GCSE Combined Science (Trilogy)

Ms R Hill - Curriculum Team Leader Science

How is the course examined?

There are six papers: two biology, two chemistry and two physics.

Students achieve 2 GCSE grades for this course.

Foundation tier is graded 1-1 to 5-5

Higher tier is graded 4-3 to 9-9

Students will either sit Foundation or Higher exam papers. Students cannot mix their tier of entry; they have to sit either Higher or Foundation for all six of the exams.

Each exam (Higher or Foundation) comprises:

Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
70 marks
16.7% of GCSE

How is the course internally assessed?

AQA GCSE Combined Science Specification

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Assessment - KS3 Science

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GCSE Combined Science

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