An exam board has said it will “look at the difficulty” of a GCSE computer science paper after complaints that it left high-achieving pupils “traumatised” and “completely disheartened”.
While OCR has pledged a “fair outcome for all” with the potential to lower grade boundaries if deemed necessary, teachers and experts fear it could put children off taking the subject.
Pupils typically achieve a grade lower in computing compared to other comparable GCSEs, analysis by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, suggests.
The issue of whether computing is harder is also already being investigated by regulator Ofqual.
