Year 12, A Level Chemistry – how teachers are mastering remote learning 21/05/2020 With many challenges facing teachers and students this term, Andy Brunning – Chemistry Subject Advisor shares feedback from A Level chemistry teachers on approaches to help Year 12 students.
Level 3 Cambridge Technicals in Applied Science - Unit 2 update 19/05/2020 To help support teachers, we have updated the guidance for Unit 2 Laboratory techniques.
Update: A Level Sciences practical endorsement grades and monitoring visits 04/05/2020 Submitting practical endorsement grades for Summer 2020.
Change to the release date of the 2019 general and vocational question papers and mark schemes 29/04/2020 All general and vocational qualification June 2019 question papers, mark schemes, examiner and moderator reports will be kept on our secure website, Interchange, for longer.
Practical science at home 24/04/2020 In his latest blog post, John Dewis, Subject Advisor – Science, offers a simple practical experiment that teachers can share with their students who are working from home.
12 month delay for new Technical Awards rules 20/04/2020 The Department for Education (DfE) has delayed the implementation of new rules for Technical Awards on Key Stage 4 performance tables.
Useful resources for remote teaching and learning in Science 01/04/2020 The Science Subject Advisor team share some useful resources to help teachers make the challenge of adapting to new ways of working easier.
Working to meet deadlines for submitting non-exam assessment/internally marked units 14/02/2020 Key information to support your planning for submitting internally marked units.
A Level sciences practical endorsement 06/02/2020 We want to remind centres who are new to OCR sciences about monitoring visits.
GCSE Science exams - what do students think about features intended to ensure accessibility 22/11/2019 In this blog post, Dr Victoria Crisp and Dr Sylwia Macinska, researchers at Cambridge Assessment, describe a research study that asked students whether they think certain exam design features make questions easier to understand.