In the Sixth form pupils study the AQA 7517 Computer Science course. This course has partly on computer assessment (Paper 1) and pupils also choose their own programming project in languages of their choice.
Paper 1: A Skeleton program is provided in September of Year 13 and will form the basis of sections C & D of Paper 1 [40%)
Paper 2: A more traditional written paper on many aspects of Computer Science [40%]
The NEA Project: At least 50 hours coding is recommended, although often more time is actually spent on the project [20%]
Titles of some of the projects our students have completed include:
- Town Hunt
- Fridge management system
- Fingerprint recognition system
- Voice recognition
- Brawl [a text adventure game]
- Animal movement data mining
- Beach Finder
- Walkeazy
- CHERYL: Personal Virtual Assistant
- EnChat (Instant messaging app)
Resources useful to students studying Computer Science at A-Level