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Physics (OCR GCE A-Level)

at Ivybridge Community College, Ivybridge · college

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2020see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

OCR Physics A is an innovative Advanced GCE course, reflecting Physics as it is practised and used today. It covers everything from the tiniest components of matter, quarks and gluons, to the largest cosmological structures in the universe, super-clusters and filaments! The course provides a satisfying experience for the student who chooses to take Physics as part of a broad Post-16 curriculum. At the end of the course students should know more of what Physics is about, and its place in the world. For those who wish to, the Advanced GCE qualification enables the student to go on to degree level studies at university, particularly Physics or Engineering, and at the same time provides an interesting and stimulating experience for the student who does not pursue the subject further. This Physics course provides a distinctive structure, within which students learn both about fundamental physical concepts, and about Physics in everyday and technological settings. It shows the usefulness of the subject, and illustrates the impact that discoveries in Physics have had on the way people live.

What you need to get on

Five GCSE subjects at grade 5 or above including English, and Mathematics and Physics/Science at Grade 6 or above.

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

  • Ivybridge Community College

    HARFORD ROAD, IVYBRIDGE, PL21 0JA

    DaytimeClassroom based
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