See Year 10s Physics ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:
| Topic | Sub-topic | |
| 9E SLG | Measuring density | 6. Gas Pressure |
| 9E SLG | 8. Atomic models | Static electricity |
| 10A Electricity | Electric fields | Current |
| 10A Electricity | 1. Voltage | 2. Series and parallel |
| 10A Electricity | 2. Series and parallel | 3. Ohm’s Law |
| 10A Electricity | 3. Ohm’s Law | 4. Resistors in series & parallel |
| 10A Electricity | 5. Resistance of a wire | 6. IV graphs |
| 10A/ 10B | 7. LDR | 8. Thermistors |
| 10B Electromagnetism | 9. Electrical Power | 9. Electrical Power |
| 10B Electromagnetism | 1. EM fields | 2. Electromagnets |
| 10C Energy | 3. The motor effect | AA test |
| 10C Energy | 4. The Motor | 5. The Speaker |
| 10C Energy | 1. Kinetic energy | AA review |
| 10C Energy | 2. Elastic energy | 3. Equating energy |
| 10D Forces | 5. Power | 5. Power |
| 10D Forces | 6. Energy resources | 6. Energy resources |
| 10D Forces | Vector & Scalar / Contact & non-contact | Resultant forces |
| 10D Forces | Resultant forces | Gravity / Distance & displacement |
| 10D Forces | 2. VT graphs | 2. VT graphs |
| 10D Forces | 3. Vector & scalar | 4. Newton’s First Law |
| 10D Forces | 5. Terminal velocity | 6. Newton’s Second |
| 10D Forces | 7. Investigating N2 | 8. Newton’s Third Law |
| 10D Forces | 9. Stopping distances | 9. Stopping distances |
| Sixth Form experience week | | |
| 10D Forces | EOY exam review | 10. Hooke’s Law |
| 10D Forces | 10. Hooke’s Law | 11. Moments & Gears |
| 10D / 10E | 11. Moments & Gears | 1. Ionising radiation |
| 10E Radiation | 2. decay equations | 3. Half life |
| 10E Radiation | 4. Background radiation | 5. Contamination & irradiation |
| 10F Waves | 1. EM Wave generation | 3. Refraction |
Exam Board – Edexcel IGCSE
What will you study?
9F Electricity (continued from Y9)
10A Energy
10B Radioactivity
10C Astrophysics
10D Forces
10E Electricity
10E Electricity (continued)
10F Magnetism
Useful tips and resources
We are running a spiral curriculum. Topics studied last year in Y9 are revisited in Y10 and will be taught again in Y11 with harder content and recapping of previously studied work.
Use your Core Questions. They are the building blocks for the whole course
Your textbook is a resource, we won’t use it in class but it has all the content with alternative explanations, diagrams and questions.
Past papers are your friend. When using them take care to look at the questions and mark scheme carefully.
Free Science Lessons on YouTube. Explains the basics simply.
Physics Online on YouTube. Videos and live streams explaining a range of topics and going through past questions
Physics and Maths Tutor is the go-to for past exam papers. But beware… you may find you can’t do some questions yet. That is to be expected with our spiral curriculum.
BBC Bitesize. Simple clear descriptions of many of the phenomena studied. No specific list for IGCSE but all the content is there.
PhET. Lots of animations and virtual experiments. You will probably see some of these in class.
Seneca. Revision and quizzes.
What super curricular activities can KS3 students engage with at school?
Physics Olympiad takes place after Easter
In the Spring term, Summer schools start advertising. If you are interested, speak to your teacher.
Girls into Physics Summer School
There are others on offer.
Isaac Physics has a range of challenging problems to solve
