Computer science has the power to change and influence lives. We need you to contribute! Our aim in the Computer Science department is to develop computer science theory and programming skills at an advanced level within engaging and progressive lessons. The course contains two exam papers and a non-exam assessment. This will allow pupils to develop a coding project of their choice within a client-based scenario. Specialised resources and assessments are regularly carried out to closely monitor progress and a personalised teaching and learning approach is implemented to allow pupil to maximise their progress. Every pupil has access to the ICT suite of computers and is assigned an individual iPad and cloud-based storage. This enables the link between home and remote study to be readily available. Subject areas have their workstations and access to Apple TV within classrooms. An extended Wifi network around the school has been established thereby expanding e-Learning possibilities Module and course content: • The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices • Software and software development • Exchanging data • Data types, data structures and algorithms • Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues • Elements of computational thinking • Problem solving and programming • Algorithms to solve problems and standard algorithms The learner will choose a computing problem to work through according to the guidance in the specification. • Analysis of the problem • Design of the solution • Developing the solution • Evaluation
In the case of entry into the Sixth Form, conditional offers are made on the basis of a reference from the pupil’s current school and the achievement of appropriate grades at GCSE or equivalent.
About Education Provider
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Local Authority | Wakefield |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £36,447 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £11,394 - £17,844 |
| Address | Pontefract Road, Ackworth, West Yorkshire, WF7 7LT |
Computer science has the power to change and influence lives. We need you to contribute! Our aim in the Computer Science department is to develop computer science theory and programming skills at an advanced level within engaging and progressive lessons. The course contains two exam papers and a non-exam assessment. This will allow pupils to develop a coding project of their choice within a client-based scenario. Specialised resources and assessments are regularly carried out to closely monitor progress and a personalised teaching and learning approach is implemented to allow pupil to maximise their progress. Every pupil has access to the ICT suite of computers and is assigned an individual iPad and cloud-based storage. This enables the link between home and remote study to be readily available. Subject areas have their workstations and access to Apple TV within classrooms. An extended Wifi network around the school has been established thereby expanding e-Learning possibilities Module and course content: • The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices • Software and software development • Exchanging data • Data types, data structures and algorithms • Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues • Elements of computational thinking • Problem solving and programming • Algorithms to solve problems and standard algorithms The learner will choose a computing problem to work through according to the guidance in the specification. • Analysis of the problem • Design of the solution • Developing the solution • Evaluation
In the case of entry into the Sixth Form, conditional offers are made on the basis of a reference from the pupil’s current school and the achievement of appropriate grades at GCSE or equivalent.