A Level Biology - Invicta Grammar School

Applications Open: 14th November 2025

Applications Close: 13th March 2026

Entry Requirements: - Five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, including English, and the individual subject entry requirements.

How to Apply: Please apply via the Kent Choices website.

How many subjects can you choose: - You MUST choose 3 subjects (these can be mixture of A-level or BTEC's). Please DO NOT choose anymore than 5 subjects.

Please note that if you are intending to study a course at Invicta Grammar School as part of your course choices, you can only study one Invicta course (maximum) alongside two Valley Park courses.

If you wish to make any changes, you can do so via your application page or send us a message.

Your application will be acknowledged and conditional offer letters will be sent out after the closing date.

A Level Biology students follow the Edexcel Biology specification. The context led specification has been designed to immediately immerse students in biological situations allowing them to link concepts together. As the course progresses, more concepts are applied to explore the subject as a whole. The course places emphasis on the scientific skills of data analysis as well as deep understanding and detailed factual knowledge. Part of the course is also dedicated to building practical scientific skills in and beyond the laboratory. Students will carry out investigations and analyse numerical data to draw valid scientific conclusions. Students have the opportunity to develop the tools to succeed as mature and effective scientists, fitted for a wide range of careers which an A Level in Biology lends itself to. A Level Biology works well in combination with the other science courses, using the principles from GCSE Chemistry and physics and seeing the implications in a biological setting. There are many obvious higher education courses and careers that require an A Level in Biology, such as medicine and veterinary medicine. As well as this there are a wide range of career paths that Biology will be useful for, such as palaeontology, pharmaceuticals, forensics, genetics, neurosciences, physiotherapy, zoology, sports sciences, nutritionists, horticulture, agriculture and many, many more. Students from Invicta Grammar School regularly move their studies in Biology onto undergraduate level at universities which have strong bioscience departments.

Grade 7 or above in Biology and a grade 6 in Mathematics. or two grade 7's in combined science and a grade 7 in Mathematics.

This course can be studied as part of the Valley Park Curriculum offer where students within the Valley Invicta Academy trust may avail of courses on offer in our partner schools across the trust.