Important information about your exams. 

How will students be assessed Combined Science  

There are six papers: two biology, two chemistry and two physics. Each of the papers will assess knowledge and understanding from distinct topic areas.  

• Biology Paper 1 - topics 1–4: Cell Biology; Organisation; Infection and response; and Bioenergetics.  

• Biology Paper 2 - topics 5–7: Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution; and Ecology.  

• Chemistry Paper 1 - topics 8–12: Atomic structure and the periodic table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter; Quantitative chemistry; Chemical changes; and Energy changes.  

• Chemistry Paper 2 - topics 13–17: The rate and extent of chemical change; Organic chemistry; Chemical analysis; Chemistry of the atmosphere; and Using resources.  

• Physics Paper 1 - topics 18–21: Energy; Electricity; Particle model of matter; and Atomic structure.  

• Physics Paper 2 - topics 22–24: Forces; Waves; and Magnetism and electromagnetism  

Each exam will be a written paper, 1 hour 15 minutes in duration.  There will be 70 marks on each paper, consisting of multiple choice, structured, closed short answer and open responses, with each paper making up 16.7% of the final GCSE grade, overall two GCSE grades will be awarded. 

Revision Tasks 

Science Revision Timetable

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