Gsce: double or triple science?

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Hi all, may sound like a stupid question, but my DD is to choose her options shortly and we're confused about what the difference are between double and triple science. My DD is very academic and will choose Spanish, geography and history on top of the compulsory English X 2, math, re, pe (non), pshe she's not a great fan of science. Is double science the more "soft" option for kids not that interested in the subject / not very good at it? Looking at the paperwork we got from school it doesn't explain the difference at all and the parent meeting is in over a month.

My son is in Year 11 and is doing triple science . They've just sat the second set of specimen papers released by AQA for mocks . They all found them really difficult , resulting in disappointing marks. The teachers are now considering moving some students down to combined .
I think my son may be one to move down . How much easier is combined and could a good biology grade be pulled down by not being as strong in Chemistry and physics ? Thanks in advance

Does your school cram the triple science into the same timetable slots as the double science? If you don't know, it would be worth finding out before making a decision as you will need to decide if your DC will be able to cope well with the faster (and sometimes harder) work?

At my son's school, double is done within timetable. Students doing triple have 1 extra lesson after school per fortnight. They do their GCSE courses over 3 years from yr 9. So triple science is an extra, no need to drop any other options. It is hard so is only offered to top Science set students.

DS doing triple, double is not an option in his school. Thankfully he loves science.

Many thanks for all your answers, I really appreciate it! Lot to think about now before decision day. Just for information: if she takes combined it wouldn't free up another option: it's simply a choice of triple or combined but if she takes triple it would give her 1 hour rather than the 2 if combined doing the pe (non gsce) per week.

Hopeful646 - we're in the same boat as you. School very disappointed by mocks and considering moving pupils from triple to double.

Hi Spa , was this the same AQA second set of triple science specimen papers ? My DS said they were really tricky .

Yes it was AQA triple science but not sure which set of papers

I am sure someone said on here recently that for triple science, they did 15 hours over 2 weeks on those lessons. 15 hours is an awful lot for somebody if they're not than keen on the subject

Aqa here too, our comp decides after y10 exams who does triple and double, it is,then officially decided after mocks.

Most pupils at our school do Triple Science. The few that do Double have to take another GCSE (so have 10 in total) and many are finding that that is overall more work and more time consuming.

If your dd enjoys Science I would definitely recommend she takes Triple Sciences!

If she doesn't like science, then do double.
You don't get any kudos for doing triple unless you are using it for the next stage, which your DD won't be since she doesn't like it.

Some schools restrict triple to the top set who may want to do something science related later. Other schools only have the bottom set to double.
Just do what makes sense for your DD. It's better to get 7-7 than 3 sixes.

I am slightly confused about a "very academic" child not liking science much. Usually being "very academic" means you are very academic at everything at this age and are top set for everything, so triple would be the norm.

You can be good at something, without liking it. Ds is predicted 9 for RS, but dislikes it a lot.