| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Exam Structure | Pre 2017 Sepcification to Current | |||||||
2 | Paper 1 | 2 Hours | Yr12 Content (Particles, Waves, Electricity, Mechanics) + SHM and Circulare Motion + Practical | Old Spec | New Spec | ||||
3 | Paper 2 | 2 Hours | Fields, Thermal and Nuclear (Knowledge from Paper 1 Assumed | AS | Unit 1 | Particles / Electric | Paper 1 | ||
4 | Paper 3 2 Hours | Paper 3A | 1 Hr 10 Min | Practical | Unit 2 | Mechanics and Waves | Paper 1 | ||
5 | Paper 3BA | 45 Min | Astronomy | Unit 3 (ISA) | Practical Skills | Paper 3 A | |||
6 | Paper 3BC | 45 Min | Engineering | A2 | Unit 4 (MC) | Further Mech and Fields | Paper 2 | ||
7 | Unit 4 | Further Mech and Fields | Paper 2 | ||||||
8 | Past Papers by Year | Unit 5/1 | Thermal and Nuclear | Paper 2 | |||||
9 | Specimen | Avoid | Unit 5/2A | Option (Astro) | Paper 3BA | ||||
10 | Additional Specimen | V. Early Paper may have errors | Unit 5/2C | Option (Engineering) | Paper 3BC | ||||
11 | 2017 | 1st Yr of current Spec low boundarys | Unit 6 (ISA) | Practical Skills | Paper 3 A | ||||
12 | 2018 | Slightly higher boundarys | |||||||
13 | 2019 | Normal Year :) | Changes | ||||||
14 | 2020 | Grade Inflation.... Covid | Feynman Diagrams - Not in your Spec? - (but are) | ||||||
15 | 2021 | Very high boundarys hard year | Spring in series & parallel? - (but are) | ||||||
16 | 2022 | Return to normal boundarys | PRACTICAL UNCERT IS DIFFERENT OLD TO NEW | ||||||
17 | 2023 | Normal Year P1 harder than normal | |||||||
18 | 2024 | V. Hard Paper 2 - low boundarys | |||||||