the option of taking triple or double science GCSE – and as a result, some key stage five courses – was almost entirely dependent on student results and overlooked pupils’ own aspirations.

GCSE Combined Science: exam-style questions Free online CCEA Double Award foundation/higher science tests based on past papers to increase your understanding of biology, chemistry and physics GCSE ...

indicated that questions in the new GCSE double science paper failed to give pupils the chance to demonstrate what they knew. "There were several instances where it was thought that too much ...

The new science GCSEs were meant to be equivalent to the double science GCSE qualification under the previous system. But Ofqual concluded the changes 'have led to a fall in the quality of science ...

Double science GCSE was made harder for less able students and easier for the more able in the late 1990s, the qualifications watchdog has found. Changes by exam boards - in response to curriculum ...

The double award covers all three sciences ... Recent changes to some GCSE science teaching have switched the focus away from content and towards debates about science-related issues, making ...

Science is a compulsory GCSE subject, but that actually covers ... while others call them things like double or triple awards. Both typically cover all three main subjects, but the double award ...