Year

Half term

Unit(s) of work

Assessment

Year 11

Autumn 1

1.4 Network security (Threats and vulnerabilities)

1.5 Systems software

1.4 Network security

1.5 Systems software

- End of unit written assessments

Autumn 2

1.6 Legal, ethical, cultural and environmental impact of computers

2.3 Defensive design and testing

1.6 Legal, ethical cultural

- End of unit written assessment

Spring 1

2.2 Programming fundamentals (Practical programming skills)

2.5 Languages and IDEs

1.5 Languages and IDEs

- End of unit written assessment

Spring 2

2.1 Algorithms (Searching and sorting algorithms)

2.2 Programming fundamentals (Practical programming skills)

2.1 Algorithms

- End of unit written assessment

Summer 1

Mock exams and theory revision

Mock exams

Summer 2

Theory revision for Summer examinations

J277 Paper 1 (Computer Systems)

J277 Paper 2 (Computational Thinking, Algorithms and  Programming)