Balance of content

Is there a balance of content within and between proposed criteria?

Management of the school curriculum

Will the proposed criteria provide a suitably broad, balanced and easily managed curriculum for schools?

Engagement of all students

Will these proposed criteria provide sufficient opportunity for awarding bodies to design appropriate courses to engage and motivate different groups of students?

Flexible approaches to assessment

Is there sufficient opportunity for awarding bodies to develop different assessment models appropriate to the full range of students?

Improvements on 2006 GCSE science criteria

In what ways do the proposed criteria overcome any inadequacies in the current science GCSE criteria?

Progression to post 16 study

How effectively do the proposed criteria provide a route for progression to post 16 study in science?

Progression from KS3

To what extent do the proposed criteria provide a sensible progression route for students from the way that science is taught and assessed at key stage three?