This update was first published on 3 September 2024. We confirm you can now access our full suite of new purposeful practical teaching resources. You can view and download these within the Teaching >
Teaching delivery > Purposeful Practicals section on Teach Cambridge, and the Planning and teaching sections of each GCSE Gateway Science qualification page on our website.

Following feedback from teachers, we will be providing a range of exciting new resources to support the teaching of the practical components for the following GCSE Gateway Science qualifications:

• GCSE Biology A - J247
• GCSE Chemistry A - J248
• GCSE Physics A - J249
• GCSE Combined Science A - J250

For a summary of the support we will be providing, take a look at the documents below:

• Purposeful Practicals – an overview of our new resources for the delivery of practicals
  
• Practical Menu – practicals suggestions carefully curated by our subject experts
  

You can download these overviews from Teach Cambridge – for each GCSE Gateway Science qualification, go to Teaching > Teaching Delivery > Purposeful Practicals.

From the end of September 2024, we will be providing a full suite of our new purposeful practical teaching resources within the Teaching Delivery area on Teach Cambridge. We will also make examples of the resources available on the GCSE Gateway Science qualification pages of our website.

If you have any queries about this update, please call our Customer Support Centre on 01223 553998 or email science@ocr.org.uk.

Qualifications

• Gateway Science Suite - Biology A (9-1) - J247 (from 2016)
• Gateway Science Suite - Chemistry A (9-1) - J248 (from 2016)
• Gateway Science Suite - Physics A (9-1) - J249 (from 2016)
• Gateway Science Suite - Combined Science A (9-1) - J250 (from 2016)