All students will be studying AQA GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics to gain 3 GCSEs at the end of year 11. This particularly benefits those students wishing to study science at KS5 and beyond, and those students with varying abilities in different subjects.
Students are able to do Higher (Grades 9-4) and/or Foundation (Grades 5-1) tier papers and can be entered for different tiers for each science.
Science is examined by terminal exams only although each subject has certain ‘Required Practicals’ that will be completed during lessons and may be recalled in the exams whilst embedding skills and knowledge.
In year 11 each student will sit 6 exams, 2 for each science.
Topics studied are
Biology
Cell Biology
Organisation
Infection & response
Bioenergetics
Homeostasis
Inheritance, variation & evolution
Ecology
Chemistry
Atomic structure & Periodic table
Bonding , structure & properties of matter
Quantitative chemistry
Chemical changes
Energy change
Chemical change
Organic chemistry
Atmosphere
Chemical analysis
Using resources
Physics
Energy
Electricity
Particle model
Atomic structure
Forces
Waves
Magnetism & Electromagnets
Space
Further Education
Examples of courses that could be studied include:
● AS and A-level Biology
● AS and A-level Chemistry
● AS and A-level Physics
● As and A-level Environmental Science
● BTEC Applied Science
● BTEC Applied Human Biology
● Diplomas in Engineering, Applied Science, Vehicle Maintenance
Examples of employment areas involving science:
● Advanced Apprenticeships
● Animal health
● Climate monitoring
● Conservationist
● Cosmetic development
● Engineering
● Environmental
● Food production and development
● Forensics
● Health sector
● IT & Technology
● Manufacturing & Production
● Pharmaceuticals
● Plant research
● Research, medical and scientific
● Robotics
● Water technology