Confused - Core/Additional/Double/Triple Science Question!

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We are about to apply for Secondary School place for dd1 and the schools in our area list their Science differently. Our Catchment school lists the Science they offer as:-

"Year 9 (KS3), Science: Double Award (KS4) and AS/A2 levels."

Other schools list their science classes as:-

"Additoinal Science and Triple Aware Science"

I think the Science offered to the higher ability group is Triple Award Science but is Double Award Science not as good? If dd1 wants to go onto study medicine (not that I'm saying she will but will it leave more options open to her) would it be better to study Triple Science. For Triple Science would you get three separate GCSEs, Physics, Biology and Chemistry?

Thanks

Double science and additional science are the same things.

Both are fine if you want to go into medicine so long as you do well (A/A*) and go on to do well in A levels.

Triple science is offered in my school to the top 40% of the year group, it is better preparation for A levels but as I said if your daughter does well in double it won't stop her going on to do A levels/medicine.