GCSE Science

Curriculum Pathway and Resources

At Kings' Al Barsha we are passionate about enabling Master Scientists, with a focus on learning through experience. All students participate in GCSE Science to help them on this path. To find out more about the journey you will take through the GCSE course, click on the links to the Curriculum Pathways. These are valid for all GCSE Science qualifications offered at Kings' Al Barsha.

For more resources, including revision materials and exam style questions, students enrolled at Kings' can click the links to the topics and log in with their Kings' username and password.

GCSE Science Qualifications

At King's we offer two streams for studying Science at GCSE level.

The first is GCSE Combined Science, a double award GCSE course that covers Biology, Physics and Chemistry. The majority of students take Combined Science. At the end of this course, students take six exams (two for each part of science, which are each 60 marks and 70 minutes), the results for which are combined, and students are awarded two GCSE grades, such as 7-6 or 8-8.

The second stream is Triple Science, sometimes referred to as "Separate Sciences" as students study for three separate qualifications: GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry and GCSE Physics. Students who choose this route need to be passionate about science, as this takes up a GCSE option block to allow for an extra lesson of teaching for each subject to cover the higher quantity and level of knowledge in these courses. At the end of this course, students take two exams for each subject (for a total of six), which are each 100 marks and 1 hour 45 minutes. From this students are awarded three GCSE grades.

Super Curricular Activities

If you're interested in learning more about the subjects you have studied in GCSE Science, you should read some of the articles below.

Students also have access to the back catalogue of Scientific American, which provides information about a wealth of exciting developments in Science.