Exam Board - AQA

6 Exam papers at the end of Year 11. 

2 for each of the disciplines. 

Biology Paper 1 (1h 15mins) 

Topic 1 - Cell Biology

Topic 2 - Organisation

Topic 3 - Infection and Response

Topic 4 - Bioenergetics

Biology Paper 2 (1h 15mins) 

Topic 5 - Homeostasis and Response

Topic 6 - Inheritance, Variation and Evolution

Topic 7 - Ecology

Chemistry Paper 1 (1h 15mins) 

Topic 1 - Atomic Structure and Periodic Table

Topic 2- Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter 

Topic 3 - Quantitative Chemistry

Topic 4 - Chemical Changes

Topic 5 - Energy Changes

Chemistry Paper 2 (1h 15mins) 

Topic 6 - The Rate and Extent of Chemical Change Topic 7 - Organic Chemistry

Topic 8 - Chemical Analysis

Topic 9 - Chemistry of the Atmosphere

Topic 10 - Using Resources

Physics Paper 1 (1h 15mins) 

Topic 1 - Energy

Topic 2 - Electricity

Topic 3 - Particle Model of Matter

Topic 4 - Atomic Structure

Physics Paper 2 (1h 15mins) 

Topic 5 - Forces

Topic 6 - Waves

Topic 7 - Magnetism and Electromagnetism

Each Paper is worth 16.67% of the final grade. The students are then awarded 2 GCSEs based on the total marks across all 6 papers 

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