Our approach
Year 10
Year 11
Year 11 to 12 Transition Pack
Year 12
Year 13

Secondary and Sixth Form Intent

Our Biology curriculum prepares our students for university and to be leaders in their community by:

  • Exposing students to STEM careers and the fundamental science underpinning the world around them.
  • Allowing students to form their own ideas and and then test them scientifically.
  • Questioning, testing, interpreting evidence and communicating key scientific concepts.

So that students make decisions based on evidence and lead the scientific discoveries of tomorrow.  

“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” — Rosalind Franklin

Year 10

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
The Digestive System Circulation and Respiration
Spring 1 Spring 2
Plant and Material Cycling Plant and Material Cycling
Summer 1 Summer 2
Health and Disease Ecology 

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - Chemistry

Year 11

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Feedback and Control Homeostasis
Spring 1 Spring 2
Variation and Evolution

Genetics and Evolution 

Adaptations, interdependence and competition
Summer 1 Summer 2

Organising an ecosystem 

 Biodiversity and Ecosystems 

 Revision

All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - Chemistry

Year 11 to 12 Transition Pack

Year 12

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Biological Molecules - Molecules and Reactions. Cells – Structure 

Measurements and Division 

 Biological Molecules - Nucleic Acids and Water Cells - Transport and Immunity 
Spring 1 Spring 2
Organisation - Gas Exchange and Digestion, Genes - Protein synthesis and Variation Organisation - Mass Transport in animals and plants, Genes - Genetic diversity and biodiversity 
Summer 1 Summer 2
Revision of content for summer mocks.  Energy Transfer - Photosynthesis, Response - Simple response and receptors

All Year 12 subjects Next Year 12 Subject - Chemistry

Year 13

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Energy Transfer - Photosynthesis and Respiration  Energy Transfer, Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles, Response  - Simple responses, Nervous Coordination 
Spring 1 Spring 2
Response - Muscles and Feedback Mechanisms, Populations - Inheritance and Evolution 

Populations - Selection and Ecosystems, Gene Expression - Mutations and Control 

Gene expression – Gene Technologies
Summer 1 Summer 2
Revision for final exams  Revision for final exams 

All Year 13 subjects Next Year 13 Subject - Chemistry