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