GCE AS/AComputing (5511, 6511)

For administrative materials and information such as Basedata, Timetables, including the Interboard online timetable, and Candidate Record Forms, please visit the Administration section of the AQA Website.

This specification is being withdrawn: see the new GCE implementation timetable.

  • the last AS exams are in summer 2009, which provide the opportunity for linear or re-sit candidates to complete their assessments
  • the last A2 exams are in summer 2009.

For dates of the last re-sits, see the JCQ notice Withdrawal of Curriculum 2000 Specifications.

This specification is being replaced by Computing for first teaching from September 2008.

Candidates for AS units in January 2009 and subsequent exams must follow the new specification.

Coursework standardisation

  • Dates for coursework standardisation meetings are generally published on the AQA Website in September.
  • Meetings are usually held between October and January and are free of charge.
  • Centres are also usually notified in writing.
  • If you are teaching this specification for the first time, please contact us to ensure that you are invited.

Policy on attending coursework standardisation meetings

Examinations Update Issue 27

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Examinations Update Issue 23

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Delphi 7 Professional

AQA recognises that centres and their candidates must have appropriate resources to teach/study the structured programming and object-oriented areas of the AS/A GCE Computing specification successfully.

To this end, a continuation of the special rate for AQA centres has been negotiated with Borland for their product Delphi 7 Professional. This is considered to be the best programming paradigm for teaching both structured programming and object-oriented programming with its Pascal ancestry, a language designed for the purpose of teaching structured programming. With in-built support for connecting to Microsoft Access databases through both ADO components and ODBC, Delphi lends itself easily to database project work. The user interface of the IDE is user-friendly and not overly complicated. Current textbooks are compatible with this user interface but not with the very latest version of Delphi.

Any centres requiring further information about these special rates should contact:

Mike Young
Pugh Computers Ltd
Denver House
Llanon
Aberystwyth
SY23 5LP
Tel: 01974 200 201
Fax: 01974 202 628

Read/download in PDF format information about Examination Officers' conferences, meetings for teachers and meetings introducing new qualifications and subjects happening now and in the near future.



 
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