{"id":48,"date":"2018-08-20T13:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:42:41","slug":"biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/curriculum\/a-level-qualifications\/biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:42;line-height:1.2;\">Biology<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:40px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Biology involves the study of a wide range of exciting topics, ranging\u2028from molecular biology to the study of ecosystems, from microorganisms to mammoths. It is the science of life and looks at the ways organisms function and interact. Biology is a dynamic area which can touch everyone through medical science and scientific developments such as curing genetic diseases, developing drugs, fertility treatments and new foods.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in science &#8211; one of my favourite books is James Watson\u2019s Molecular biology of the gene.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Bill Gates<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Course content<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Biological molecules<\/li>\n<li>Cells<\/li>\n<li>Organisms exchange substances with their environment<\/li>\n<li>Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms<\/li>\n<li>Energy transfers in and between organisms<\/li>\n<li>Organisms respond to changes in their internal and external environments<\/li>\n<li>Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>The control of gene expression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What this course leads onto<\/h3>\n<p>Students who take A-level Biology can go on to study Veterinary Science, Medicine, Optometry Psychology, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Sports Science, Microbiology, Forensic Science, Biophysics, Genetics, Neuroscience, Botany, Zoology, Ecology and Environmental Science and of course, Biology.<\/p>\n<h3>Entry requirements<\/h3>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Alongside the general entry requirements to Sixth Form, students must have a grade 7 in all three Triple Sciences or 7,7 or better in Combined Science and have 4 x GCSE (or equivalent) at 9-4<\/p>\n<h3>Useful websites<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqa.org.uk\/subjects\/biology\/a-level\/biology-7402\/specification\">https:\/\/www.aqa.org.uk\/subjects\/biology\/a-level\/biology-7402\/specification<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/latest?authuser=0\">https:\/\/quizlet.com\/latest?authuser=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/senecalearning.com\/en-GB\/?authuser=0\">https:\/\/senecalearning.com\/en-GB\/?authuser=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savemyexams.co.uk\/a-level\/biology\/?authuser=0\">https:\/\/www.savemyexams.co.uk\/a-level\/biology\/?authuser=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.physicsandmathstutor.com\/\">https:\/\/www.physicsandmathstutor.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1699,"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/1699"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archbishopholgates.academy\/sixth-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}