Chemistry

Course summary

Our Chemistry department has a track record of excellence with Hackney leading results. Our average value added over the last 3 years is the 4th best in the South East of England and we are listed in the Alps A Level Directory of Curricular Excellence. Chemistry looks to explain how and why we exist. By the end of your A-level in chemistry you will have made a battery, sythesised aspirin from tree sap and begin to truly understand reactions of everyday life. Each year we send our chemists to a large variety of university courses. We have a strong support programme for those wishing to study medicine, dentistry, veterinary science and our students have secured places in each of those subjects in recent years. Chemistry is essential for entry to medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, chemical engineering, pure and applied chemistry, and in many other areas, such as biotechnology, genetics, biochemistry, biological sciences, environmental sciences and geology. It is also essential for entry to degree courses in chemistry combined with other subjects, such as law, business management, languages, materials, food science or forensic science.