The materials in this resource are from the Secondary National Strategy ‘Progressing to Level 6 and beyond in science’ project. They were intended as guidance for subject leaders of science on the Level 6+ project.

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Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They regulate and inspect to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages.

The Education and Inspections Act, which established the new Ofsted, specifically...

Successful scientists require a broad range of skills and attributes in order to achieve, and have recognition of, their successes. Central and pivotal to these skills is the mastery of number and a proficiency in mathematics. In science lessons students frequently rely...

The Nuffield Foundation provide this resource which enables students to carry out significance tests on proportions and test hypotheses about successful applicants to higher education. The data provided on information sheet A is simulated but similar to real data available on the UCAS website. Information sheet B...

From Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), this practical activity was developed for Scottish Highers specifications, but the protocol can equally well be used for other specifications.

Students sterilise seeds of...

This resource was produced to get students working in teams and understanding the scientific and industrial processes involved in sugar making. The resource consists of 23 cards detailing each step of the sugar making process, which students are asked to arrange in the correct order to go from harvesting the sugar...

This document is a Computing at School community resource that covers the laws of Boolean algebra. It consists of a student worksheet and answer sheet. It is very suitable as a revision resource.

These short videos provide vital information on how each of the Science Mark criterion for secondary schools is assessed.

Teaching and learning

This documents details the topics covered in Core Maths that link to areas of biology. 

This documents details the topics covered in Core Maths that link to areas of business studies.

This documents details the topics covered in Core Maths that link to areas of chemistry

This documents details the topics covered in Core Maths that link to areas of computer studies.

This documents details the topics covered in Core Maths that link to areas of biology. 

This documents details the topics covered in Core Maths that may help to support students when studying other post-16 qualifications.. 

This teaching resource explores memory and distraction. In the activity students design an experiment and collect data to assess the impact listening to music can have on short term memory. Students are asked to analyse the data using a Mann-Whitney U Test on Excel. The learning is designed to ideally be carried...