Year 7 Science
AP1
AP2
Assessment period
November
March and June
Topics Covered
Induction
DNA Detectives
Cells
Acids and Alkalis
The Universe
Particle Theory
Body Systems
Electricity and Magnetism
The Earth
Forces
Inheritance and Evolution
Assessments used
6 mark assessment marking points at the end of each topic and a 50 mark summative assessment
6 mark assessment marking points at the end of each topic and a 50 mark summative assessment in both March and June
Year 8 Science
Ecosystem Processes
Sound
Light
Reproduction
The Periodic Table
Disease and Immunity
Chemical Reactions
Energy
Diet and Digestion
Motion and Pressure
Year 9 Science
Energy resources
Adaptations, interdependence and competition
Organising ecosystems
Earths resources
The Earths Atmosphere
Biodiversity and ecosystems
Energy transfer
Cell Structure
Cell transport
Atomic structure
Year 10 Biology
Organisation and the digestive system
Plant and animal organisation
Cell structure and transport
Cell division
Animal/plant organisation
Communicable disease
Preventing/treating disease
Non-communicable diseases
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Cumulative score from Year 9
6 mark assessment tasks
60 minute summative assessment
Cumulative score from Year 9 and Year 10 AP1
75 minute complete paper one mock exam (highest AP2 grade weighting)
The final mock exams completed at the end of Year 10 are used to finalise the science pathway that students study in Year 11 (Separate Science or Combined Science Trilogy) in addition to class set and course tier of entry (higher/foundation)
Year 10 Chemistry
Structure and bonding
Chemical changes and electrolysis
The periodic table
Chemical calculations
Chemical changes
Electrolysis
Energy changes
Rates of reaction
Year 10 Physics
Conservation and dissipation of energy
Energy transfer by heating
Electricity
Electricity in the home
Molecules and matter
Radioactivity
Year 11 Biology
March
Human nervous system
Hormonal communication
Variation and evolution
Genetics and evolution
Cumulative score from Year 10 AP2
75 minute (Combined Science)/105 minute (Separate Science) paper one mock exam (highest AP1 grade weighting)
Cumulative score from Year 11 AP1
75 minute (Combined Science)/105 minute (Separate Science) paper two mock exam
Year 11 Chemistry
Rates and equilibrium
Crude oil and fuels
Chemical analysis
The Earths resources
The Earths atmosphere
Year 11 Physics
Forces in balance
Forces and motion
Wave anatomy
EM waves
Electromagnetism
Year 12 Biology
Basic components of living systems
Biological molecules
Plasma membranes
Enzymes
Transport in plants
Exchange surfaces and breathing
Classification and evolution
Transport in animals
Communicable diseases
50 mark end of topic assessments
Cumulative score from AP1
Breadth paper
Depth paper
The breadth and depth paper results have a higher weighting towards the reported grade
Year 12 Chemistry
Atoms, ions and compounds
Amount of substances
Acids and redox
Electrons and bonding Shapes of molecules
Electrons and bonding
Shapes of molecules
Basic concepts of organic chemistry
Periodicity
Reactivity trends
Alkanes and alkenes
Enthalpy
Reaction rates
Alcohols and haloalkanes
Organic synthesis
Spectroscopy
Year 12 Physics
Quantum Physics
Charge and current
Power and resistance
Electric circuits
Waves 1
Waves 2
Thermal physics
Year 13 Biology
Neuronal communication
Neuronal communication Homeostasis
Genetics of living organisms Manipulating genomes
Patterns of inheritance
Cloning and biotechnology
AS result from the summer
2 hour 15 minute Biological Processes Paper
2 hour 15 minute Biological Diversity Paper
1 hour 30 minute Synoptic Paper
Cumulative score of Year 13 AP1
Year 13 Chemistry
Buffer solutions and neutralisation,
Enthalpy and entropy
Redox and electrode potentials
Transition elements
Aromatic compounds
Carbonyl and carboxylic acids
Amines, amino acids and polymers
Year 13 Physics
Ideal gases
Circular motion
Gravitational fields
Stars
Cosmology
2 hour 15 minute Paper