FinalScore&Verdict:Thebestonlineresourceavailableplainandsimple(thatisn'tendorsedbyOCRforsomereason). 9/10 Anyway,enoughselfadvertising.That'smylistofthetop10resourcesforOCRAlevelComputerSciencethatIhaveusedpersonally,doyouagreewithit?IsthereanyresourceImissed?Putyourcommentsbelowandasalways... Concision8/10:Materialcoversallthecontentwellbutdoesgooverboardsometimesingivinginfonotrelevanttothespeci.e.contentthatyoudon'tneedtoknow! Concision10/10:Markschemesarethebestresourceofallinmyopinion.Clear,conciseandgetstraighttothepoint.Itsimplytellsyoueverythingtheexaminersarelookingforwithoutanyunnecessaryinformation. Students will be expected to analyse a problem (10 marks), and design (15 marks), develop and test (25 marks), and evaluate and document (20 marks) a program. The program must be to solve it written in a suitable programming language.

Accessibility10/10:Alltheresourcesareveryhighqualityandthusareveryaccessible.Oneshouldhavenoproblemunderstandingtheinformationdelivered. Content7/10:Doesn'tcovertheentirespec.OnlycoversmaterialfortheComputerSystemsandComputingPrinciplesexamsandabitfortheprogrammmingexam.Nomaterialforthecourseworkcomponenteither.

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Presentation8/10:Mostofthepremiumresourcesavailablearewellpresented,afewofthemcouldbebetterbutonthewholetheyareallaestheticallyappealing. Accessibility9/10:GoingtohavetogiveaslightdowngradeheresinceOCR(alongwithprettymucheveryotherexamboard)arequitenotoriousforwriting"evil"papers. Presentation:agoodresourceshouldbeaestheticallyappealing,evenithasallthecontentitshouldlayoutalltheinformationinaneasytograspform. Presentation10/10:Verywellpresented.AllthecontentonthePowerPointPresentationsisverygoodasitdoesn'thavetoomuchinfoperslide.PDFsarelaidoutnicelyaswell.Nofaultshere.

Content10/10:ThistextbookisactuallyendorsedbyOCR(notthatthatmeansmuch)sobydefaultitcoversit'sentirecourseandyesitincludesmaterialonthecoursework. FinalScore&Verdict:Containsawealthofresourceswhichareallfreesodefinitelyuseasmanyasyoucan.Highlyrecommendtherevisionexercisesasthenewspecpapersaren'tenoughatthisstageandyouneedallthepracticeyoucanget. 7.4/10 Accessibility9/10:Videoisprobablythemostaccessiblewaytodelivercontent,there'slittletonoreadingandyoujusthavetowatchandlistencarefully.Thevideosandtheotherresourcesdelivercontentinaveryaccessiblewaysuitableforprettymucheveryone. FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelyoneofthebestpaperresourcesoutthere.Verygoodbutisunfortunatelyveryexpensiveaswell.Again,Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 8.4/10Sohere'showthisisgoingtowork,eachplaceintherankingmaybeoccupiedbymorethanoneresource(thatmaybepartofthesameseries).Theywillallberankedaccordingto5indicatorseachratedoutof10togivetheresourceacombinedscoreoutof10whichwillbefollowedbyafinalverdict: Presentation7/10:Bothrevisionandexerciseresourcesareinpdfformatandareveryeasytoread.Thetextintherevisionresourcesislaidoutwellandhasrelevantdiagramsandimagestoenhancetheappealofsaidresources.