GCSE Course Structures 2011/12
| Subject / Unit | Year 10 | Year 11 | ||||||
| Subject | Total Unit Weighting | Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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| GCSE English: Language (OCR) Foundation & Higher Tiers available | Controlled Assessment | 60% | Controlled Assessment (30%) | Controlled Assessment (30%) | ||||
| Exam | 40% | January: Eng Lang exam (40%) | English Language exam - compulsary Retake (40%) | |||||
| GCSE English: Literature (OCR) Foundation & Higher Tiers available | Controlled Assessment | 25% | Controlled Assessment (10%) | Controlled Assessment (15%) | ||||
| Exam | 75% | January Exam - English Lit: Of Mice and Men (25%) | January: Eng Lit exam: An Inspector Calls (25%) | English Lit Exam: Heaney and Orwell (25%). | ||||
| GCSE Mathematics Higher Tier Linear Option (Edexcel). Sets 1-4 | Exam | 100% | Unit 1: calculator (50%). Unit 2: non-calculator (50%) | |||||
| GCSE Mathematics Higher Tier Modular (Edexcel). Sets 5&6 | Exam | 100% | Unit 1: calculator (30%) taken in March | Unit 2: non-calculator (30%) taken in June | Options for re-taking Units 1 and/or 2 | Unit 3: Terminal exam - calculator (40%) taken in June | ||
| GCSE Biology (AQA) | Controlled Assessment (Investigative Skills Assignments) | 25% | Practising skills for Controlled Assessments throughout Year 10 | Controlled Assessments – 2 Investigative Skills Assignments will be attempted | ||||
| Exam | 75% | Unit 1 Exam 25% | Unit 2 exam 25% | |||||
| Unit 3 exam 25% | ||||||||
| Option to retake Unit 1 Exam | ||||||||
| GCSE Chemistry (AQA) | Controlled Assessment (Investigative Skills Assignments) | 25% | Practising skills for Controlled Assessments throughout Year 10 | Controlled Assessments – 2 Investigative Skills Assignments will be attempted | ||||
| Exam | 75% | Unit 2 Exam 25% | Unit 1 exam 25% | |||||
| Unit 3 exam 25% | ||||||||
| Option to retake Unit 2 Exam | ||||||||
| GCSE Physics (AQA) | Controlled Assessment (Investigative Skills Assignments) | 25% | Practising skills for Controlled Assessments throughout Year 10 | Controlled Assessments – 2 Investigative Skills Assignments will be attempted | ||||
| Exam | 75% | Unit 2 Exam 25% | Unit 1 exam 25% | |||||
| Unit 3 exam 25% | ||||||||
| Option to retake Unit 2 Exam | ||||||||
| GCSE French/Spanish and German (AQA) | Controlled Assessment | 60% | Controlled writing assessments (30%). 2 pieces are submitted from several controlled assessments (6-8 on average) that are written throughout this time period. | |||||
| Controlled Speaking assessments (30%). 4 speaking assessments are conducted (2 in year 10 and 2 in year 11). The year 10 assessments precede the Christmas and summer exam weeks. Year 11 assessments take place before Christmas and immediately before Easter. The best 2 of these 4 are submitted. | ||||||||
| Exam | 40% | Listening Exam (20%). Reading Exam (20%) | ||||||
| GCSE History (Edexcel) | Controlled Assessment (Unit 4) | 25% | Controlled Assessment Task A: The Enquiry (end of week 2) | Controlled Assessment tasks B(i) and B(ii). | ||||
| Exam (Units 1-3) | 75% | Public exam: Unit 3 Modern World Source Enquiry – a divided union? | Exams - Units 1-3 | |||||
| GCSE Geography (AQA) | Controlled Assessment | 25% | Fieldwork investigation, based upon the impact of tourism in Exmouth | |||||
| Exam | 75% | Unit 1 Exam - Physical Geography - 37.5% of GCSE | ||||||
| Unit 2 Exam - Human Geography - 37.5% of GCSE | ||||||||
| GCSE Design and Technology: Resistant Materials (AQA) | Controlled Assessment (Design and Make project) | 60% | Controlled Assessment (A3 design folder) | Controlled Assessment (Practical) | Controlled Assessment deadline immediately after Easter holidays | |||
| Exam | 40% | Unit 1 Exam 40% | Unit 1 Exam (Retake option) | |||||
| GCSE Design and Technology: Graphic Products (AQA) | Controlled Assessment (Design and Make project) | 60% | Controlled Assessment | Controlled Assessment (Easter deadline) | ||||
| Exam | 40% | Unit 1 Exam 40% | Unit 1 Exam (Retake option) | |||||
| GCSE Religious Studies (OCR) | Exam | 100% | Exams (4 for Long course, 2 for short course) | |||||
| GCSE Physical Education (AQA) | Controlled AssessmentThe Active participant (Practical performance in 4 sports) | 60% | Basketball, cricket badminton, table tennis, hockey, netball, rugby, football, rounders, athletics, swimming, x country, squash are some of the sports we undertake at school, pupils may be assessed in other sports they take part in out of school. Eg skiing, bowls | Final practical assessments and analysis of one the performances (Key process C worth 11% of practical mark) | ||||
| Exam | 40% | Exam scenario issued to centres in advance of the examination worth 20% in total. | Exam | |||||
| GCSE Drama (Edexcel) | Controlled Assessment and Assessed performance work (Unit 1 and 2) | 60% | Controlled Assessment: Unit 2(Assessed performance work in class and coursework notes on performance work and a response to live theatre 3000 words) | Controlled Assessment: Unit 1 (Assessed performance work in class and coursework notes on performance work 2000 words) | ||||
| Exam | 40% | Unit 3 (Practical performance examination) | ||||||
| GCSE Art and Design (OCR) | Controlled Assessment | 60% | Internally assessed termly rotation of Printmaking/Painting/Photography (some of which can be submitted as part of Coursework Portfolio) | Coursework portfolio (45hrs) assessment exhibition. Deadline 16 Jan | External moderation of sample.(early June) | |||
| Exam | 40% | Exam paper issued January 12 6 weeks to prepare followed by 10hr exam (19/20 Mar). | Exam Assessment exhibition deadline 26 Apr. External Moderation of sample. (early June) | |||||
| GCSE Latin (OCR) | Exam | 100% | 4 Exams | |||||
| GCSE Music (AQA) | Controlled Assessment | 60% | Unit 3 Performing (40%) Internally assessed, externally moderated; Unit 4 Composing (25 hours controlled time) internally assessed, externally moderated | All to be submitted by May 7th | ||||
| Exam | 40% | Unit 1 Listening and Appraising (20%), examined; Unit 2 Composing (20%) 20 hours of controlled time followed by a 2 hour controlled review of the piece, each section worth 10% | Exam in the summer term for Unit 1; Unit 2 to be submitted by 7th May | |||||
| GCSE BCS: Business and Communication Systems (AQA) | Controlled Assessment | 25% | 8 hours research, 4 hours writing under controlled conditions (25%) | |||||
| Exam | 75% | Exam 1: Written Paper (40%). Exam 2: Online exam (35%) | ||||||