Year 10

Pupils cover a range of topics over the course of 2 years (Year 10 and Year 11) to allow them to compete either the OCR Gateway Combined Science GCSE or OCR Gateway Triple Award Chemistry GCSE. The text book currently used (ISBN:  978-0-19-835982-1) can be accessed online by pupils via their Kerboodle login (each pupil is given a login by the school). Usually each GCSE class is taught by the same teacher (where possible) over the course of the 2 years to allow continuity.

Topics covered are as follows:

C1.2 – Atomic Structure

C2.1 – Purity and Separating Mixtures

C2.2 -  Bonding

C2.3 – Properties of Materials

C3.1 – Introducing Chemical Reactions

C3.2 – Energetics

C3.3 – Types of Chemical Reactions

C3.4 – Electrolysis

C6.1 – Improving Processes and Products

Year 11

Pupils cover a range of topics over the course of 2 years (Year 10 and Year 11) to allow them to compete either the OCR Gateway Combined Science GCSE or OCR Gateway Triple Award Chemistry GCSE. The text book currently used (ISBN:  978-0-19-835982-1) can be accessed online by pupils via their Kerboodle login (each pupil is given a login by the school). Usually each GCSE class is taught by the same teacher (where possible) over the course of the 2 years to allow continuity.

Topics covered by pupils completing the OCR Gateway Combined Science GCSE are as follows:

C4.1 – Predicting Chemical Reactions

C5.2 – Controlling Chemical Reactions

C5.3 – Equilibria

C6.1 – Improving Processes And Products (some of this may be covered in Year 10 and in Year 9)

C6.2 – Organic Chemistry

C6.3 – Interpreting And Interacting With Earth Systems (usually covered in Year 9 as one of the Chemistry topics but is looked at again using GCSE exam style questions in Year 11)

Topics covered by pupils completing the OCR Gateway Triple Award Chemistry GCSE are as follows:

C4.1 – Predicting Chemical Reactions

C4.2 – Identifying The Products Of Chemical Reactions

C5.1 – Monitoring Chemical Reactions

C5.2 – Controlling Chemical Reactions

C5.3 – Equilibria

C6.1 – Improving Processes and Products (some of this may be covered in Year 10 and in Year 9)

C6.2 – Organic Chemistry

C6.3 – Interpreting and Interacting with Earth Systems (usually covered in Year 9 as one of the Chemistry topics but is looked at again using GCSE exam style questions in Year 11).

Year 12

Pupils cover a range of topics over the course of 2 years (Year 12 and Year 13) to allow them to compete the OCR-A  A Level Chemistry Course. Practical tasks are completed by pupils throughout the course to allow them to obtain the Practical Endorsement element of the course. The text book currently used ISBN:  978-0-19-835197-9 (all pupils must have a copy of this text book).

Topics covered are as follows:

Atoms, Ions and Compounds

Amount Of Substance

Acids And Redox

Electrons And Bonding

Shapes of Molecule And Intermolecular Forces

Periodicity

Reactivity Trends

Enthalpy

Reaction Rates And Equilibrium

Basic Concepts Of Organic Chemistry

Alkanes

Alkenes

Alcohols

Haloalkanes (Halogenoalkanes)

Organic Synthesis

Spectroscopy

Year 13

Pupils cover a range of topics over the course of 2 years (Year 12 and Year 13) to allow them to compete the OCR-A  A Level Chemistry Course. Practical tasks are completed by pupils throughout the course to allow them to obtain the Practical Endorsement element of the course. The text book currently used ISBN:  978-0-19-835197-9 (all pupils must have a copy of this text book).

Topics covered are as follows:

Rates of Reactions

Equilibrium

Acids, Bases And pH

Buffers And Neutralisation

Enthalpy And Entropy

Redox And Electrode Potentials

Transition Elements

Aromatic Chemistry

Carbonyls And Carboxylic Acids

Amines, Amino Acids And Proteins

Organic Synthesis

Chromatography And Spectroscopy