KS5

We currently offer Biology, Chemistry and Physics at A levels and follow the AQA specification for all three as this provides continuity following on from their GCSE’s.

Please click on the links below to see the topics studied in each year group. Topics are also split into band A and B to show routes through for a two teacher curriculum.

Year 12 Chemistry students study the following topics:

  • Atomic Structure
  • Amounts of substance
  • Energetics
  • Equlibria and Redox
  • Periodicity
  • Group 2 and Group 7

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Year 12 MTP 2

Year 12 MTP 3

Year 12 MTP 4

Year 12 MTP 5

Year 12 MTP 6

In Year 13, chemistry students study the following topics:

  • Thermodynamic
  • Electro Potentials
  • Acids, Bases, and Ph
  • Period 3
  • Transition Metal Chemistry

Year 13 MTP 1

Year 13 MTP 2

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Year 13 MTP 4

Year 13 MTP 5

In Year 12, chemistry students study the following topics:

  • Section 3 Bonding
  • Kinetics
  • Introduction to organic chemistry
  • Alkanes and Halogenoalkanes
  • Alkenes and alcohols
  • Organic analysis

Year 12 MTP 1

Year 12 MTP 2

Year 12 MTP 3

Year 12 MTP 4

Year 12 MTP 5

In Year 13, chemistry students study the following topics:

  • Isomerism and carbonyl compounds
  • Rate Equations and K
  • Aromatic compounds and amines
  • Polymers
  • Amino acids, proteins, and DNA
  • Further synthesis and analysis

Year 13 MTP 1

Year 13 MTP 2

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Year 13 MTP 4

Year 13 MTP 5

In Year 12, physics students study the following topics:

  • Particles and radiation
  • Electromagnetic Radiation and Quantum Phenomena
  • Waves
  • Electricity
  • Measurements and their errors

Year 12 MTP 1

Year 12 MTP 2

Year 12 MTP 3

Year 12 MTP 4

 

In Year 13, physics students study the following topics: 

  • Thermal Physics
  • Magnetic Capacitors
  • Magnetic Field
  • Nuclear Physics

Year 13 MTP 1

Year 13 MTP 2

Year 13 MTP 3

In Year 12, physics students study the following topics:

  • Mechanics Part 1: Forces and Motion
  • Mechanics Part 2: Momentum and Energy
  • Materials
  • Mechanics Part 3: Periodic Motion

 

Year 12 MTP 2

Year 12 MTP 3

 

 

In Year 13, physics students study the following topics:

  • Astrophysics Part 1: Telescopes
  • Astrophysics Part 2: Classification of Stars and Cosmology
  • Fields: Gravitational and ElectricFields

 

 

 

Year 13 MTP 3

In Year 13, biology students study the following topics:

  • Biological Molecules
  • Nucleic Acids
  • Exchange
  • Mass Transport

Year 12 MTP 1

Year 12 MTP 2

Year 12 MTP 3

Year 12 MTP 4

 

In Year 13, biology students study the following topics:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Respiration
  • Energy and Ecosystems
  • Gene Expression
  • Recombinant DNA Technology

Year 13 MTP 1

Year 13 MTP 2

Year 13 MTP 3

Year 13 MTP 4

AQA specifications for each one

Biology

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-a-level/biology-7401-7402

Chemistry

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-a-level/chemistry-7404-7405

Physics

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-a-level/physics-7407-7408

Students will have 5 lessons a week per A level but are expected to complete at least 5 hours of independent study a week as well.

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