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Science forms part of the core curriculum
to IGCSE and some 120 Science A levels are taken each year,
often with Mathematics but increasingly with a language or
humanity. The majority of students go on to take Science,
Engineering and Medical degrees at good universities. The
three disciplines - Biology, Chemistry, and Physics - are
taught by specialist members of staff, each discipline having
its own Head of Department. The teaching facilities of the
Science departments comprise fifteen full-size laboratories,
a project laboratory, a computer centre and a lecture theatre.
The department’s equipment and laboratories, which are
of an exceptionally high standard, are maintained and serviced
by six full-time technicians.
Boys in the Junior School follow an Integrated
Science course, with one teacher, taking into account much
of the National Curriculum. From the Second Form the three
sciences are taught separately by specialist teachers, but
as a co-ordinated programme following the Edexcel Board course.
Pupils may opt for the Double Award Science IGCSE examination
offered by Edexcel if they do not wish to take Biology, Chemistry
and Physics as three IGCSE subjects. The decision is made in
the Fifth Form.
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