• Question: At A levels are you able to pick differently from your options for GCSE?

    Asked by dawn520frag on 31 Mar 2025.
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      Giorgia Perri answered on 31 Mar 2025:

      Yes, I picked different topics – GCSE was Art, DT and Spanish, A Levels were Biology, Chemsitry, English and Art

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      Hannah Birtle answered on 1 Apr 2025:

      Yes! There’s no rule that you have to take that subject for GCSE. However, sometimes doing it for GCSE can help with preparation using prior learning. But you can still do it without! 🙂

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      Martin McCoustra answered on 1 Apr 2025:

      I didn’t study in the English school system… I went through the Scottish system. That certainly allowed me to add additional S4 qualifications (O-grades as was) when I was doing my Highers in S5. In fact, I did Engineering Drawing O-grade at the same time as I did my Highers in Chemistry, Physics, Maths, English and History.

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      John Easton answered on 1 Apr 2025:

      Absolutely. You might find that to study a subject at A-level you need to have achieved a specific grade at GCSE, but very often there isn’t a requirement like this. What’s more important, I think, is that you choose things that you enjoy. If you like doing it, you’ll be more successful. Don’t take a subject you hate just because someone tells you it’ll be good for you.

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