Six lessons from the 2017 exams

By Andy Brunning2018-02-01T08:15:00

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How to best prepare for the 2018 A-level chemistry exam

In A-level chemistry in England since 2017, only the exams taken at the end of the two year course count towards a student’s final grade. In light of this change, Andy Brunning highlights six things for teachers and pupils in the next cohort to focus on – for example, questions that probed knowledge of reactants and conditions were often the best discriminating questions in 2017.

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