Y10 Assessment
The timetable for the Year 10 Assessment Week 1 in the academic year 2025-26 is published below, to support you and your child in preparing for this assessment.
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Monday 10th November |
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Biology (X) English (Y) |
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Option P (Humanities/ Languages) |
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Tuesday 11th November |
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English (X) Biology (Y) |
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Option T (Humanities/ Languages) |
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Wednesday 12th November |
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Chemistry (X) Maths (Y) |
Maths (X) |
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Chemistry (Y) |
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Thursday 13th November |
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Option Q (Humanities/ Languages) |
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Physics (Y) |
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Friday 14th November |
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Option S (Humanities/ Languages) |
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Physics(X) |
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Core Courses |
Y10 AW 1 Information |
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English |
Pupils complete Section B of English Literature Paper 2. They compare one given poem to another of their choice from the Power and Conflict anthology. The given poem will be one of the War poems studied in class. 45 minutes to answer the question; 30 marks available. All students will complete the same paper. |
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Maths |
For both tiers it is a 50-minute calculator allowed paper. All questions are taken from past exam papers. |
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Science Combined |
There will be 3 Science assessments in class during assessment week 1 of 40 mins each. Assessments will recall knowledge from units studied in Y9: B1 (cells and transport), C1(atomic structure and the periodic table) and P1 (energy). Assessments will also test on units that will have just been completed in Y10: B3a (communicable diseases), C3 (chemical calculations) and P3 (particle model of matter). |
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Triple Science |
There will be 3 Science assessments in class during assessment week 1 of 40 mins each. Assessments will recall knowledge from units studied in Y9: B1 (cells and transport), C1(atomic structure and the periodic table) and P1 (energy). Assessments will also test on units that will have just been completed in Y10: B3a (communicable diseases), C3 (chemical calculations) and P3 (particle model of matter). |
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EBacc Courses |
Y10 AW 1 Information |
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French |
A listening/ reading foundation style paper based on teaching in year 10 only. |
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Geography |
1 paper, 45 mins and 45 marks (including 3 marks for spelling, punctuation & grammar marks). Content will cover the first complete topic on the development gap and Nigeria (pale blue booklet) The paper will include a combination of short answer skills based questions (including OS map skills, generic map skills, statistical and graph skills) and 4, 6 & 9 mark knowledge and understanding questions. Questions used will be from bank of AQA exam questions on Exampro |
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German |
A listening/ reading foundation style paper based on teaching in year 10 only. |
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History |
One paper covering Medicine Through Time (Paper 1) 20 knowledge questions A 4 mark 'Explain one way...' question A 12 mark 'Explain why...' question. |
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Spanish |
A listening/ reading foundation style paper based on teaching in year 10 only. |
| Food | A 50-minute written assessment that will cover the topics we have studied in class so far. |