GCSE Science

We offer the AQA suite of science GCSE courses, which are started in year 9 and completed in year 11. In year 9 students have two one-hour lessons per science subject every fortnight, which is increased to three lessons per fortnight for double science and 5 lessons for triple per science subject in years 10 and 11. 

Each year group is divided into six classes and all classes will be taught Biology, Chemistry and Physics separately and by subject-specialists, which combined with the smaller class sizes of approximately 20 students, will facilitate more individualised learning to meet the needs of our able students. We want our students to enjoy their lessons whilst being fully engaged and challenged; we aim to provide a varied programme of study to provide opportunities to undertake science investigations and extension activities.

Each student is provided with an 'online' text book for use at home and our ‘Revision Packs’ containing past paper materials prior to their examinations. Students are also given the opportunity to purchase CGP resources to support them in their revision, and students may also wish to subscribe to ‘Catalyst’ magazine.  

Many of our students choose to study at least one science subject at AS and A2 levels.

For more detail see links to individual science subjects:  Biology       Chemistry        Physics