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Chemistry (A Level)

at FAIRFAX, Sutton Coldfield · other provider

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

If you enjoyed Chemistry at GCSE, you'll love A/AS level Chemistry. Chemistry at A Level helps students develop a number of skills: how to assemble data and assess it, how to investigate facts and use deduction, how to put over your point of view fluently, how to work as a team to achieve results. Students with a wide range of interests enjoy chemistry, and it is a solid platform upon which careers are built. Chemistry is a great choice of subject for people who want a career in health and clinical professions, such as medicine, nursing, biochemistry, dentistry or forensic science. It will also equip you for a career in industry, for example in the petrochemical or pharmaceutical industries. Year 12. TOPICS STUDIED Physical content: Atomic Structure, Amount of Substance, Bonding, Energetics, Kinetics, Chemical Equilibria and Oxidation, reduction and redox equations. Inorganic content: Periodicity, Group 2 Alkali Earth Metals, Group 7 Halogens. Organic content Introduction to Organic, Alkanes, Haloalkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, Organic Analysis. Year 13. TOPICS STUDIED: For Year 13, students develop further the concepts and principles introduced in Year 12 through topics on Physical, Organic and Inorganic chemistry. ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE: • Paper 1: Relevant physical and Inorganic chemistry topics and associated practical’s – 35% of the total A-Level marks • Paper 2: Relevant physical and organic chemistry topics and associated practical’s – 35% of the total A-Level marks • Paper

What you need to get on

Applicants will need to have a minimum of 5 grades 9-4 (or A*-C) GCSEs, including English and Mathematics, and 7/7 in Core/Additional Science or grade 7 in Triple Science. Internal applicants who meet the minimum academic entrance requirements will be offered a place automatically. All successful applicants will be required to sign a sixth form code of conduct in recognition of the Academy's expectations of sixth form students in terms of their behaviour, punctuality and attendance.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Fairfax

    Fairfax Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · Sutton Coldfield

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