There are a range of Computer Science GCSE options available to school from different exam boards. Below is a summary of available GCSE courses and the components of each.

Awarding BodyUnitsunit titlesassessmentWeightingLINK
OCR2J277/01: Computer systems
J277/02: Computational thinking, algorithms and
programming
Exam only50/50LINK
AQA2Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
Paper 2: Computing concepts
Exam only50/50LINK
EDEXCEL2Paper 1: Principles of Computer Science
Paper 2: Application of Computational Thinking
Exam only50/50LINK
Updated 29/12/23