Chemistry

Course summary

At King’s we benefit from small Chemistry classes. In addition to the individual attention and support this can provide, it also means students can do almost all practical tasks individually. This allows for development of practical skills and understanding. Trips to leading universities are an enjoyable and important part of the course; for example, our students were recently sponsored by the Bristol Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical Synthesis at Bristol University to undertake practical work, as well as hear about cutting-edge research and explore possible career options for post-18. Students all have the opportunity to enter into the Cambridge Lower Sixth Chemistry Challenge and, in the Upper Sixth, the RSC Chemistry Olympiad. We regularly have excellent results from each of these national competitions. What will I study during the course? At King’s, we study the AQA Chemistry course 7405 (A Level). The course is split into the three main areas of Chemistry, namely Physical, Inorganic and Organic. The understanding at GCSE is built upon and developed further, such as work on bonding and energetics.