Subject Information

Religion

Exam board: Edexcel Specification A

Paper 1: Catholic Christianity

Paper 2: Judaism

Paper 3: Philosophy and Ethics

English

Exam board: AQA

Language: Analysis of a fiction text / narrative & descriptive story / analysis of 2 non-fiction texts / a letter, speech or article.

Literature: Paper 1: Romeo & Juliet / A Christmas Carol. Paper 2: An Inspector Calls / Power & Conflict poetry / Unseen poem & comparison.

Maths

Exam board: Edexcel

Paper 1 - Non calculator

Paper 2 & 3 - Calculator

Drama

Exam board: Eduqas

Component 1 - Devising Theatre (40%) - Devised performance - Porfolio - Evaluation 

Component 2 - Performing from a Text (20%) - Performance from a published play. 

Component 3 - Interpreting Theatre (40%) - Section A: 'I Love You Mum - I Promise I Wont Die' by Mark Wheeller - Section B: Live Theatre Review 

Art (FINE ART / ART & DESIGN)

Exam board: AQA

Fine Art: Still Life & Identity / Portraits coursework / Externally set exam question

Art & Design: Natural forms, people and places / Colours coursework / Externally set exam question

Music

Exam board: Edexcel

Content: 1MUO/03 is the written appraisal exam, which is 1hr 45mins.

Business Studies

Exam board:  Edexcel

Topic 1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneur Topic 2.1 Growing the business ● Topic 2.2 Making marketing decisions ● Topic 2.3 Making operational decisions ● Topic 2.4 Making financial decisions ● Topic 2.5 Making human resource decisionsship ● Topic 1.2 Spotting a business opportunity ● Topic 1.3 Putting a business idea into practice ● Topic 1.4 Making the business effective ● Topic 1.5 Understanding external influences on business. 

Food & Nutrition

Exam board: EDUQAS

Content: Coursework - Non Examined Assessment 1 & 2


Engineering

Exam board: WJEC

Content:

Unit 1 - Manufacturing Engineering Products

Unit 2 - Designing Engineering Products

Unit 3 - Solving Engineering Products

Health & Social Care

Exam board: Pearson

Content: 3 Components

1 - Human Lifespan Development- Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Social Development, Infancy, Early Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Middle Adulthood, Older Adulthood, Life Events 

2 - Care Services and Values- Care Values, Primary Care, Secondary Care, Tertiary Care, Informal Support, Allied Health Care, Voluntary Care, Social Care 

3 - Health & Wellbeing- Illness and Disease, Effects and Impacts, BMI, Blood Pressure, Peak Flow, Resting Heart Rate, PIES 

French

Exam board: AQA

Theme 1: Identity and culture.

Theme 2: Local, national, international, and global areas of interest.

Theme 3: Current and future study and employment.

Spanish

Exam board: AQA

Theme 1: Identity and culture.

Theme 2: Local, national, international, and global areas of interest.

Theme 3: Current and future study and employment.

P.E.

Exam board: OCR - GCSE PE  &  NCFE - VCERT


Combined Science

Exam board: AQA

Content: Biology - B1 Cells, B2 Organisation, B3 Infection and responses B4 Bioenergetics, B5 homeostasis, B6 IVE, B7 Ecology / Chemistry - C1 Atomic Structure, C2 Bonding, Structure, C3 Quantitative, C4 Chemical changes, C5 Energy change, C6 ROR, C7 Organic, C8 Chemical Analysis, C9 Atmosphere, C10 Using resources / Physics - P1 Energy, P2 Electricity, P3 Particle model of matter, P4 Atomic structure, P5 Forces, P6 Waves, P7 Magnetism 

Computer Science

Exam board: AQA

3.1 Fundamentals of algorithms 3.2 Programming 3.3 Fundamentals of data representation 3.4 Computer systems 3.5 Fundamentals of computer networks 3.6 Cyber security 3.7 Relational databases and structured query language (SQL) 3.8 Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy 

History

Exam board: AQA

Geography

Exam board: AQA

Paper 1: Living with the physical environment 

Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment 

Paper 3: Geographical applications