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AQA GCSE Physics (8463) papers

From AQA's specification at a glance, checked 6 October 2026. Paper 2 may also draw on energy and electricity. Both papers are set at Foundation and Higher tier.

The equation sheet: what changed

Students used to memorise around 20 physics equations. Ofqual and the Department for Education then allowed a full equation sheet in GCSE Physics and Combined Science exams for 2025, 2026 and 2027. AQA confirmed on 1 September 2026 that the full sheet, unchanged from 2026, will be an insert with every 2027 paper. For 2028 onwards, boards must publish the sheets by 1 September of the previous year and provide them with every paper until the reformed qualifications arrive.

The sheet removes recall marks, not difficulty. Questions still expect students to pick the right equation, convert units (kilojoules to joules, milliamps to amps, minutes to seconds), rearrange, and give answers to sensible significant figures.

Where marks are lost

• Forgetting unit conversions before substituting into an equation.
• Rearranging equations wrongly, especially with squares, as in kinetic energy or E = mc^2 style questions.
• Circuit questions: series and parallel rules for current, potential difference and resistance mixed up.
• Describing graphs without reading values from them, or misreading the gradient on distance-time and velocity-time graphs.
• Six-mark explanations of electromagnetic induction, or of a required practical, missing key steps.
• Space physics and Higher-only topics left until the last weeks of Year 11.

GCSE or IGCSE Physics?

Most Gulf British schools teach Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) or Edexcel International GCSE Physics. The physics is similar, but the IGCSE courses have different equation requirements and a practical or alternative to practical paper. If your child follows AQA, Edexcel or OCR GCSE, the tutor works from that specification and its equation sheet.

How one-to-one Physics lessons run

The tutor starts with a diagnostic of both maths and concepts, because many physics problems are really rearranging or unit problems. Lessons then take one topic at a time: a short explanation with diagrams on the shared whiteboard, then a sequence of calculation questions that the student works through aloud, so the tutor can see where the method breaks. Explanation questions are practised with model structures, and each required practical, such as specific heat capacity, resistance or waves in a ripple tank, is reviewed for method, variables and errors.

Physics builds on itself, so steady weekly lessons from Year 10 work better than intensive cramming. In Year 11, mixed timed papers help students practise switching quickly between topics.