Computer Science

Assessment

Each component of the course is assessed as follows: ● Paper 1 is a written examination paper on Computer Systems (40%) ● Paper 2 is a written examination paper on Algorithms and Programming (40%) ● Programming Project (20%) Students sit both written papers during the June sessions at the end of Year 13. Each paper is 2 hours 30 minutes long and is non-calculator. The teacher marks the programming project, and submits the student’s work to the exam board for moderation in early May.