Studying GCSE Biology provides the foundations for understanding the material world. Scientific understanding is changing our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all learners should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. They should be helped to appreciate how the complex and diverse phenomena of the natural world can be described in terms of a small number of key ideas relating to the sciences which are both inter-linked, and are of universal application. There are two tiers of entry for this qualification:
Higher Tier – Grades A* – D
Foundation Tier – Grades C – G
The course will run at Neath College on Mondays, 4.30pm-7pm.
Classes will start week commencing 11th September 2023.
To enrol please click on ‘ENROL NOW’ on the right-hand side underneath the College of your choice.
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Grade B in a science subject such as biology is required for many nursing degree courses and a C grade in a science subject for a PGCE teaching degree.
Unit 1: CELLS, ORGAN SYSTEMS and ECOSYSTEMS Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes 45% of qualification A mix of short answer questions, structured questions, extended writing and data response questions with some set in a practical context. A tiered assessment. Unit 2: VARIATION, HOMEOSTASIS and MICRO-ORGANISMS Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes 45% of qualification A mix of short answer questions, structured questions, extended writing and data response questions with some set in a practical context. A tiered assessment. Unit 3: PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT 10% of qualification Practical assessment that will be carried out in centres, but will be externally marked by WJEC. It will take place in the first half of the spring term. An untiered assessment
