Curriculum Leader: MRS PERRY Examination Board & Syllabus AQA GCSE COMBINED SCIENCE: TRILOGY
Combined Science Trilogy THE SUBJECT IS ASSESSED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: 100% Terminal examinations in June of Year 11. REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE: Core subject. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy is a double award qualification as students will achieve 2 GCSE grades (from 9,9 to 1,1) at the end of the course. Students sit all examinations at the end of Year 11 making up 100% of the course assessment and will be entered for either Higher (9,9 to 4,4) or Foundation (5,5 to 1,1) Tier examinations. There is no coursework component in the GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy course, however practical skills are very important with 21 required practical tasks to be completed over the duration of the course and assessed through questions in the terminal examination papers (at least 15%). ASSESSMENTS: There are six papers in total, two biology, two chemistry and two physics. Each paper is 1 hour 15 mins and contributes 16.7% to the GCSE.
12 | CHOOSING YOUR GCSE OPTIONS FOR YEARS 10 & 11
