Most students in the UK follow a broad, balanced science education which involves studying it as an integrated subject leading to two grades in the GCSE examination at the age of 16. The Government said that from September 2008 all 14-year-olds achieving level 6 at key stage 3 would be entitled to study a triple science GCSE course covering separate biology, chemistry and physics. This article outlines the background to this move and looks at the ways some schools are selecting students to do triple science, finding the teachers and fitting it into the timetable.