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Core content
1 Biological molecules
2 Cells
3 Organisms exchange substances
with their environment
4 Genetic information, variation and
relationships between organisms
5 Energy transfers in and between organisms (A-level only)
6 Organisms respond to changes in their internal
and external environments (A-level only)
7 Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems (A-level only)
8 The control of gene expression (A-level only)
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Physical Chemistry
- Atomic Structure
- Amount of Substances
- Bonding
- Energetics
- Kinetics
- Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc
- Oxidation, reduction and redox equations
Inorganic Chemistry
- Periodicity
- Group 2, the alkaline earth metals
- Group 7 (17), the halogens
Organic Chemistry
- Introduction to organic chemistry
- Alkanes
- Haloalkanes
- Alkenes
- Alcohols
- Organic Analysis
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Physical Chemistry
- Thermodynamics
- Rate equations
- Equilibrium constant, kp for homogeneous systems
- Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells
- Acids and Bases
Inorganic Chemistry
- Properties of Group 3 elements and their oxides
- Transition metals
- Reactions of ions in aqueous solutions
Organic Chemistry
- Optical isomerism
- Aldehydes and ketones
- Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
- Aromatic Chemistry
- Amines
- Polymers
- Amino acids, proteins and DNA
- Organic Synthesis
- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Chromatography
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Core content
1 Measurement and their errors
2 Particles and radiation
3 Waves
4 Mechanics and materials
5 Electricity
6 Further mechanics and thermal physics
7 Fields and their consequences
8 Nuclear physics
9 Options
10 Astrophysics
11 Medical Physics
12 Engineering Physics
13 Turning points in physics
14 Electronics
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AS
Assessment
What's assessed in paper 1
- Any content from topics 1–4, including relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 75 marks
- 50% of AS
Questions
- 65 marks: short answer questions
- 10 marks: comprehension question
What's assessed in paper 2
- Any content from topics 1–4, including relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 75 marks
- 50% of AS
Questions
- 65 marks: short answer questions
- 10 marks: extended response questions
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AS
Assessment
What's assessed in paper 1
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.1 to 3.1.4, 3.1.6 and 3.1.7)
- Inorganic chemistry (section 3.2.1 to 3.2.3)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 80 marks
- 50% of the AS
Questions
- 65 marks of short and long answer questions
- 15 marks of multiple-choice questions
What's assessed in Paper 2
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.2 to 3.1.6)
- Organic chemistry (section 3.3.1 to 3.3.6)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 80 marks
- 50% of the AS
Questions
- 65 marks of short and long answer questions
- 15 marks of multiple-choice questions
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AS
Assessment
What's assessed paper 1
Sections 1 - 5
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 70 marks
- 50% of AS
Questions
70 marks of short and long answer questions split by topic.
What's assessed paper 2
Sections 1 - 5
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 70 marks
- 50% of AS
Questions
Section A: 20 marks of short and long answer questions on practical skills and data analysis
Section B: 20 marks of short and long answer questions from across all areas of AS content
Section C: 30 multiple choice questions
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A level
Assessment
What's assessed in paper 1
- Any content from topics 1–4, including relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 91 marks
- 35% of A-level
Questions
- 76 marks: a mixture of short and long answer questions
- 15 marks: extended response questions
What's assessed in paper 2
- Any content from topics 5–8, including relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 91 marks
- 35% of A-level
Questions
- 76 marks: a mixture of short and long answer questions
- 15 marks: comprehension question
What's assessed in paper 3
- Any content from topics 1–8, including relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 78 marks
- 30% of A-level
Questions
- 38 marks: structured questions, including practical techniques
- 15 marks: a critical analysis of given experimental data
- 25 marks: one essay from a choice of two titles
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A level
Assessment
What's assessed in paper 1
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.1 to 3.1.4, 3.1.6 to 3.1.8 and 3.1.10 to 3.1.12)
- Inorganic chemistry (section 3.2)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 105 marks
- 35% of A-level
Questions
105 marks of short and long answer questions
What's assessed in paper 2
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.2 to 3.1.6 and 3.1.9)
- Organic chemistry (section 3.3)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 105 marks
- 35% of A-level
Questions
105 marks of short and long answer questions
What's assessed
- Any content
- Any practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 90 marks
- 30% of A-level
Questions
40 marks of questions on practical techniques and data analysis
20 marks of questions testing across the specification
30 marks of multiple-choice questions
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A level
Assessment
What's assessed Paper 1
Sections 1 to 5 and 6.1 (Periodic motion)
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 85 marks
- 34% of A-level
Questions
60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.
What's assessed Paper 2
Sections 6.2 (Thermal Physics), 7 and 8
Assumed knowledge from sections 1 to 6.1
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 85 marks
- 34% of A-level
Questions
60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.
What's assessed paper 3
Section A Compulsory section: Practical skills and data analysis
Section B: Students enter for one of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 80 marks
- 32% of A-level
Questions
- 45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis.
- 35 marks of short and long answer questions on an optional topic.
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