The OCR Computer Science qualification is a practical subject where students can apply the academic principles learned in the classroom to real-world systems. It builds upon the knowledge and skills learned at GCSE, the aims of this qualification are to: • Enable learners to develop an understanding of science, including abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms and data representation • The ability to analyse problems in computational terms through practical experience in solving such problems, including writing programs to do so • The capacity to think creatively, innovatively, analytically, logically and critically • The capacity to see relationships between different aspects of computer science • Mathematical skills