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A-Level Physics

AQA Exam Board

Each unit will have a discrete end of unit test, plus an end of year 12-exam scheme, which will be marked in college by your teacher.  These results will enable you and your teacher to assess where you are and what you need to do to improve throughout the course.  External assessment by the examination board will take place at the end of year 13.  As part of your assessment, your ability to conduct scientific investigations will be examined by your teacher throughout the course.  CPAC lab books are kept as a record of this. 

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Course Units

The core unit that will be cover in this course are:

  • Measurements and their errors
  • Particles and radiation
  • Waves
  • Mechanics and materials
  • Electricity
  • Further mechanics and thermal physics (A-Level only)
  • Field and their consequences (A-Level only)
  • Nuclear Physics (A-Level only)

Optional:

  • Astrophysics (A-Level only)
  • Medical physics (A-Level only)
  • Engineering physics (A-Level only)
  • Turning points in Physics (A-Level only)
  • Electronics (A-Level only)

Modules

Assessment method

Paper 1 

What’s assessed 

Section 1-5 and 6.1 (Periodic motion) 

Assessed 

  • Written exam: 2 hours 
  • 85 marks 
  • 34% of A-level 

Questions 

60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.  

Paper 2 

What’s assessed 

Sections 6.2 (Thermal Physics), 7 and 8 

Assumed knowledge from sections 1 to 6.1. 

Assessed 

  • Written exam: 2 hours 
  • 85 marks 
  • 34% of A-level 

Questions 

60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.  

Paper 3 

What’s assessed 

Section A: Compulsory section: Practical skills and data analysis 

Section B: Students enter for one of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 

Assessed 

  • Written exam: 2 hours 
  • 80 marks 
  • 32% of A-level 

Questions 

45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis. 

35 marks of short and long answer questions on optional topic. 

Entry Criteria

Grade 6 in Physics or Double Science at GCSE

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