Welcome to the site. Here's some information about the aims of this site and why I set it up.

My name's Tim Ault and I'm Head of ICT at d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford. I've taught A Level Computing for about 7 years (previously at Weald College in North London and at the Oxford College of Further Education.)

I've taught the OCR A Level for the last 5 years. I think it's a good course. In particular I like the AS Structured Tasks which are not available from other boards.

When I've attended inset meetings run by the board, I've been struck by the variety of backgrounds of the people teaching the A Level. Some people have worked in IT in Industry. Others have moved into teaching Computing from Maths and other subjects. My impression has been that for many teachers, it's quite a challenge to cover the A level computing syllabus, particularly the content of module 2509. I'm also aware that schools find it difficult to recruit staff to teach A level Computing.

I decided to set up this site for a number of reasons :

If you're teaching the OCR A Level, do visit the site from time to time to find out what's new. If you have a question about the course, do post something on the discussion board. If you have developed some teaching resources which you would like to make available to others, do get it touch. If you have an idea for something you would like to see on this site, please let me know.

Finally, please spread the word that this site exists. If you run a related web site and could add a link, I would very much appreciate it. Code for a quick link is here.

This site has been set up with the knowledge and encouragement of Merrick Smith at the OCR board. Merrick is the OCR Subject Officer for ICT and can be contacted on smith.mm@ucles.org.uk