An exam board is to offer a digitally assessed GCSE in computer science for pupils starting their course in 2025, in what it described as a UK first. Jill Duffy, chief executive of OCR, said a pilot ...

EDUCATION secretary Michael Gove said last week that information communications technology (ICT) students are ‘bored out of their minds’, as he announced plans to scrap the computing curriculum.

A majority of English schools did not offer computer science courses at GCSE level in 2015-16, according to today's report from the Royal Society. The report found that "computing education across the ...

More than half of schools in England do not offer students a computer science GCSE, according to a report by the Royal Society. The study has found 54% of schools in England do not offer a computer ...

Exam board OCR said schools can still opt for a paper-based assessment for its computer science qualification if they prefer. Exam board OCR staged a pilot of digital exams earlier this year and will ...

Exam board OCR said schools can still opt for a paper-based assessment for its computer science qualification if they prefer. An exam board is to offer a digitally assessed GCSE in computer science ...

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