Science

Teachers of Science

Sara Bennett	Head of Faculty Science
Faye Edgar	Deputy Head of Faculty Science
Angela Doughty	Lead Practitioner Science
Saly Giegas	Classroom Teacher Science
Neil Rooney	Classroom Teacher Science/Science Responsibility
Jessica Sand	Classroom Teacher Science
Rebecca Tilston	Classroom Teacher Science

Vision of Subject

Our vision is to create a positive learning environment where all staff and students are passionate about the learning of Science and invest in this learning journey with focus, resilience and pride. As a result students make excellent progress and aspire to reach their future goals with enthusiasm and confidence.

KS3

Students study Science for 3 hours per week in KS3 and homework is set weekly.

Students are taught in sets based upon prior attainment.

We follow the AQA KS3 Scheme of work in Year’s 7 and 8 with 13 topics being covered in each year.

Year 9 follow our pre-GCSE Foundation course with 6 topics being covered throughout the year.

Throughout these topic students are also taught key investigative skills to improve their ability to analyse, enquire, solve and carry out mathematical techniques.

Each skill is assessed 3 times per year.

Students are formally assessed on their subject knowledge at the end of each term.

KS4

Most students follow the AQA Combined Science Trilogy course (8464) and will be awarded two grades 1-9.

Some students follow the AQA separate Science courses and will be awarded 3 separate grades for Biology (8461), Chemistry (8462) and Physics (8463).

In Year 11 combined science students are taught all 3 sciences by one teacher for 4 hours per week. The triple science students are taught all 3 sciences by one teacher for 7 hours per week.

In Year 10 all students have a specialist teacher for 2 hours per week in each science. Students are taught in sets based upon prior attainment and homework is set weekly. Extended writing assessment tasks are set approximately every 8 lessons and students are formally assessed on their subject knowledge at the end of each term.

Students are taught the following key skills:

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
• scientific ideas
• scientific techniques and procedures
Apply knowledge and understanding of:
• scientific ideas
• scientific enquiry, techniques and procedures
Analyse information and ideas to:
• interpret and evaluate
• make judgements and draw conclusions
• develop and improve experimental procedures