Only providing a single GCSE option of computer science fails to meet the needs of any student – except those that have at least some interest in becoming a computer scientist.

Perhaps unnerved by a future filled with automated jobs, 90% of American parents want their children to study computer science. How much longer Python’s rise will continue is anybody’s guess.

After launching a new computing curriculum in September, the Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to introduce a new Computer Science GCSE by 2016, focused on writing code, designing ...