GCSEs
These one-year courses are suitable for you if you have already achieved some D grades at GCSE and want to improve your grades. You would normally take a full-time programme of five GCSE subjects. If most of your grades are at E, F or G, we’d usually advise you to apply for Entry or Foundation level courses.
Arabic GCSE See page 45 under Languages.
Biology GCSE This course can only be taken as part of the GCSE combined programme; so you must also study Chemistry and Physics GCSE. It is not possible to study this as a stand-alone option. The course is about the study of living things and covers aspects of the body, genetics, the use of micro- organisms and the environment. There are two exam papers and coursework.
Entry requirements: College interview and assessment and two GCSEs at grade D.
Possible next steps: Further study or employment.
Chemistry GCSE This course can only be taken as part of the GCSE combined programme; so you must also study Biology and Physics GCSE. It is not possible to study this as a stand-alone option. You will study particles, how they are re-arranged to make useful materials and how industrial processes can affect the environment e.g. pollution.
Entry requirements: College interview and assessment and two GCSEs at grade D.
Possible next steps: Further study or employment.
English GCSE This is an essential English qualification for many career paths and further study. There are four pieces of written coursework and four speaking and listening exercises in the first term. The rest of the year is spent preparing for two exams which involves reading and writing for practical purposes, understanding poetry and descriptive writing.
Entry requirements: Recent evidence of grade D or above at GCSE and/or written assessment.
Possible next steps: Further study or employment.
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