Chemistry A-level

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED - please apply via the Towers School website

Applications Open: - 11th December 2025

Applications Close: - 13th February 2026

Entry Requirements: - Admission to Towers Sixth Form to study A levels or BTEC equivalent will be awarded on the basis of GCSE performance. Each subject has its own entry requirements.

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices

A-Level Chemistry is a fundamentally experimental subject. Studying Chemistry will help you to develop your research, problem solving and analytical skills. It will enable you to challenge ideas and show how you worked things out through logic and step-by-step reasoning. The course will broaden your horizons and help you to understand the world around you, and the chemistry of living things.

During this two year course, you will complete 12 practical assessments and cover topics such as:

Atomic structure; thermodynamics; rates of reactions; acids and bases; organic and inorganic chemistry.

You will sit three exams at the end of Year 12. Your result in the twelve practical assessments is noted as an endorsement alongside your A-level grade.

Paper 1 - 35% of A Level

A mixture of short and long answer questions

Paper 2 - 35% of A Level

A mixture of short and long answer questions

Paper 3 - 30% of A Level

Questions on practical techniques and data analysis.

Grade 6 in Combined Science or Single Chemistry GCSE

Grade 6 in GCSE Maths

As one of the Russell Group Universities’ facilitating subjects, Chemistry is a highly respected A Level. An A Level in Chemistry demonstrates to an employer that you have analytical and investigative skills that you can apply to real life situations.

There are many possible career paths that Chemistry will open for you, for example: Chemical Engineering, Medicine, Forensic Science, Research, Biochemist, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist and Finance.

Previous students have gone on to be trained as embalmers in the funeral industry and gone onto study BSc (Hons) Electronic and Computer Engineering and BSc (Hons) Biochemistry with a year abroad.