology

• Develop and apply their analytic, problem-solving, design, and computational skills

• Understand how changes in technology affect safety, including new ways to protect their online privacy and identity, and how to identify and report a range of concerns.

The OCR GCSE (9-1) Computer Science specification (J277) will encourage learners to:

• Understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of Computer Science, including abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms and data representation

• Analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience of solving such problems, including designing, writing and debugging programs

• Think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically

• Understand the components that make up digital systems, and how they communicate with one another and with other systems

• Understand the impacts of digital technology to the individual and to wider society

• Apply mathematical skills relevant to Computer Science.