Resources by National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE)

GCSE Student Booster - Programming Loops (Pre-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about loops/iteration, the session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses the use of counter controlled(for) and condition controlled loops(while). By attending this event, you will:

• Understand the differences between counter controlled and condition...

GCSE Student Booster - Programming Selection (Post-event materials)

In this online session you will have learned about Sorting Algorithms. The session was aimed at GCSE students. The event discussed use of selection(IF) construct. By attending this event, you will now be able to:

GCSE Student Booster - Programming Selection (Pre-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about Sorting Algorithms, the session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses use of selection(IF) construct. By attending this event, you will be able to:

• Use IF...Else statements in our programming​
• Use IF... Elif...Else statements in our...

GCSE Student Booster - Searching Algorithms (Post-event materials)

In this online session you will have learned about Searching Algorithms. The session was aimed at GCSE students. The event discussed the use of a Linear search and a Binary search. It also discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the two...

GCSE Student Booster - Searching Algorithms (Pre-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about Searching Algorithms, the session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses the use of a Linear search and a Binary search. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the two algorithms. By attending this event, you will:

• Learn the key steps...

GCSE Student Booster - Sorting Algorithms (Post-event materials)

In this online session you will have learned about Sorting Algorithms. The session was aimed at GCSE students. The event discussed the Bubble sort, Insertion sort (OCR) and Merge sort. By attending this event, you will have:

GCSE Student Booster - Sorting Algorithms (Pre-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about Sorting Algorithms. The session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses the Bubble sort, Insertion sort (OCR) and Merge sort. By attending this event, you will:

• Use the key steps to perform a Bubble Sort 
• Use the key steps to perform a Merge...

GCSE Student Booster - Systems Architecture (Post-event materials)

In this online session you will have learned about GCSE Systems Architecture. The session was aimed at GCSE students in Year 9 to 11. The event discussed the components of the CPU, registers and buses. It also showed the fetch, decode, cycle used by...

GCSE Student Booster - Systems Architecture (Pre-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about GCSE Systems Architecture. The session is aimed at GCSE students in Year 9 to 11. The event discusses the components of the CPU, registers and buses. It also shows the fetch, decode, cycle used by the processor. It teaches the key factors that affect the speed of the CPU...

Non-GCSE Action Plan Support Guides

These Non-GCSE Action Plan Support Guides are designed for the school level support programme to help schools and colleges to overcome the challenges when introducing GCSE computer science into their curriculum.