Science GCSE
This bespoke GCSE pathway has been designed to give you the skills you need to build a career in a range of science-related industries.
The Level 2 Science course is designed to provide an alternative pathway for students who do not have GCSEs in Science. This qualification is worth a total of 3 GCSEs (Biology, Chemistry & Physics) and enables you to progress onto a Level 3 qualification.
Lecturers will support you in ensuring you reach your goals and make the progress required to take your next steps in learning or employment.
Aireville Campus
Study Location
1 Year
depending on Level
How your qualification is made up
Entry Requirements
- You will need to have already achieved GCSEs at a minimum of grade 3.
- You will have the opportunity to study Maths and/English GCSE if you need to improve your current grade
What you will study
- Cell Biology
- Organisation
- Infection and response
- Bioenergetics
- Homeostasis and response
- Inheritance, variation and evolution
- Ecology
- Key ideas
- Atomic structure and the periodic table
- Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter
- Quantitative chemistry
- Chemical changes
- Energy changes
- The rate and extent of chemical change
- Organic chemistry
- Chemical analysis
- Chemistry of the atmosphere
- Using resources
- Energy
- Electricity
- Particle model of matter
- Atomic structure
- Forces
- Waves
- Magnetism and electromagnetism
- Space physics (physics only)
What's Next?
Further Study
- Applied Science Level 3
- T Levels
Careers
- Apprenticeship
Select your preferred study programme (subject). You can make 2 choices now and make a final decision in June. We will give you a conditional offer based on your predicted/actual GCSEs.
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