Chemistry is everywhere in the world around you! It’s in the food you eat, clothes you wear, water you drink, medicines, air, cleaners... you name it. Chemistry is sometimes called the ‘central science’ because it connects the sciences to each other, such as Biology, Physics, Geology, and Environmental Science. In Chemistry at Stratford, we firmly believe in the PiXL method to making progress. Throughout the year students undergo continual diagnosis, therapy, and testing. In diagnosis, areas for improvement are identified, whether this be through dialogue in lessons or more formal assessments. Once weaknesses have been identified therapy can take place, involving afterschool revision sessions, opportunities to drop into teachers, and the availability of resources that can be accessed online to develop the independent learner. Finally, we ensure that the student has progressed in the identified areas through further assessment. Subject Specification Outline: This specification consists of six modules: 1. Learners will be required to develop a range of practical skills throughout the course in preparation for the written examinations. 2. Foundations in Chemistry: This module acts as an important bridge into A-level chemistry from the study of chemistry within science courses at the GCSE level. 3. Periodic table and energy: the focus of this module is inorganic and physical chemistry, the applications of energy use to everyday life and industrial processes, and current environmental concerns associated with sustainability. 4. Core Organic Chemistry: the module provides learners with a knowledge and understanding of the important chemical ideas that underpin the study of organic chemistry. 5. Physical Chemistry and transition elements: this module extends the study of energy, reaction rates and equilibria, and the periodic table, providing a context for synoptic assessment and linking with the content encountered in Modules 2 & 3. 6. Organic Chemistry and analysis: this module introduces several new functional groups and emphasizes the importance of organic synthesis. This module also adds NMR spectroscopy and provides a context for synoptic assessment, linking with the content encountered in Modules 2 & 4.