Summer term a. Assessment Students' homework is assessed weekly. Homework, usually set once a week, includes writing reports on practical work and performing analytical or research problems. Tests are frequent and some essays might be given. The Autumn and Summer examinations will cover all the work done up till those points in cumulative fashion.
All students sit common examinations without distinction between core and extended.
The following is a breakdown of the work to be covered in year 11 Biology. STDs and contraception. Spring term Ecology and the environment. Energy and ecology, pyramids, chains, webs, nutrient cycles, predator pray relationships, population growth. The course having been completed, the reduced length of time before the exams is given over entirely to examination practice.