Curriculum Aims – Computing

The overarching aim of the Computing curriculum is to equip children with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to become confident, responsible, and creative users of technology. It seeks to develop computational thinking, digital literacy, and the ability to apply technology effectively across various contexts, preparing pupils for a digital future.

The national curriculum for Computing aims to ensure that all pupils: 

• can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
• can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems 
• can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems 
• are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology