GCSE Natural History - the proposed subject content

We have finally got some progress on the next stage of the GCSE Natural History, with a consultation on draft / proposed subject content.

The DfE has shared this on their website.

We have worked with experts and stakeholders to develop proposed subject content for a new GCSE in natural history. The GCSE will allow students to engage with and study specific organisms, including plants or animals and the contexts in which they live, and their complex interactions and dependencies.

It will develop students’ skills of observation, description, recording and analysis, through sustained and structured field study.

Findings from this consultation will be taken into account when finalising the subject content.

Ofqual will consult on assessment arrangements later this year.

We will be taking a look at this over the weekend and sharing some initial thoughts and ideas, and will be responding to the consultation as well.

There are also almost 600 posts on the blog to dig into for resource creation.

Also in the Guardian this piece, featuring Steve Backshall.

Here's Steve Backshall - who I met on Monday - he's excited about it...

If you are interested, why not join the GCSE Natural History Facebook group. We have over 860 members.