Year 10 pupils will continue the AQA GCSE Combined Science (Trilogy) or GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics (Triple Science).

10XO and 10YO will study the separate GCSE pathway. The other classes will study the Combined Science pathway.

Students will receive a GCSE grade indicator after the CP2 exams.

Curriculum Allocation

Science is taught for a total of six 100 minute lessons per fortnight. This will comprise 2 biology, 2 chemistry and 2 physics lessons with a specialist teacher for each discipline.

AQA GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry and GCSE Physics

These topics will be followed by 10XO. They are broadly the same topics as studied in Combined Science, with some extra content and practicals and a few extra topics not studied at all in the Combined Science GCSE.

More information on these specifications can be found here: Biology, Chemistry, Physics

Y10 Curriculum Period 1:

Content covered in this period

  • Biology: B5 Communicable Disease, B6 Preventing and Treating Disease, B7 Non-communicable Diseases
  • Chemistry: C3 Structure and Bonding, C4 Chemical Calculations,
  • Physics: P5 Electricity in the Home, P6 Molecules and Matter

    Students will sit 3 exams in the assessment window, 1 for each science. These exams will be 1 hour 15 minutes long and cover all the content of curriculum period 1 and the topics of year 9.

    Y10 Curriculum Period 2:

    Content covered in this period

    • Biology: B10 Nervous System+T10 Brain and Eye, B11 Hormonal Control, B12 Homeostasis in Action, B13 Reproduction
    • Chemistry: C6 Electrolysis, C7 Fuel Cells, C8 Rates and Equilibrium, C9 Crude Oil and Fuels, C10 Organic Reactions, C11 Polymers, C12 Chemical Analysis
    • Physics: P7 Radioactivity, P8 Forces in Balance, P9 Motion, P10 Forces and Motion

      Students will sit 3 exams in the assessment window, 1 for each science. These exams will be 1 hour 15 minutes long and cover all the paper 1 content covered so far.

      The remaining topics will be assessed in class.

      Students will receive a separate GCSE grade in each science.

      The topics assessed in each exam are listed below:

      BiologyChemistryPhysics
      Cell Biology
      Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
      Energy
      Organisation
      Bonding, Structure and the Properties of Matter
      Electricity
      Infection and Response
      Quantitative Chemistry
      Particle Model of Matter
      Bioenergetics
      Chemical Changes
      Atomic Structure

      Energy Changes

      Revision materials for this exam can be found here: endon.fireflycloud.net/science-3/y10-revision

      AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy

      Most students will follow the AQA Combined Science Trilogy specification for the GCSE study. More information about this specification can be found here.

      Y10 Curriculum Period 1:

      Content covered in this period

      • Biology: B5 Communicable Disease, B6 Preventing and Treating Disease, B7 Non-communicable Diseases
      • Chemistry: C3 Structure and Bonding, C4 Chemical Calculations,
      • Physics: P4 Circuits, P5 Electricity in the Home, P6 Molecules and Matter

        Students will sit 3 exams in the assessment window, 1 for each science. These exams will be 1 hour 15 minutes long and cover all the content of curriculum period 1 and the topics of year 9.

        Y10 Curriculum Period 2:

        Content covered in this period

        • Biology: B10 Nervous System, B11 Hormonal Control,  B13 Reproduction
        • Chemistry: C6 Electrolysis, C8 Rates and Equilibrium, C9 Crude Oil and Fuels, C12 Chemical Analysis
        • Physics: P7 Radioactivity, P8 Forces in Balance, P9 Motion, P10 Forces and Motion

          Students will sit 3 exams in the assessment window, 1 for each science. These exams will be 1 hour 15 minutes long and cover all the paper 1 content covered so far.

          The remaining topics will be assessed in class.

          Students will receive a 1 GCSE grade that combines all three exam results equally.

          The topics assessed in each exam are listed below:

          BiologyChemistryPhysics
          Cell Biology
          Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
          Energy
          Organisation
          Bonding, Structure and the Properties of Matter
          Electricity
          Infection and Response
          Quantitative Chemistry
          Particle Model of Matter
          Bioenergetics
          Chemical Changes
          Atomic Structure

          Energy Changes

          Revision materials for this exam can be found here: https://endon.fireflycloud.net/science-3/y10-revision

          Subject advice and guidance

          If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:

          jamie.taylor@endon.set.org - DTL

          emma.ward@endon.set.org - aDTL

          david.mottram@endon.set.org

          katie.forester@endon.set.org

          nicky.tapley@endon.set.org

          kieran.jones@endon.set.org