Course Content Year 12 1. Quantities and units 2. Practical skills 3. Rectilinear motion 4. Linear momentum 5. Forces 6. Work, energy and power 7. Charge and current 8. Potential difference and electromotive force 9. Current – potential difference relationships 10. Series and parallel circuit and potential dividers 11. Fluids 12. Solid materials 13. Nature of waves 14. Transmission and reflection of waves 16. Superposition of waves 17. Particle nature of light Course Content Year 13 18. Momentum and energy 19. Motion in a circle 20. Electric fields 21. Capacitance 22. Magnetic fields 23. Electrons and nuclei 24. Particle physics 25. Nuclear decay 26. Specific heat capacity 27. Internal energy, absolute zero and change of state 28. Gas Laws and kinetic theory 29. Universal gravitation 30. Astrophysics 31. Cosmology 32. Oscillations
Grade 7 in GCSE Physics and Chemistry or Biology Grade 7 in GCSE Science A and Grade 7 in Additional Science Grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics Grade 5 in GCSE English Language Preferably studied in conjunction with Mathematics. Chemistry or Biology.
Internal Mock Assessment in Year 12 Paper 1: Core Physics 1 (Internal exam) 80 marks 1 hour 30 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-10. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions Paper 2: Core Physics 2 (Internal exam) 80 marks 1 hour 30 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-2 and 11-17. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions. Assessment by public examinations in Year 13 Paper 1: Advanced Physics 1 (Public exam) 30% of A level 90 marks 1 hour 45 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-10 and 18-25. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions Paper 2: Advanced Physics 2 (Public exam) 30% of A level 90 marks 1 hour 45 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-2, 11-17 and 26-32. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions. Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics (Public exam) 40% of A level 120 marks 2 hours 30 minutes Questions: Questions in this paper may draw on any of the topics in this specification. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions.
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Region | London |
Local Authority | Lambeth |
Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
Gender Type | Co-Educational |
Address | Belltrees Grove, London, SW16 2HY |
Course Content Year 12 1. Quantities and units 2. Practical skills 3. Rectilinear motion 4. Linear momentum 5. Forces 6. Work, energy and power 7. Charge and current 8. Potential difference and electromotive force 9. Current – potential difference relationships 10. Series and parallel circuit and potential dividers 11. Fluids 12. Solid materials 13. Nature of waves 14. Transmission and reflection of waves 16. Superposition of waves 17. Particle nature of light Course Content Year 13 18. Momentum and energy 19. Motion in a circle 20. Electric fields 21. Capacitance 22. Magnetic fields 23. Electrons and nuclei 24. Particle physics 25. Nuclear decay 26. Specific heat capacity 27. Internal energy, absolute zero and change of state 28. Gas Laws and kinetic theory 29. Universal gravitation 30. Astrophysics 31. Cosmology 32. Oscillations
Grade 7 in GCSE Physics and Chemistry or Biology Grade 7 in GCSE Science A and Grade 7 in Additional Science Grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics Grade 5 in GCSE English Language Preferably studied in conjunction with Mathematics. Chemistry or Biology.
Internal Mock Assessment in Year 12 Paper 1: Core Physics 1 (Internal exam) 80 marks 1 hour 30 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-10. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions Paper 2: Core Physics 2 (Internal exam) 80 marks 1 hour 30 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-2 and 11-17. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions. Assessment by public examinations in Year 13 Paper 1: Advanced Physics 1 (Public exam) 30% of A level 90 marks 1 hour 45 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-10 and 18-25. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions Paper 2: Advanced Physics 2 (Public exam) 30% of A level 90 marks 1 hour 45 minutes Questions: This paper will examine topics 1-2, 11-17 and 26-32. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions. Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics (Public exam) 40% of A level 120 marks 2 hours 30 minutes Questions: Questions in this paper may draw on any of the topics in this specification. The paper may include multiple-choice, short open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions.