“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.” - E Dijkstra
Students follow a programme that covers both digital literacy and computer science. In the latter, an emphasis is put on algorithmic or computational thinking.
As the quote implies, this is not limited to enabling girls to design and create code themselves, but also giving them the skills and understanding to solve problems in a wider context.
The digital literacy programme covers the risks and threats that the girls will face and the precautions that they need to take to operate safely in a digital world.
Students also take part in many extra and co-curricular activities, ranging from Ethical Hacking to competing in numerous programming competitions. Recent successes have included a team having their code run on the International Space Station as part of AstroPi and another winning the global Technoversity Challenge for app development.
Pupils are taught the fundamentals of digital literacy, communication over digital networks, programming constructs (sequencing, selection and iteration), programming languages (scratch, JavaScript and Python), binary representations of numbers, characters and images, Boolean logic, simple algorithms, and an introduction to AI.
The OCR GCSE in Computer Science is followed.
The OCR A Level in Computer Science is followed.
Dr Webb, Head of Computing
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