The computer science GCSE requires pupils to be proficient programmers to be successful. This has meant teachers now have to spend a great deal of time on programming in the year proceeding GCSE ...

The number of students taking GCSE computing has fallen this year, with fewer girls and boys choosing the subject compared with 2024 ...

The computer science GCSE requires pupils to be proficient programmers to be successful. This has meant teachers now have to spend a great deal of time on programming in the year proceeding GCSE ...

GCSE coursework for Computer Science will not count for any marks amid fears about widespread cheating, the exam watchdog has said. The move follows concern that thousands of students were given ...

Then there's the evidence that girls just aren't being persuaded to take an interest - 16% of GCSE computing entrants in 2015 were female and the figure for the A-level was just 8.5% .

Ofqual research found that grading standards in GCSE computer science – which was first awarded in 2012 – “may have become slightly more stringent” between 2014 to 2019 due to changes to ...

So far, so inspiring - but take a look at this year's GCSE entries, and prepare to be depressed about how many young women might be looking to study computer science in a few years. I've written ...

The British Computing Society, which lobbied for the new GCSE, insists that it always argued for a new IT qualification to complement computer science, but that was rejected by ministers.

Despite computing education in UK schools going through a massive revolution over the past few years to try and make it more relevant to our increasingly technology driven lives, the new GCSE in ...