Triple science GCSE

[titchy]

Can any science teachers tell me how the overall grades for this are worked out when the school is structuring it as Core (taken at end year 10), Additional, Further Additional?

Will they get say A* Core Science, A Additional Science and B Further Additional Science, or will the grade be AAA, ie averaged out in the same way as if it was structured as three separate sciences?

If the school has chosen to enter them for Core, Additional and Further Additional, they will get one grade for each of these, and the grades will not be averaged

i.e. they will get A*, A, B, NOT A, A, A

Thanks Frog! Think AAA sounds better but never mind....

The trick is not to get a B!

It's the same for separate sciences btw, you can get A* for physics, A for chemistry and B for biology there too. The old 'double science' award (where you did get an AA averaged grade) was phased out ages ago, when people say 'double science' these days they virtually always mean core science and additional science which will get separate grades.

Yes realise that allotment, but high As in modules 1 and 2 of P, C and B could pull up a lower mark in P3, C3 and B3 still giving an overall A (just!) in all 3, whereas structuring this way means a lower mark for P3, C3 and B3 shows up!

It is better for kids who are good in 2 sciences and weaker in the third though as the two good ones pull the weaker one up...

Swings and roundabouts....