GCSE Computer Science (9-1) - J276 Teaching from 2016

Assessment

Marking instructions are included at the beginning of specimen assessment material mark schemes and were accurate at the time of publication. Marking instructions may be revised in live papers as appropriate during the lifetime of the qualification.
Taster booklet J276 - Sample assessment taster booklet. PDF 584KB
Computer systems J276/01 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB
Computational thinking, algorithms and programming J276/02 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 981KB

On 23 January 2019, Ofqual announced that programming skills for all GCSEs in Computer Science will be assessed exclusively by exam from summer 2022. Find out more >
Programming project achievement award resource interchange login required
Programming Project guidance J276 - PDF 424KB
Programming Project report template J276 - DOCX 162KB
Programming project tasks June 2019 and June 2020 J276 - PDF 2MB
Programming Project tracking sheet J276 - XLSX 348KB
Top 3 reasons why the Programming Project matters J276 - PDF 534KB

Computer systems J276/01 - interchange login required
Computational thinking, algorithms and programming J276/02 - interchange login required