Chemistry A Level at The Petchey Academy
This course promotes a meaningful understanding of concepts learnt at GCSE. Explanations of why chemical entities behave in such a way during chemical reactions. Moreover mathematical aspects of fundamental ideas are learnt at this level to understand how atoms and molecules influence the order of universe and an explanation to how science works.
Over the two years students study a variety of topics which are examined at the end of the course. Students also have to complete a series of written assessments involving 4-8 short questions and 2-6 longer structured questions, which are totalled to give an overall grade.
AS Level written assessments towards the GCE certification:
Unit 1 Foundation Chemistry 16%
Unit 2 Chemistry in Action 24%
A2 Level written assessments towards the GCE certification:
Unit 4 Kinetics, Equilibria and Organic Chemistry 20%
Unit 5 Energetics, Redox and Inorganic Chemistry 20%
6 A*-C at GCSE including English and Maths and a B grade in Chemistry (or 2 B grades for additional science).
Practical assessment throughout the A level course account for a total of 20%:
Unit 3 practical assessment 10%
Unit 6 practical assessment 10%
This course is considered highly by all universities and a pre-requisite to many degree courses including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary science, materials science, scientific journalism and writing, research and chemical engineering. Furthermore, many non-science related degrees will accept chemistry, since A level chemistry is regarded as one of the most difficult and demanding subjects learnt at post 16.
How to apply
If you want to apply for this course, you will need to contact The Petchey Academy directly.