1. COMPUTER SCIENCE Why choose OCR GCSE (9-1) Computer Science?

2. What it’s about… ■Engaging and contemporary – Curriculum development involved companies like Microsoft, Google and Cisco, organisations like Computing At School (CAS) ■Focus on cyber security – It looks at phishing, malware, firewalls and people as the ‘weak point’ in secure systems, which students will study for the first time at this level. ■A greater emphasis on ‘computational thinking’ – We will be using a specialist education technology company, Codio, to provide you with a cloud based programming and course content platform where students can learn the theory and apply it in real life situations, in any computing language. ■Encourages mental versatility – Students use their new-found programming skills on an independent coding project by solving a real-world problem of their choice.