Biology

Course summary

A challenging, fascinating and fun two years will be spent learning all about living things. The course is split into 8 topics spread over the two years. We start each topic with a prior knowledge quiz which ensures students’ GCSE knowledge is up to a grade 8 level, then we move through the A Level content. At the end of each topic, and at other times, the students are assessed with real past paper questions and grade boundaries so we have a really good understanding of their attainment and areas for development. Lessons will consist of clear, step-wise teaching and varied activities including making stop-motion animations, making glucose molecules out of sweets, and pizza cells and drawing the photosynthesis reactions on the desks, windows, and doors... Students then spend a lot of time presenting the information that they have learnt in revision-friendly notes in a ridiculously organised folder. There are also 12 required practicals which lead to a Science Practical Endorsement Qualification, something highly valued by universities. We do not leave any room for failure, every topic has a clear checklist, every student has a helpful textbook and one-to-one intervention is given to any students who are set to achieve lower than their target grade.