Course information
Biology
Yateley School - Hampshire
01252879222
School Lane, Yateley, GU46 6NW
Course summary

A-Level Biology will help you make sense of the living world around you. You’ll study the biology of plants and animals, human health and performance and the wider natural environment. You can progress to study a wide variety of courses at university, from agriculture to zoology. For medicine, it remains important. The First year of the course contains four modules: • Biological molecules • Cells • Organisms exchange of substances with their environment • Genetic Information, variation and relationships between organisms The second year of the course contains four further modules: • Energy transfers in and between organisms • Organisms response to change in their internal and external environments • Genetics, populations evolution and ecosystems • The control of gene expression

Entry requirements

To study A Levels you need a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade 5+ to include a grade 5 or above in English and a grade 66 at Combined Science or a 6 in the individual sciences chosen if separate sciences have been taken.

How you'll be assessed

Three exams at the end of the two years. Paper 1 – Units 1-4, 120 minutes long, 35% of A-level grade Paper 2 – Units 5-8, 120 Minutes long, 35% of A-Level grade Paper 3 – Units 1-8, 120 minutes long, 30% of A-Level grade A practical endorsement will be reported on separately at the end of your course and will consist of a separate grade to your A-level grade

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionSouth East
Local AuthorityHampshire
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressSchool Lane, Yateley, GU46 6NW