• 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! đŸ™‚

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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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