A level chemistry has changed from modular to linear assessment. The AS is now a standalone qualification, which does not contribute to the overall A level grade. 20% of the A level marks require the use of higher GCSE maths skills. All of the assessment for the A level will come from 3 external examinations at the end of year 13.

AS & A level Year 1
Physical chemistry: Including atomic structure, amount of substance, bonding, energetics, kinetics, chemical equilibria and le Chatelliers.
Inorganic chemistry: Including periodicity, group 2 the alkaline earth metals, group 7, the halogens.
Organic chemistry: Including introduction to organic chemistry, alkanes, halogenoalkanes, alkenes, alcohols and organic analysis.

A level Year 2
Physical chemistry: Including thermodynamics, rate equations, equilibrium constant (Kc) for homogenous systems, electrode potentials and electrochemical cells.
Inorganic chemistry: Including properties of period 3 elements and their oxides, transition metals and reactions of ions in aqueous solution.
Organic chemistry: Including optical isomerism, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, aromatic chemistry, amines, polymers, amino acids, proteins and DnA, organic synthesis, nMR spectroscopy, chromatography.