AS
Assessments
Paper 1
What’s assessed
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.1 to 3.1.4, 3.1.6 and 3.1.7)
- Inorganic chemistry (section 3.2.1 to 3.2.3)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 80 marks
- 50% of the AS
Questions
65 marks of short and long answer questions
15 marks of multiple choice questions
Paper 2
What’s assessed
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.2 to 3.1.6)
- Organic chemistry (section 3.3.1 to 3.3.6)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
- 80 marks
- 50% of the AS
Questions
65 marks of short and long answer questions
15 marks of multiple choice questions
A-level
Assessments
Paper 1
What’s assessed
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.1 to 3.1.4, 3.1.6 to 3.1.8 and 3.1.10 to 3.1.12)
- Inorganic chemistry (section 3.2)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 105 marks
- 35% of A-level
Questions
105 marks of short and long answer questions
Paper 2
What’s assessed
- Relevant physical chemistry topics (sections 3.1.2 to 3.1.6 and 3.1.9)
- Organic chemistry (section 3.3)
- Relevant practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 105 marks
- 35% of A-level
Questions
105 marks of short and long answer questions
Paper 3
What’s assessed
- Any content
- Any practical skills
Assessed
- written exam: 2 hours
- 90 marks
- 30% of A-level
Questions
- 40 marks of questions on practical techniques and data analysis
- 20 marks of questions testing across the specification
- 30 marks of multiple choice questions
