Why study Chemistry?

Certainly, anyone contemplating a scientific career should study Chemistry. Even if you are aiming to specialise in the arts for your sixth form studies, you should strongly consider Chemistry at GCSE. Chemistry is a central scientific discipline that will equip you with an understanding of natural phenomena and enable you to follow, at least, debates relating to scientific issues in later life.

The government is rightly concerned at the level of ignorance concerning science by the adult population. Do you want to have to believe the newspapers or civil servants when they argue about safety or health issues, blinded by science, or do you want to be in a position to make up your own mind based on an understanding of the facts?