Computer Science

Our computer science curriculum endeavours to ensure students use computational thinking and creativity to understand the digital world. We aim to provide our students with foundational knowledge in computer science so that students know how digital systems work and can put this knowledge to use through programming. We want our students to be digitally literate so that they have the opportunity to apply their knowledge in the future as active participants in the digital world. 

Students at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 have opportunities to study aspects of information technology and computer science at sufficient depth to allow them to progress to higher levels of study. 

We also have strong extra-curricular offerings in Computer Science, including after-school clubs that focus on programming. Our PSHE curriculum and whole-school assemblies support students to understand how to use technology safely and responsibly, including protecting their online identity and privacy and recognising inappropriate content, contact and conduct.

Key Stage 3

The bulk of our Key Stage 3 curricular offer for computing comes through stop days spread throughout Key Stage 3. Our stop days are high-quality and memorable and aim to inspire our students to take computing at Key Stage 4 and beyond. We recognise that programming is the core of the computer science curriculum and have chosen to prioritise this (Scratch and Python) during our stop days. We want to give our students the opportunity to know more about a programming, a unique aspect of computing that has a big impact on their lives. We also want to develop computational thinking in our students.

Key Stage 4

We deliver Edexcel’s GCSE Computer Science specification. We interleave practical (programming) and theory lessons so that students have the opportunity to practise their programming frequently and build their knowledge effectively.

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