Introduction

Nuffield Advanced Chemistry is a two-year AS and A-level course examined by the Awarding Body Edexcel.

The scheme of assessment reflects the philosophy behind Nuffield chemistry which is that the course should develop imaginative thinking on the part of the student.

Teachers and examiners encourage students to interpret and explain phenomena for themselves. As with all sciences, the factual aspects are important but in this qualification they are used as a basis for speculation about possible explanations for the behaviour of matter.

See this note about the Special Studies