GCSE Computer Science Tutors
Two specialist Computer Science tutors, both teaching AQA and Pearson Edexcel. Lessons work from past papers and real mark scheme feedback.
Six things a general tutor will not give you.
This subject splits in two. Students who enjoy the programming often lose marks on the written theory, and the ones who revise the theory cannot write code under pressure.
GCSE Computer Science at a Glance
GCSE Computer Science is graded 9 to 1. There are no tiers, so every student sits the same paper and the whole range is open.
AQA sets two written papers. One focuses on computational thinking and programming, the other on the theory of computer systems.
Programming is examined on paper. Students write code by hand, which is why typing practice alone does not prepare them.
Every Computer Science Topic We Cover
The course splits between writing code and explaining how computers work. Both are examined in writing.
Practice From Real Computer Science Papers
Lessons work through genuine past papers and their mark schemes, not imitation questions written to look like them.
Paper 1
Algorithms, programming and problem solving, with code written by hand rather than typed into an editor.
Paper 2
Data representation, computer systems, networks, security and the wider impact of technology.
Edexcel Computer Science
The same split between programming and theory, with its own question style. Lessons follow the version your school entered.
Marked as an examiner would
Code is marked as written, so a missing colon or a wrong indent is caught the way the exam will catch it.
Exam technique
Decoding command words, structuring 6-mark answers, and timing, the marks students leave on the table.
An hour spent writing code, not watching it.
We find out which half is costing the grade
Your tutor marks a recent paper and separates the programming marks from the theory marks. One of the two is almost always the problem, and lessons go there.
Written live, then broken
Students write the code, run it, break it and work out why. Watching a worked solution teaches far less.
Theory answered in words
Each lesson ends with a written theory question, marked before the next, because that is how the paper asks it.
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Where Computer Science Marks Are Really Lost
Most lost marks come from code written on paper, trace tables rushed, and theory answers that describe a thing without explaining it.
Code on paper
Students who code well on a laptop lose marks writing it by hand. There is no editor to flag the missing bracket.
Trace tables rushed
These are free marks for anyone who works line by line. Students lose them by trying to hold the loop in their head.
Theory described, not explained
Saying what RAM is earns the first mark. Explaining why more of it helps is where the rest of them sit.
Command words misread
State, describe and explain want different lengths of answer. Students lose marks answering the wrong one thoroughly.
You See Every Computer Science Lesson
A single grade hides whether the problem is code or theory. These four reports separate the two.
- Notes after every lesson
- Topic checklist, red to green
- Monthly progress report
- A recording of each lesson
What Coding Students and Their Parents Report
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GCSE Computer Science Questions
Which boards do your tutors teach?
Both teach the AQA course and both also teach Edexcel. Each profile lists the boards that tutor covers, subject by subject.
Which programming language do you use?
Whichever your school teaches, usually Python. Tell us at the start and lessons follow that language throughout.
My child codes well but the grade is low.
That is usually the theory paper, or writing code by hand. We mark a real paper first to find which of the two it is.
Is there coursework?
The programming project is practical work rather than marks towards the grade. The written papers decide the result.
There are no tiers, so what decides the grade?
Every student sits the same paper and the full 9 to 1 range is open. The grade comes from the marks across both papers.
What is the usual weekly commitment?
One hour a week suits most students. Two is common in the term before the exam, or after a weak mock.
The Rest of What We Teach
Thirteen GCSE subjects, each taught by a specialist who works to your own exam board course.
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