Combined or Triple Science Option Choice

Dear Parent or career,

The above link to a Microsoft form is for you to identify your preference for your child choosing combined or triple science from year 10. The deadline for completing this form is the 5th of March. The link to the Science Loom video is still available for you to watch (https://vimeo.com/500413289), along with other information about the process on the Academy's website https://www.winterbourneacademy.org.uk/Learning/Options-Year-9-into-10/

FAQs

With combined and triple science you have to do all three science, and so cannot pick just two e.g. biology and chemistry
With combined science, you can do higher tier exams and so achieve top grades (7s, 8s and 9s in exams)
You can go on to study A-levels in science with combined science and then to university for scientific degrees -Triple science is not harder than combined science, it is just that you study a third more content for each subject, in the same time as most people study combined science
The majority of the triple content is covered in combined science (two thirds) and so the triple content accounts for around thirty hours of content per science
The exams in triple science are longer, requiring students to do 1hr 45 for six papers, compared with 1 hr 10 for six papers with combined science

If you are not sure about which option is best for your child please contact your child's science teacher to receive further guidance.

Kind regards,

Mr Lee
Head of Science