Physics

Head of Dept: Mr B Purcell

Miss G Craig, Mr J Dixon, Mrs S Gordon, Mrs Lauren Giles-Nicholas (Technician).

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	% 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

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.