The Science curriculum at Co-op Academy Bebington is carefully designed and chosen to offer accessibility for all, ensuring a curriculum that is as ambitious as the National Curriculum and allows students to learn the subject of Science and the skills associated with Scientific working to enable them to make informed decisions about the world around them through a scientific context.  

Students access the Science curriculum from entry in year 7 through to level 3 courses in the sixth form.  The knowledge and understanding students develop builds upon prior learning from their previous educational stage (e.g. KS2, KS3, KS4) and prepares them for their next stage of learning in a continuous process.  (See flowchart below)

To complement the PSHCE curriculum, the Science department supports and develops students’ personal development through aspects of the curriculum through, careers in Science, British values, SMSC, relationships and sex education, health education and cultural capital (Science capital).

Science also offers a range of enrichment opportunities to enable students to see first hand, Science in a true world setting.  These include STEM club, Chemistry for all, Salters festivals of Chemistry, #IAMSET programme,  Chester Zoo to name some of the ‘Science Experience’ on offer at Co-op Academy Bebington. 

As a team of committed professionals we aim to:

• foster an engagement for the subject
• develop students who are able to coherently draw conclusions and have opinions about the challenges of the world around them in a local and international context.  
• strive to develop students who are critical of new, existing, even established ideas 
• encourage students to have a natural curiosity for the technological, physical and biological changes and processes in their world.  
• develop students who have an appreciation and understanding of other people’s views, ideas and conclusions even if they conflict with their own.  
• most of all, we aim to support our students to develop into young adults with skills, knowledge and understanding useful to society now and in the future.

“The Science of today is the technology of tomorrow”    Edward Teller

Staff Members

Mr K Marsh – Curriculum Coordinator 

Mr N Pritchard – KS4 Coordinator

Ms C Goodwin – KS3 Coordinator

Mr M George

Mr S Caldwell

Mrs H Robert

Mrs J Gullidge

Mr S Kaye

Mr R Dutfield

Mr C Sawley

Miss J Williams 

Ms S McRae – Curriculum Coordinator for Animal Care, 

Ms S Sutton – HLTA 

Mr J Bowen – Senior Technician 

Mr C Locke – Technician

• The Department of Science offers the following courses at KS4

The Department of Science offers the following subjects at KS5

Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Nursing, Zoology, Marine Biologist, Sport Science Support, Teaching, Healthcare, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Forensic Science,  Pharmacology, Petrochemical Industries, Energy Management, Chemical Engineering, Laboratory Technician, Manufacture, Research assistant, Dental Technician, Health and Safety, Analytical work, Acoustic consultant, Astronomer, Clinical scientist, medical physicist, Geophysicist, Metallurgist, Meteorologist, Nanotechnologist, Radiation protection practitioner, Research scientist (physical sciences) and Technical author to name just a small number, Acoustic consultant, Astronomer, Clinical scientist, medical physics, Geophysicist, Higher education lecturer, Metallurgist, Meteorologist, Nanotechnologist, Radiation protection practitioner, Research scientist (physical sciences) and Technical author.