A Level Biology will help you make sense of the living world around you. We’ll look at the biology of plants and animals, human health and performance and the wider natural environment. It’s welcomed by all universities for a whole range of courses from agriculture to zoology. For careers in medicine it remains important.

At AS Level, you’ll study lifestyle, health and risk, genes and health, the voice of the genome and biodiversity and natural resources. In A2, your topics will include photosynthesis, ecology and climate change, infection, immunity and forensics, sport, exercise and medical technology, the brain, eyes and vision, Parkinson’s disease and the Human Genome Project.

By written exams, short written practical assessments, a report on a visit to a place of biological interest and an individual project.

Normal College requirements, to include at least GCSE Grade C or above in English, GCSE grade B or above in Maths and Science plus GCSE Grade B or above in an additional Science.

Our location offers lots of opportunities for fieldwork. We visit Sussex and Portsmouth Universities to use their equipment; you’ll also attend a week’s residential coastal ecology field trip to Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire. We enter the Biology Olympiad, invite guest speakers to give talks and visit places like the Natural History Museum, Kew Gardens, the National Oceanography Centre and the Royal Society. You’ll also have the chance to take Open University modules as extensions to your regular studies.