Nuffield Science for Ages 11-14 In the early 1980s the Nuffield
Foundation decided that a new scheme for the first two years of
secondary school was needed to replace the very successful
Nuffield Combined Science programme. The outcome of new
developments was Nuffield 11-13 which was first published in
1986. Subsequently the 11-13 course was extended into a three
year programme and then fully revised and republished as
Nuffield Science for Key Stage 3 to match the National
Curriculum in 1991. Nuffield 11-13 was a response to the changes
that there had been since 1970 in education, in science, and in
society, particularly in the growth in number of comprehensive
schools as well as the wider acceptance of mixed ability
teaching in the 11 to 13 age group. The materials were designed
to provide a sound platform for science teaching for the
subsequent examination courses. Nuffield Science for Key Stage 3
Nuffield Science for Key stage 3 was a course for the first
three years of secondary school. It was designed to