KS4 TRIPLE
Science is a compulsory subject at GCSE but we offer two different routes.
Route 1:
This is the AQA Trilogy Dual Award course which is a combined science course which results in two GCSE grades at the end of year 11.
Route 2:
This is the AQA Triple Award course which is the three separate science course resulting in a GCSE in Biology, Chemistry and Physics at the end of Y11.
Students who are in set 1 or 2 by the end of Y9 will usually follow the triple award route .
Students will be taught in ability groups based on their performance at KS3, sets 1 & 2 will be following the Triple Award course with sets 3-7 following the Trilogy Dual award course.
Students will have 6 lessons a week divided into 2 lessons per subject. They will get three pieces of homework per week, one per subject.
Below is information about our KS4 curriculum. Each drop down box contains the topics we cover. For more detail on the knowledge we teach, please click on each medium term plan. Our curriculum map shows the learning journey that our students embark upon.
In Year 10, students study the following topics:
- Cells Biology
- Organisation
- Infection and Response
- Bioenergetics
- Ecology (part 1)
In Year 10, students study the following topics:
- Atomic Structure
- Chemical Analysis
- Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter
- Chemical Changes
- Energy Changes
- Organic Chemistry
- Quantitative Chemistry (Triple group only)
In Year 10, students study the following topics:
- Waves (not including Lenses and other waves)
- Particle Model of Matter (including Specific Heat)
- Forces and their Effects (part 1)
- Atomic Structures
- Energy Structure
- Forces and Motion
- Electricity and Static (Triple group only)
In Year 11, students study the following topics:
- Ecology (part 2)
- Inheritance, Variation and Evolution
- Homeostasis and Response
In Year 11, students study the following topics:
- Quantitative Chemistry (Trilogy and Triple)
- Rate and Extent of Chemical Change
- Chemistry of the Atmosphere
- Using Resources
In Year 11, students study the following topics:
- Motion (Trilogy only)
- Electricity (Trilogy only)
- Energy Resources and Domestic Electricity
- Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- Lenses and Other Waves (Triple only)
- Space Physics (Triple only)
