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Physics Cambridge A‑level 9702 Tuition
Cambridge A-level
Five papers in one series, and a two-hour practical exam most revision plans quietly ignore. We tutor the full 9702 assessment - theory, calculation and the Advanced Practical Skills your child sits at the bench - not physics in the abstract.
How we teach Cambridge A‑level Physics at Tuition Highway
A simple four-step approach designed to build confidence, close gaps and improve exam performance.
Find the gaps
A diagnostic against the syllabus topics tells us what's secure and what isn't, so we teach the gaps rather than the whole book.
Teach weekly, one to one
The same tutor teaches each week around school. Concepts build step by step, with the school's pace kept in view.
Practise like the exam
Past-paper questions begin early, followed by full timed papers marked against the published mark scheme.
Matched with a tutor who knows this syllabus
Expert, vetted Cambridge A-level Physics tutors who have taught the 9702 specification. Past-paper work is reviewed against published mark schemes, so your child can see where marks are awarded and where they are being lost. UK-qualified teachers are available on request as a premium option.
Taught 9702
Not "cambridge A-level physics in general" - this syllabus, this tier and these papers.
Reviews work against the mark scheme
Your child learns where the marks actually are, not where they feel they should be.
Built for online teaching
Shared whiteboard, worked solutions and lesson materials saved to review after the session.
Consistent across the term
The same tutor every week - and if that changes, we tell you first.
The 9702 papers your child actually sits
Cambridge A-level Physics is assessed across five externally-marked papers taken together in one series. Two of them - Papers 3 and 5 - assess practical skills, and Paper 3 is a real timed experiment carried out at the bench.
PAPER
WHAT IT TESTS
DETAILS
HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
AS - PAPERS 1-31
Multiple ChoiceAS content
AS multiple-choice physics knowledge and application
1h 15m
40 marks / ~15%
Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
2
AS Structured QuestionsAS
AS structured theory, calculations and explanation
1h 15m60 marks / ~23%- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
3
Advanced Practical SkillsLab exam
Bench practical work, measurement, technique and analysis
2h40 marks / ~13%- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
A-level - PAPERS 4 & 54
A-level Structured QuestionsA-level
Full A-level structured theory and applied calculations
2h100 marks / ~38%- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
5
Planning, Analysis & EvaluationA-level practical skills
Experimental design, uncertainty handling and graph analysis
1h 15m30 marks / ~11%- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
AS Level can be certificated on its own, but the A-level papers are normally sat in a single series.
Figures shown for 0580 and 0980 syllabuses for 2025-2027.
ASPAPERS 1-3Multiple Choice
AS content
- WHAT IT TESTS
- AS multiple-choice physics knowledge and application
- DETAILS
- 1h 15m40 marks / ~15%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
AS Structured Questions
AS
- WHAT IT TESTS
- AS structured theory, calculations and explanation
- DETAILS
- 1h 15m60 marks / ~23%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
Advanced Practical Skills
Lab exam
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Bench practical work, measurement, technique and analysis
- DETAILS
- 2h40 marks / ~13%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
A-levelPAPERS 4 & 5A-level Structured Questions
A-level
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Full A-level structured theory and applied calculations
- DETAILS
- 2h100 marks / ~38%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
Planning, Analysis & Evaluation
A-level practical skills
- WHAT IT TESTS
- Experimental design, uncertainty handling and graph analysis
- DETAILS
- 1h 15m30 marks / ~11%
- HOW WE PREPARE STUDENTS
- Build fluent methods without calculator shortcuts
- Review mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions
AS Level can be certificated on its own, but the A-level papers are normally sat in a single series.
Practical skills in Papers 3 and 5 carry roughly a fifth of the marks. A calculator is allowed and data/formulae are provided.
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2025 - 2027- A-level papers
- 5 (sat together)
- Core theory
- Papers 1, 2 & 4
- Practical exams
- Paper 3 (lab) + Paper 5
- Grading
- A*-E (AS: a-e)
- Assessment
- 100% external
- Calculator
- Allowed / data & formulae provided
Syllabus for 2025-2027. The live lab exam and Paper 5 planning paper are real parts of the final grade, not side content.
What the Physics syllabus covers
These are the main syllabus strands your child is expected to cover. We teach all of them, starting with the gaps that are costing marks first.
Tuition stays aligned to the exact paper or unit structure, so revision time goes where the marks actually move.
Physical quantities & measurement
Kinematics & motion graphs
Dynamics & Newton's laws
Forces, density & pressure
Work, energy & power
Deformation of solids
Waves & superposition
Electricity & D.C. circuits
Particle & nuclear physics
Circular motion & gravitational fields
Oscillations & thermodynamics
Electric, magnetic fields & capacitance
Electromagnetic induction & a.c.
Quantum, medical & astrophysics
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Questions parents ask about Cambridge A‑level Physics
Which papers does my child sit for Cambridge A-level Physics?+-
Five papers: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3, Paper 4 and Paper 5, normally taken together in one series.
Is Cambridge A-level Physics modular like Edexcel?+-
No. Cambridge is effectively linear, without banking individual papers across sessions the way Edexcel allows.
How is the practical assessed?+-
Through two papers. Paper 3 is a genuine two-hour practical exam at the bench, and Paper 5 tests planning, analysis and evaluation on paper.
How is it graded?+-
The full A-level is graded A* to E. AS Level, if certificated separately, is graded a to e.
When are the exams?+-
Cambridge runs June and November series, with an additional March series in India.
Can my child use a calculator?+-
Yes. A calculator is allowed, and a list of data and formulae is provided.
What if the tutor isn't the right fit?+-
We replace them - free, and with no argument - and hand over the syllabus progress and known concerns so the new tutor continues seamlessly.
Can you help us choose between Cambridge and Edexcel Physics?+-
Yes. The core physics overlaps heavily; the real difference is structure - Cambridge's papers-together model with a live lab exam, versus Edexcel's modular, bankable units with written practical papers.