Curriculum Leader: MRS PERRY Examination Board & Syllabus AQA GCSE SEPARATE SCIENCES (BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS)
Separate Sciences THE SUBJECT IS ASSESSED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: 100% Terminal examinations in June of Year 11. REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE: Achievement at KS3. A desire to study A Level Sciences in one or more science subjects. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Students following GCSE Separate Sciences will achieve 3 separate GCSE Grades (9-1), one each for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Students will sit all examinations at the end of Year 11, making up 100% of the course assessment. There is no coursework component in the new GCSE Separate Sciences course, however practical skills are very important with a minimum of 8 required practical tasks to be completed per subject over the duration of the course and assessed through questions in the terminal examination papers (at least 15%). Although the topic titles are similar to those in combined sciences, the separate sciences will consider each topic in greater depth and breadth to enable students to acquire a greater understanding in these fascinating subjects. GCSE GRADING: There are two papers for each separate science (six in total). Each paper is 1 hour 45 mins. Students will be entered for either Higher (9 to 4) or Foundation (5 to 1) Tier examinations.
10 | CHOOSING YOUR GCSE OPTIONS FOR YEARS 10 & 11
