Exams (Edexcel GCSE Computer Science)

Paper 1 – Paper based exam in the hall (1 hour 30 minutes)

• Computational Thinking, Data Representation, Computer Systems, Networks, Issues and Impact
• 1 question on each topic

Paper 2  – Computer based exam in an ICT suite (1 hour 30 minutes)

• Programming
• 6 questions

Past Exam Papers      Specification

Intervention

• Thursday after school in C10 – open to year 10 and 11

Revision

Year 11 revision should be completed weekly and will be checked in the first lesson each week. Every fortnight a mini exam will assess the topics that you have revised.

Roll your mouse over all the tabs above to see the content you should know about each section. Test yourself by writing notes for each section before you click on the link.

Revision Techniques

Leitner System for Flashcards

This website provides lots of revision material for the GCSE course, but there are lots of other fantastic websites that you can use to revise:

BBC – notes, videos and revision tests using straightforward language.

Craig’n’Dave – Brilliant videos that cover all the key topics

Computer Science Guru – new site including lots of the theory required for the course.

Cambridge MOOC – Sign up to access hundreds of videos, lots of notes and revision activities.

GoConqr – Use this for all your subjects to create digital flashcards, mindmaps and quizzes.

Recommended revision guide

Mr Doran is a curriculum leader for computing in Greater Manchester. This website is constantly in development – please contact me if there are any errors on the site or if there is anything else you would like me to include.