OCR B A-level Physics Paper 1 Advancing Physics (H557/01) - 24th May 2023 [Exam Chat]

You defo heard correctly- though last year, the only thing worse than the questions in the papers was the proofreading lol (even the erratum notice on the paper 3 had a mistake on it).

I’d say it’s a little premature to panic- virtually everyone thinks this paper was shite so it’ll quite probably bring down the grade boundaries substantially and you also have two more papers to go, which means plenty of opportunities to score marks.

Yeah, I wish I had someone at my sixth form who was an A-Level physics veteran like you so I could just hear this stuff in person.

Firstly, you should have at least one physics teacher who presumably did A level physics and therefore qualifies as an A level physics veteran.

Secondly, do your classmates and teachers not give you a few encouraging words or tell you how bad OCR is? I would have thought they’d be courteous enough to at least wish you good luck.

On that note, best of luck for all your upcoming exams.

Oh, my physics teacher is the best in the country no doubt. My classmates are disillusioned and think OCR is a good board with a bad run of a couple years. I hope they will find the truth one day...

As being physics teacher for the past 27 years, My students from Brampton Manor have found the paper straightforward and didn't have any issues with storming through the questions. I feel like the grade boundaries should be high this year.

With Regards,
Mr Raji

Brampton Manor is a top preforming school

Yeah I heard last years was bad too but hopefully when they release the prospective boundaries we will be able to see if we can rest easy or panic.

with very poor teachers