Biology

Nottingham Free School

01158964949

The Courtaulds Building, 290 Haydn Road, Nottingham, NG5 1EB

Course summary

The biology course is divided into three sections, with each encompassing the relevant practical skills. Component 1: Foundations in Biology This includes topics such as cell structure, biological molecules, nucleotides and nucleic acids, enzymes, biological membranes, cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation. Component 2: Exchange and transport This includes topics such as exchange surfaces, transport in animals, transport in plants. Component 3: Biodiversity, evolution and disease This includes communicable diseases, disease, prevention and the immune system, biodiversity, classification and evolution. Year 13 includes learning additional topics such as cellular control, patterns of inheritance, manipulating genomes, cloning and biotechnology, ecosystems, populations and sustainability. Biology can be combined with any other subjects but goes particularly well with chemistry.

Entry Requirements

Checked against your grades — every rule traces to the school's published source.

Published entry requirements compared with your results
Requirement	Rule	You
GCSE qualifications	4 gcse qualifications at grade 5.0 or above	—
Combined Science	Grade 6-6 in Combined Science	—
Biology Alternative route	Grade 5 in Biology	—
Chemistry Alternative route	Grade 5 in Chemistry	—
Physics Alternative route	Grade 5 in Physics	—
English Language	Grade 4 in English Language	—
English Literature	Grade 4 in English Literature	—
Mathematics	Grade 5 in Mathematics	—

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As published by the school

- Grade 4 or above in English and Mathematics, plus three other GCSE (or equivalent qualifications) at grade 5 or above - You must have achieved a grade 5 in the subject that you wish to study at A-Level - Grade 5 or above in GCSE mathematics, grade 5 or above in all three separate sciences or grade 6 in science trilogy.