KS 5 - PHYSICS
Students studying Physics now follow the OCR A Level course.
Teaching takes place in specialist laboratories with state of the art equipment for practical work and to assist learning. Teaching groups are small, allowing students to take an active part in learning and to get a high level of assistance. Contacts with the world-renowned King’s College, London also allows our students an opportunity to do practical work in world-class facilities in preparation for the practical sections of their exams.
Year 12 AS
- Unit G481 – Mechanics - assessed by a 1 hour written examination, 30% of total AS GCE marks.
- Unit G482 – Electronics, Waves and Photons - assessed by a 1.75 hour written examination, 50% of the total AS GCE marks.
- Unit G483 – Practical Skills in Physics 1 - assessed by coursework, 20% of the total AS GCE marks.
Year 13 A2
- Unit G484 – The Newtonian World - assessed by a 1 hour written examination, 15% of total Advanced GCE marks.
- Unit G485 – Fields, Particles and Frontiers of Physics - assessed by a 1.75 hour written examination, 25% of total Advanced GCE marks.
- Unit G486 – Practical Skills in Physics 2 - assessed by coursework, 10% of the total Advanced GCE marks.
Course Books and Equipment
- Advanced Physics – Tom Duncan
- Advanced Physics for You – Johnson, Hewitt, Holt and Mille
- Planner, pencils, pens, eraser, metric ruler, calculator
- Revision guides available
Events and Visits
- Kings College
Key Dates
- January and June are exam periods