Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Computer Science is, above all else, relevant to the modern and changing world of computing. It is our aim that pupils will be inspired, motivated, and challenged by following a broad, coherent, practical, satisfying, and worthwhile course of study. It will provide insight into, and experience of, how computer science works, stimulating pupils’ curiosity and encouraging them to engage with computer science in their everyday lives and to make informed choices about further study or career choices. Pupils will develop an ability to analyse, critically evaluate and make decisions during their practical programming project. At St John’s, the chosen programming language is Python which is a widely used and popular language, hugely in demand by companies such as Google and used in areas such as web and software development, machine learning and AI, fintech and data science. Teaching will be split between theory and programming, and wherever possible the opportunity will be taken to extend the theoretical work into programming tasks.