I made this video last year after marking 300+ Paper 1 Computer Science scripts for AQA. While it was fresh in my mind I made a list of lots of potential tips for future examinees. You may find it helpful!
Other useful links:
This is the goto wiki with ideas for what may be asked about this year’s skeleton code program (Target Clear)
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Computing/AQA/Paper_1/Skeleton_program/2025
Fed up of trying to remember all the Boolean Identities and Laws you need for simplifying Boolean Algebra for your A Level exams?
Look no further – I have created a page that shows them all in both common exam formats.
https://geekcandy.co.uk/boolean.html
You are welcome!
Here is my presentation/slide deck with all the code I would expect students to know.
Python Code To Know GCSE and A Level (1)
You can access the Python notebook for these examples here: https://colab.research.google.com/gist/laura-james/b6dfbc164be9c189d7c1cd86b22437a2/python_code_to_know-2.ipynb
There is also an Python notebook which hopefully explains OOP principles for A Level you can find here:
https://colab.research.google.com/github/laura-james/Python-OOP-Code-to-Know/blob/main/Object_Orientated_Programming_in_Python.ipynb
The document below details which topics are covered in which paper for CIE A Level Computer ScienceCIE A Level 2022 (9618) Computing Topic Lists
