Chemistry
Course summary
A-level Chemistry attempts to answer the big question ‘what is the world made of’ and it’s the search for this answer that makes this subject so fascinating. From investigating how one substance can be changed drastically into another, to researching a new wonder drug to save millions of lives, the opportunities that chemistry provides are endless. Year 12 Physical chemistry Including atomic structure, amount of substance, bonding, energetics, kinetics, chemical equilibria and Le Chatelier’s principle Inorganic chemistry Including periodicity, Group 2 the alkaline earth metals, Group 7(17) the halogens Organic chemistry Including introduction to organic chemistry, alkanes, halogenoalkanes, alkenes, alcohols, organic analysis Year 13 Physical chemistry Including thermodynamics, rate equations, the equilibrium constant Kp, electrode potentials and electrochemical cells Inorganic chemistry Including properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides, transition metals, reactions of ions in aqueous solution Organic chemistry Including optical isomerism, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives, aromatic chemistry, amines, polymers, amino acids, proteins and DNA, organic synthesis, NMR spectroscopy, chromatography
Entry Requirements
Checked against your grades — every rule traces to the school's published source.
| Requirement | Rule | You |
|---|---|---|
GCSE qualifications | 5 gcse qualifications at grade 5.0 or above | — |
Mathematics | Grade 6 in Mathematics | — |
Chemistry | Grade 7 in Chemistry | — |
Combined Science Alternative route | Grade 7-7 in Combined Science | — |
English Language | Grade 5 in English Language | — |
English Literature Alternative route | Grade 5 in English Literature | — |
As published by the school
Must attain five 9 - 5 grades in full course GCSE subjects including Maths and English Language or Literature. No vocational subjects allowed to count in the five 9 – 5 grades. Indivdual subject critera also applies. Students taking GCSE Combined Science (Trilogy or Synergy) must have at least a grade 7-7. Students taking GCSE Separate Sciences must have at least a grade 7 in Chemistry. 6 Maths
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Assessment
100% examination at the end of Y13. Practical endorsement reported separately. Paper 1: 2 hours Paper 2: 2 hours Paper 3: 2 hours
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