Physics

Staff in Department

Head of Dept: Mr B Purcell

Miss G Craig, Mr J Dixon, Mrs J Gamble
Mrs S Shields (Technician), Mrs R Bonnan (Technician) 

A Level

A level exam board: CCEA

Module % of AS or A2 grade How is it assessed? Module Title
AS Module 1 40% of AS 1 hr 45 min paper Forces, Energy and Electricity.
AS Module 2 40% of AS 1 hr 45 min paper Waves, Photons and Astronomy.
AS Module 3 20% of AS 2 x 1 hour papers Practical Techniques and Data Analysis.
A2 Module 1 40% of A2 2 hour paper Deformation of Solids, Thermal Physics, Circular Motion, Oscillations and Atomic and Nuclear Physics.
A2 Module 2 40% of A2 2 hour paper Fields, Capacitors and Particle Physics.
A2 Module 3 20% of A2 2 x 1 hour papers Practical Techniques and Data Analysis.

GCSE

GCSE exam board: CCEA

GCSE % of GCSE grade How is it assessed? Unit title
Unit 1 37.5% 1 hr 30 min paper Motion, Force, Density and Kinetic Theory, Energy, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Unit 2 37.5% 1 hr 30 min paper Waves, Light, Electricity, Magnetism, Electromagnetism and Space Physics
Unit 3 25% 2 hr Practical skills assessment
1 hr 15 min written paper
Practical Skills

Alternatively, students may opt to study Physics as part of the Double Award Science or Single Award Science.

KS3: Brief topic overview

Year 8
Y8 Taught as Combined Science. Physics topics involved are – Measurements (including practical skills), Forces, Energy and Space.
Year 9
Y9 Taught as Combined Science. Physics topics involved are – Forces & Speed, Sound, Light, Electricity and Space.
Year 10
Forces, Waves, Heat Transfer and Magnetism.

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