Course Level: A Level

Exam Board: OCR

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Entry requirements:  5 GCSE's grade 6 or above including 7 in GCSE Computer Science (or Equivalent) & 6 in Maths

Course Description

A Level Computer Science helps students understand the core academic principles of computer science. Classroom learning is transferred into creating real-world systems through the creation of an independent programming project. A Level will develop the student’s technical understanding and their ability to analyse and solve problems using computational thinking.

Course Profile

Career Pathways

University: Computer science, Software development, Business Information Systems


Job Opportunities

IT support assistant, IT apprentice, junior applications developer, junior web developer, game developer, full stack developer, dev ops developer


Further Reading

Course Book