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Y13 Overview - Awarding Grades 2021

Year 13 Overview of Subject Course Content and the evidence that will be considered when awarding grades in 2021

(For students and families)

Below you will find a summary of the evidence that we intend to use to award grades this summer.  (You can also download this as a PDF at the foot of this page)

Weightings provided in this document are for guidance purposes only and may be subject to change.

Subjects are listed in alphabetical order.

NEA refers to Non Examination Assessment (coursework)

Centre Assessment Grades were awarded for modular courses in Year 12 that were affected by the national lockdown.

Individual teachers and subjects will be able to provide you with further details once examination boards have released their support materials in the next few weeks.

We hope that this will provide a simple overview for you to refer to in preparing for the completion of the Non Examination Assessments (NEA) and the internal Assessments scheduled to take place between the 4th May and 28th May 2021.

Mr. C. Heggs
Assistant Headteacher

ART and ART TEXTILES (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Final grade will be based on the portfolio of work produced across the entirety of the course

100%

 

APPLIED SCIENCE (Level 3 BTEC)

Evidence

Weighting

Final grade will be calculated using Year 12 unit results, January exam result and performance in the current coursework unit

100%

 

BIOLOGY (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Students will be examined on full year 1 content and year 2 content (minus section 7 (chapter 17 – inherited change and 18 – Populations and evolution) and all of section 8 – Gene expression and recombinant DNA technology)

The first exam paper will test content from year 2

The second exam paper will test content from both year 1 and 2 and will also contain a synoptic essay

80%

Previous Assessment

Weighting
  • October 2020 assessment week paper
  • Year 12 trial exams
  • Internal assessments of units (formative tests throughout the year if no other data is available)

20%

 

BUSINESS (Level 3 BTEC)

Evidence

Weighting

Final grade will be calculated using Year 12 unit results, January exam result  and performance in the current coursework unit

100%

 

CHEMISTRY (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One: Physical chemistry (section 3.1) and inorganic chemistry (section 3.2)

Paper will contain a mixture of short and long questions. No multiple choice questions.

40%

Paper Two: Physical chemistry (section 3.1) and organic chemistry (section 3.3)

Paper will contain a mixture of short and long questions. No multiple choice questions.

40%

Previous Assessment

Weighting
  • October 2020 assessment week paper
  • Year 12 trial exams
  • Internal assessments of units (formative tests throughout the year if no other data is available)

20%

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One – Practical exam

  • Section A – Theory of Data structures & algorithms
  • Section B – Write a program to solve a technical challenge
  • Section C & D – Hex Baron – Theory questions/ programming tasks based on previously seen program

40%

Paper Two – Written exam paper. Data representation, Computer systems & architecture, Hardware/software, Networking, Databases

40%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

The teacher will also take into account the students’ performance on the NEA

20%

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One – Section B (spoken child language development) internal examination

15%

Paper Two – Full Paper internal examination

50%

NEA – Both pieces

25%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

Best score from trials/Assessment Week 1/ timed Paper 1 Section A response

10%

 

ENGLISH LITERATURE (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One – One Component only (Othello)

13.3%

Paper Two – Full Paper

40%

NEA – submitted in March

20%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

Paper One – Two Other Components based on best score from either Y12 Trials or AW1

26.66%

 

GEOGRAPHY (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One

Tectonic Hazards, Coasts

Students given the option of either: Water  or Carbon

42%

Paper Two

Globalisation, Superpowers

Students will be given the option or either:

Regenerating Places  or Health & Human Rights

38%

(NEA) This was completed in school under the approved NEA conditions

20%

Notes

  

Students will sit 2 exam papers that will assess 66% of the taught subject content.

Students will not be expected to sit a paper 3. Use of trial exams (Y12) and in class assessment (covering the period from Sept 2019 until March 2020 & Sept 2020-Dec 2020 inclusive) will only be used where there is an incoherent discrepancy between the performance in the internal assessment period and prior performance.

 

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (Level 3)

Evidence

Weighting

Physiological disorders and their care NEA. Deadline for submission is the end of May.

25%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

Meeting Individual Support Needs NEA.

Taught in Y12 and Centre Assessment Grade awarded.

25%

Human Lifespan NEA – Taught in Y12 and Centre Assessment Grade awarded.

25%

Working in Health and Social Care (External Examination cancelled in January).

Centre Assessment Grade awarded.

25%

 

HISTORY (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One

  • 1917–1941
  • 1941–1968
  • Reagan
    • The effect f Reagan’s economic policies.
    • The extent t which ‘big government’ was reduced.
    • The nature and extent f social change.

25%

Paper Two

  • Unit 1 - The response to apartheid, c1948–59
  • Unit 2 – Radicalisation of resistance and the consolidation of National Party power, 1960–68

25%

Paper Three

  • Unit 1 - Britain and the French Wars, 1793–1815
  • Unit 2 - The Crimean War, 1854–56

25%

NEA

Reasons for the abolition of the British Slave Trade in 1807

25%

Notes

  

The exams will assess approximately 70% of the content for the whole course and will form 75% of the student’s grade. The final 25% of their mark will be from their coursework, which will be submitted at the end of this term.

Use of trial exams (Y12 & Y13) and in class based end of unit assessments (covering the period from Sept 2019 – March 2020 and Sept 2020 – Dec 2020 inclusive) will only be used where there is an incoherent discrepancy between the performance in the 3-week school assessment period and prior performance.

 

ICT (Level 3 BTEC)

Evidence

Weighting

Final grade will be calculated using Year 12 unit results, January exam result  and performance in the current coursework unit

100%

 

LANGUAGES (SPANISH, GERMAN, FRENCH) (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One – Full Paper

40%

Paper Two – One component only (film or book)

30%

Speaking – 2 stimulus cards

30%

Notes

  

Where there is an incoherent discrepancy between the performance in the internal assessment period and prior performance, the use of previous trial exams may be used.

 

MATHEMATICS (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One – Statistics and Mechanics

Paper Two – Pure Mathematics (Double Weighted)

Content:  All topics from the course except the following: Pure content

  • AS Pure: 13.6 Using logarithms to model curves
  • AS Mechanics: 3D Vectors (note that 2D vectors are still included)
  • A2 Pure: 8.1 – 8.7 Functions (inverse, combined, modulus)
  • A2 Pure: 9.1 – 9.3 Binomial Expansion with negative/fractional powers
  • A2 Pure: 10.1 Simplifying trig expressions (Rcosθ)
  • A2 Statistics: Proof
  • A2 Pure: Numerical Methods

Statistics

  • A2 Statistics: Normal distribution and the large data set

Mechanics

  • A2 Mechanics: Statics of rigid bodies including moments

80%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

October trial and other appropriate assessments

20%

 

MATHEMATICS – FURTHER (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Content:  All topics from Further Mathematics

Paper 1: Further Pure

Paper 2: Further Statistics

Paper 3: Decision Mathematics

80%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

October trial and other appropriate assessments

20%

 

MUSIC (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

One composition 30% (Completed by the end of March)

30%

One solo Performance 30% (Completed by the end of March)

30%

One Appraising Exam Internal Assessment 40% (Completed in May)

40%

 

PERFORMING ARTS (Level 3)

Evidence

Weighting

Two units completed in Year 13

50%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

Two units were completed in Year 12 and Centre Assessed Grades were issued.

50%

 

PHILOSOPHY (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One : Epistemology and Moral Philosophy

40%

Paper Two : Metaphysics of God and metaphysics of mind

40%

Based on classroom assessments in exam conditions conducted throughout the course

20%

 

PHYSICS (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One specification content

  • 1. Practical skills
  • 2. Foundations
  • 3.1 Motion
  • 3.2 Forces
  • 3.3 Energy and power
  • 4.4 Waves
  • 5.1 Thermal Physics
  • 6.4 Nuclear and Radiation

Paper Two specification content

  • 1. Practical skills
  • 2. Foundations
  • 4.1 Charge and Current
  • 4.2 Resistance
  • 4.3Electrical Circuits
  • 4.5 Quantum Physics
  • 5.4 Gravitational fields
  • 5.5 Cosmology

CONTENT NOT being assessed:

3.4 Materials

3.5 Momentum

5.2 Circular Motion

5.3 Oscillations

6.1 Capacitors

6.2 Electric Fields

6.3 Electromagnetism

6.5 Medical imaging

80%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

October trial and other appropriate assessments

20%

 

PRODUCT DESIGN (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

NEA – All students will submit a portfolio of work in the form of a power point presentation. This will include,

Part 1 – Identifying and outlining opportunities for design and Part 2 – Designing a prototype. This will be assessed by using grids 1 to 8 of the Non-examined assessment criteria.

Students will not need to produce a final prototype however development models will aid the design process.

50%

Internal Assessment taking place in May

This will be based around theory content covered in Y12 and 13.

- Materials

- Performance characteristics of materials

- Factors influencing the development of products

- Effects of technological developments

- Information handling, modelling and forward planning

- Current legislation

50%

 

PSYCHOLOGY (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One – Focusing on debates, approaches, gender and research methods.

40%

Paper Two – Focusing on bio psychology, memory, social influence and psychopathology.

40%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

Prior assessments

10%

Other forms of evidence and class work

10%

 

SOCIOLOGY (A LEVEL)

Evidence

Weighting

Paper One – Education, Methods, Families & Households

40%

Paper Two – Media, Crime & Deviance

40%

Previous Assessment

Weighting

Year 13 assessment week task

10%

Other forms of evidence and class work

10%

 

SPORTS STUDIES (Level 3 BTEC)

Evidence

Weighting

Unit One : Anatomy and Physiology

External examination (cancelled in May 2020) Teacher Assessed Grade will be awarded

25%

Unit Two : Fitness Training and Programming

External synopsis (cancelled in April 2020) Teacher Assessed Grade will be awarded

25%

Unit Three : Professional Development in the sports sector (NEA)

25%

Unit Seven : Practical Sport (NEA)

25%

 

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