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<p>As part of the reforms to the national curriculum, the Department for Education
is strengthening the teaching of computing in schools by replacing information and
communications technology with computing. The new programmes of study for computing,
which will be taught in maintained schools from September 2014, have a much greater
emphasis on computer science. For example, pupils at key stage 1 will be taught to
create and debug simple programs and key stage 3 pupils will be taught to use two
or more programming languages.</p><p>We also working with exam boards and sector experts
to review the computer science GCSE and A level so that they reflect and build upon
the changes made to the curriculum. The inclusion of computer science in the English
Baccalaureate will provide further encouragement for pupils to take up the subject
at GCSE level. We are also providing funding for several projects to help teachers
acquire the necessary subject knowledge and skills to teach the new computing curriculum.</p><p>We
are funding the British Computer Society to build a network of 400 ‘Master Teachers',
create online teach-yourself resources and deliver 800 in-school workshops to help
primary school teachers improve their subject knowledge. A further £500,000 competitive
match-funded scheme was announced on 4 February to support excellent computing teaching
and lever additional investment and engagement from business.</p>
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