OPTION: Computer Science

GCSE - Edexcel

Unlock your future with Edexcel GCSE Computer Science! 🚀

Technology drives innovation in today’s digital world, and understanding how it works is more important than ever. By choosing Edexcel GCSE Computer Science, you’ll gain essential coding, problem-solving, and logical thinking skills that are in high demand across industries. Whether you dream of becoming a software developer, a game designer, or an AI expert, this course gives you a solid foundation to pursue your ambitions.

You’ll explore exciting topics like programming, data analysis, and networks while developing the critical skills needed for the future. With the Edexcel specification’s engaging, practical approach, you’ll not only master theoretical concepts but also have the chance to apply them through real-world scenarios.

Start your journey today—Edexcel GCSE Computer Science opens doors to endless possibilities, preparing you for further study, career success, and a world of exciting opportunities in the tech-driven future!

Content and skills taught in this subject

Understand binary, data representation, data storage and compression. Understand hardware and software components of computer systems and characteristics of programming languages. Understand computer networks and network security.

Develop awareness of emerging trends in computing technologies, and the impact of computing on individuals, society and the environment, including ethical, legal and ownership issues.

Understand what algorithms are, what they are used for and how they work in relation to creating programs. Understand how to decompose and analyse problems. Develop ability to read, write, refine and evaluate programs.

Apply mathematical skills relevant to Computer Science.

Think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically.

Delivery structure - how is the subject assessed?

Paper 1: Principles of Computer Science

● Topic 1: Computational thinking

● Topic 2: Data

● Topic 3: Computers

● Topic 4: Networks

● Topic 5: Issues and impact

Written examination: 1 hour and 30 minutes 50% of the qualification 75 marks

Paper 2: Application of Computational Thinking

● Topic 6: Problem solving with programming.

Onscreen examination: 2 hours 50% of the qualification 75 marks

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