Physics

Assessment

Year 12 internal exams - there will be two ninety minute papers worth 70 marks each, to assess the AS. There is no coursework but practical understanding will be assessed in the papers. Both papers assess the full Year 12 content. Paper 1 has 70 marks of short and long answer questions, split by topic. Paper 2 is split into three sections. Section A: 20 marks of short and long answer questions on practical skills and data analysis. Section B: 20 marks of short and long answer questions from across all areas of AS content. Section C: 30 multiple choice questions. A Level - there will be three two hour papers of 85 marks for Papers 1 and 2 and 80 for the Paper 3. Paper 1 and Paper 2 have 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content. Paper 3 has 45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis. There are 35 marks of short and long answer questions on the Turning Points in Physics topic.