GCSE specifications: how do they compare?

By Education in Chemistry2009-03-01T00:00:00

The RSC Curriculum and Assessment Group provides summary of the content of current GCSE chemistry specifications

The Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) Curriculum and Assessment Group has produced a booklet which summarises the current content of the GCSE chemistry specifications available from each of the awarding bodies in England and Wales (AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC). With students who achieve level six at Key Stage 3 now entitled to study the separate sciences at GCSE (ie triple science), this publication is designed to allow a straightforward comparison of the chemistry offered by each awarding body and help inform selection of GCSE chemistry courses. The resource is based on data collected by the RSC Curriculum Assessment Group directly from subject officers at the various awarding bodies and from related websites.

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