Biology
Year 7
Please see here for Year 7 curriculum information
Year 8
Year 8 covers the following topics:
Nutrition digestion and health, The Skeletal and muscular systems, Gas exchange systems, Cellular respiration and Interactions and interdependencies. There is a full investigation into the enzyme amylase.
Year 9
Year 9 completes Key Stage 3 covering Photosynthesis during the Autumn Term.
There are 3 weeks of structured revision homework preceding the end of Key Stage exam in the second half of the Autumn Term.
Pupils then begin studying for GCSE Biology which continues into Year 10 and Year 11.
GCSE Year 10 & 11
Please click here to visit the exam board website.
Examinations (at the end of Y11)
There are 10 required practical activities over the 2.5 years (including year 9). These can be examined, but there is no longer coursework at GCSE. The grading system is now 9-1. The students are advised which tier or whether trilogy GCSE is most appropriate for them after mock exams in year 11.
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Topic |
Year topic covered |
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1 |
Cell Biology |
9 |
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2 |
Organisation |
10 |
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3 |
Infection and response |
9 and 10 |
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4 |
Bioenergetics |
10 |
|
5 |
Homeostasis and response |
11 |
|
6 |
Inheritance, variation and evolution |
11 |
|
7 |
Ecology |
10 and 11 |