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Look you know I don't do computing, actually I can't do computing and don't have any desire to, but hold the phone here kids. You guys are all buying into a GCSE spec (as it's your only option) that has generated a 29% A*- C result set!!! You have to be out of your collective minds.I mean honestly that's crazy. I know you want the subject in, and I fully appreciate that it's challenging, interesting for some and will equip kids with a far better skillset than ant ICT course. But 29%!! You really think that's a wise horse to be backing? I hope for all your sakes that's a pilot result of just a few dozen kids because if the numbers taking it were in the hundreds and the pilot ran across numerous schools then heaven help you in 2014 when your SLT coming asking for answers. Those exam boards are not allowed to see significant moves year on year in grade distributions you know, and I would be crapping my pants if I were starting that OCR spec this September. If I were in your shoes I'd run with the Cambridge National or new CIDA/DIDA, take the programming unit inside them, and then see how those GCSE computing results improve over time. At least you can have some element of control over what grades come out the other end that way and you buy yourself a window of opportunity to see how other computing specs and pilots evolve. Again 29% - If I was your head and you returned those then I'd pull your subject straight away and now we're all on our way to academies then that's a lot more realistic than ever before.
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