FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelyoneofthebestpaperresourcesoutthere.Verygoodbutisunfortunatelyveryexpensiveaswell.Again,Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 8.4/10

Presentation7/10:Bothrevisionandexerciseresourcesareinpdfformatandareveryeasytoread.Thetextintherevisionresourcesislaidoutwellandhasrelevantdiagramsandimagestoenhancetheappealofsaidresources. Accessibility8/10:Thequestionsintheexercisesaresimilarindifficultytonewspecpapers.Nothardtoseewhythey'resoaccessiblesincethey'retakenfromtextbooksbuteventherevisionresourcescanbeeasilyunderstood. Content10/10:ThistextbookisactuallyendorsedbyOCR(notthatthatmeansmuch)sobydefaultitcoversit'sentirecourseandyesitincludesmaterialonthecoursework. Accessibility9/10:Usesastraightforwardapproachindeliveringmaterialwhichisveryeasytounderstand.Noflowerylanguageortechnicalterminology,takesyouthroughthetheorystepbystep. Accessibility9/10:GoingtohavetogiveaslightdowngradeheresinceOCR(alongwithprettymucheveryotherexamboard)arequitenotoriousforwriting"evil"papers.

Computer Science (H446)

Asthetitlesaysthisisarankingofthetop10resourcesfortheH046/H446spec.NowImustadmit,Iwasn'tevensuretherewere10decentresourcestoputonthislistbutafterabitofdiggingI'vefoundthem. Concision10/10:Very,veryconcise.Doesn'tbeataroundthebushandjustgivesyoualltheinformationyouneedinminimalspace.Definitelythebestrevisionguideavailablerightnow(unfortunately,CGPhaven'tgotoneforAlevelComputerScienceotherwiseIthinkitwouldbeequallygood). Content7/10:Doesn'tcovertheentirespec.OnlycoversmaterialfortheComputerSystemsandComputingPrinciplesexamsandabitfortheprogrammmingexam.Nomaterialforthecourseworkcomponenteither.

Students must take all three components to be awarded the OCR A Level in Computer Science. Component Price:nomatterhowgoodaresourceis,ifit'sexpensivechancesareyoumaynotevenuseitsothepriceofaresourceisessentialinthisranking.The internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. Accessibility9/10:Asidefromthevideos,thepremiumresources(notabletheKeyTerminologyPresentationandCheatsheetsaforementioned)areveryeasytounderstand. Presentation8/10:Mostofthepremiumresourcesavailablearewellpresented,afewofthemcouldbebetterbutonthewholetheyareallaestheticallyappealing.

Concision6/10:althoughtheaforementionedvideoscoverthespecentirely,someofthem(primarilythoserelatedwiththeory)includeabitof"waffling".Theotherfreeresources(whicharen'talot)arefairlyconcise. Accessibility10/10:Alltheresourcesareveryhighqualityandthusareveryaccessible.Oneshouldhavenoproblemunderstandingtheinformationdelivered. FinalScore&Verdict:Containsawealthofresourceswhichareallfreesodefinitelyuseasmanyasyoucan.Highlyrecommendtherevisionexercisesasthenewspecpapersaren'tenoughatthisstageandyouneedallthepracticeyoucanget. 7.4/10FinalScore&Verdict:Thebestonlineresourceavailableplainandsimple(thatisn'tendorsedbyOCRforsomereason). 9/10 Students are introduced to the internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. The resulting knowledge and understanding will underpin their work in component 03. Accessibility10/10:Surprisinglyeasytounderstand.Eventhoughitgivesthecontentyouneedtoknowwithoutanywafflingorintroductions(whichisgreat)itmakesitveryeasytodigesttheinfoviabulletpointsandshortparagraphs. Presentation10/10:Alltheinteractiveactivities,worksheets,testsandthesummarypresentationsareextremelywellpresented.Can'tfaultanythinghere.