GCSEScience A (4461) – specification overview

Objective tests for this specification are now available on-screen. We hope you'll consider this option in your centre. The first tests were successful and students liked them.

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Find out why there is a new suite of GCSE Science specifications.

These specifications:

• are a single GCSE qualification, the basic building block
• cover all of the Key Stage 4 Programme of Study
• highlight the scientific process and the implications of Science for society
• are written in an enquiring style
• provide a firm foundation for further learning in science
• offer two different types of external assessment for added flexibility
  • Science A (4461)
  • Science B (4462)
• include a straightforward centre-assessed unit (25%)

Find out more:

• what to teach

• Read/download in PDF format:
  
  

• the specification at a glance (2007, version 1.2)
• the full specification
• teaching tips (Teachers' Guide and Schemes of Work for Units B1, C1, P1)

• Contact:
• tel: 01483 477 756 or 01483 477 736
• or use our online enquiry service Ask AQA