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.
GCSE AQA 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: Digestive system
Chemistry: Structure and Bonding
Physics: Particle Model of Matter and Energy Conservation
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: Circulation and Respiration and Planets and Mineral Cycling
Chemistry: Extracting Metals and Quantitative Chemistry
Physics: Electromagnetic radiation and Mains Electricity
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 covered so far in Y10.
The remaining topics will be assessed in class.
Y10 Curriculum Period 3:
Content covered in this period:
Biology: Health and Disease
Chemistry: Rates of Reaction
Physics: Circuits and Nuclear Radiation
Assessment
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.
Students will receive a 1 GCSE grade that combines all three exam results equally.
The topics assessed in each exam for CP3 are listed below:
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: Digestive system
Chemistry: Structure and Bonding
Physics: Particle Model of Matter and Energy Conservation
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: Circulation and Respiration and Planets and Mineral Cycling
Chemistry: Extracting Metals and Quantitative Chemistry
Physics: Electromagnetic radiation and Mains Electricity
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 Y10 content covered so far.
Y10 Curriculum Period 3:
Content covered in this period:
Biology: Health and Disease
Chemistry: Rates of Reaction
Physics: Circuits and Nuclear Radiation
Assessment
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.
Students will receive a 1 GCSE grade that combines all three exam results equally.
The topics assessed in each exam are listed below: