Our intent is to provide a high quality, inclusive and ambitious computing education which supports students to become instinctive computational thinkers, armed with the understanding, ability and creativity to not only navigate, but shape the technology of the future.
Our curriculum facilitates our students to feel enlightened and intellectually curious about the ubiquitous technology present in all aspects of their lives; not simply be passive users of it. To be insightful, life-long learners in an ever changing, fascinating, fast paced industry. Our curriculum is guided by both the National Curriculum and the National Centre for Computing Education’s computing taxonomy, to ensure comprehensive coverage of the subject throughout each key stage.
Students study a broad selection of topics, exposing them to all aspects of the computing discipline at an introductory level. Students have opportunities to produce robust and considered solutions to problems, learn both scripted and visual programming languages and develop an understanding of how the hardware and software within a computer functions, removing the ‘black box’ nature of technology. Students are also given opportunities to explore and utilise the tools of various applications to produce creative digital artefacts designed for specific purposes and audiences.
The all through curriculum is designed to ensure students from nursery age through to year 9 have a broad, challenging, engaging and enriching experience of computing. The KS3 topics have been specifically selected to provide students studying GCSE Computer Science a grounding in the fundamental concepts covered at KS4 but also aims to equip all students, regardless of KS4 subject choices, with a firm understanding of the discipline and the functional skills required to continue into further education and employment.
At the end of year nine, students can continue to study Computer Science at a greater depth or consider a more creative route via photography or graphic design.
Exam Information
| Computer Science | OCR | J277 | Component 01: Computer systems, Component 02: Computational thinking, algorithms and programming |
Computing Curriculum N - Yr11 2023 - 2024
KS3 Computing Curriculum: Essential Knowledge and skills