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The Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 along with GCSE section covers a range of subjects. In Key Stage 1, 17 subjects are available, including Art and Design, Computing, Design and Technology, English, Geography, History, Maths, Music, Physical Education, PSHE, Citizenship, Religious Education, Science, and Modern Foreign Languages. [5]
2023: OCR was criticised by pupils and teachers for the level of difficulty in Paper 2 of the Computer Science GCSE. [22] [23] Students took to social media to express concern at the disparity between Paper 1 and Paper 2, as well as the change in style of the paper. OCR assured students that the final mark scheme would reflect the different ...
Computer science GCSE and A levels have been made more rigorous. From around 2014 the new Computing GCSE has been taken. In November 2018 the government-funded National Centre for Computing Education was founded at the University of York, to coordinate training for computing teachers in England. The Institute of Coding was launched in 2018.
The Department for Education has drawn up a list of core subjects known as the English Baccalaureate for England based on the results in eight GCSEs, which includes both English language and English literature, mathematics, science (physics, chemistry, biology, computer science), geography or history, and an ancient or modern foreign language.
Other GCSE options are Business Studies, GCSE Citizenship, GCSE Art, GCSE Computer Science, GCSE Music, CSE History, GCSE Religious Studies, GCSE Design Technology. [ 2 ] BTECs are BTEC Performing Arts, BTEC Digital Information Technology, BTEC Enterprise, BTEC Travel and Tourism, BTEC Performing Arts, BTEC Digital Information Technology. [ 2 ]
Optional subjects at GCSE in 2019 were: Art & Design, Computer Science, Drama, D&T, Food and Nutrition, Geography, German, History, Media studies, Music, PE, Spanish and Textiles (which was later removed). There is the option of studying separate sciences in place of the combined science GCSE.
Computer science (also called computing science) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. One well known subject classification system for computer science is the ACM Computing Classification System devised by the Association for Computing Machinery .
Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. [1] [2] [3] Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to applied disciplines (including the design and implementation of hardware and software).