Physics
Rochester Grammar School, The
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY
Available start dates
Available start dates
Application Instructions
Applications Open: 27/11/25
Applications Close: 31/01/26
Entry Requirements: 4 GCSE passes at grade 6 or above including grade 5s in Maths and either English Literature or Language.
How to Apply: Online application using Applicca - https://rochestergrammarschool.applicaa.com/applicaa.com/Year12
Course Details
1 Measurements and their errors
2 Particles and radiation
3 Waves
4 Mechanics and materials
5 Electricity
6 Further mechanics and thermal physics
7 Fields and their consequences
8 Nuclear physics
Option Topic:
10 Medical physics
How will it be delivered and assessed?
Paper 1: Content - Sections 1 - 5 and 6.1 (Periodic motion)
Length: 2 hours (85 marks)
Weighting: 34% of A-level
Questions: 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.
Paper 2: Content - Sections 6.2 (Thermal Physics), 7 and 8 Assumed knowledge from sections 1 to 6.1
Length: 2 hours (85 marks)
Weighting: 34% of A-level Questions: 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content.
Paper 3: Content - Section A: Compulsory section: Practical skills and data analysis Section B: Students enter for one of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13
Length: 2 hours (80 marks)
Weighting: 32% of A-level
Questions: 45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis. 35 marks of short and long answer questions on optional topic
Entry requirements
GCSE Physics 7 or Combined science 7-7
GCSE Mathematics 7
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