Psychology is a vast and fascinating subject which will offer you the opportunity to gain a multitude of transferable skills and knowledge. There are many cross-curricular overlaps in this course, with an emphasis on biology and mathematics. The two-year GCSE course will allow you to gain a better understanding of how people think, act, and feel.

Studying Psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same thing I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story

KS3

Psychology is not offered at KS3

KS4

The two-year GCSE course will allow you to gain a better understanding of how people think, act, and feel. The course covers questions such as why do we behave the way we do? What biological processes are responsible for our behaviours? How did you develop? This course will cover such questions and more. Below is a list of the topics which are covered throughout the two-year course.

KS5

Psychology is a study of the mind and behaviour. This is a two year course where you will focus on a range of topics including the different approaches in Psychology. The course also focuses on the topic of health psychology and abnormal psychology during the second year. Psychology is a 100% exam based subject, students will complete four exams at the end of Year 13, these exams will be 1 hour 30 minutes each.