All KS4 accredited courses will identify a core number of "Guided Learning Hours" to fully teach and deliver the course. When planning KS3, you should identify what the KS4 course requirements are and how much knowledge skills and understanding are needed before the course is taught. See OFQUAL
Timings
As with mathematics or history, schools need to provide weekly computing lessons so that pupils can develop and practise their computational thinking across the whole of KS3.We recommend you do not try to fit provision into less time for two main reasons. First, pupils need time and regular practice to acquire the skills, knowledge and experiences they require to understand computing and to make informed choices about their future. Second, you will be unable to support pupils who are learning the subject independently outside school.
