GCSE Options 2024

GCSE Options
Examination Units
The students sit two examination units at GCSE, both assessed in a 1 hour 30 minutes paper
at the end of Year 11. Each examination contributes 50% to the overall GCSE grade.
Course Summary
Component
title
Percentage Time Allocation Content overview
Computer
Systems
Computational
Thinking,
Algorithms
and
Programming
Programming
Project
50%
50%
0%
1 hour 30 mins
examination
1 hour 30 mins
examination
20 hours class
time
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Systems architecture
Memory
Storage
Wired and wireless
networks
Network topologies,
protocols and layers
System security
Systems software
Moral, legal, cultural and
environmental concerns
Data representation
Algorithms
Programming techniques
Producing robust programs
Computational logic
Translators and facilities of
languages
Data representation
Programming techniques
Analysis
Design
Development
Testing and evaluation
and conclusions
Where can I get more information?
If you have any questions or require further information, Mr Johnson will be happy to help.
If you want to look at more information online you can do so on the OCR website. The
course that we are doing is ‘GCSE Computer Science (9-1) - J277’.
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