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Year 11
Curriculum Map
This curriculum map provides an overview of the computer science journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of computational concepts, programming languages, and digital projects alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop technical understanding, coding proficiency, and computational thinking appropriate to their age and stage.
| Half Term | Unit(s) of Work | Key Assessments |
| Autumn 1 | Network security (threats and vulnerabilities) | End of unit written assessments |
| Systems software | ||
| Autumn 2 | Legal, ethical, cultural and environmental impact of computers | End of unit written assessment |
| Defensive design and testing | ||
| Spring 1 | Programming fundamentals (practical programming skills) | End of unit written assessment |
| Languages and IDE's | ||
| Spring 2 | Algorithms (searching and sorting algorithms) | End of unit written assessment |
| Programming fundamentals (pracitcal programming skills) | ||
| Summer 1 | Mock exams and theory revision | Mock exams |
| Summer 2 | Theory revision for summer exams |