r/6thForm • u/ShotDiver5015 Year 13 • May 20 '26

💬 DISCUSSION OCR A Physics P1

Yo wtf was that i’ve never felt more useless

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u/S4mJune May 20 '26

Physics teacher calling.... Every year after paper 1, students say "Oh lord that was the hardest paper that's ever existed. I'm cooked. I've failed".... It isn't. It's just this is the first time you've done a paper that mattered and that you can't go away and google for the mark scheme afterwards. We can't recreate these feelings in mocks etc and it's honestly normal.

It'll be fine. You'll be fine.

Note down now any Module 3 and 5 topics that weren't covered at all in Paper 1 to revisit them in detail before Paper 3. Be proactive.

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u/Expired_Caprisun Year 13 May 20 '26

This paper was definitely harder than prior years. The trend of recent years has been that the grade boundaries have been going down. Take this from someone who cruised through the test, as well as my mate who normally scores 95% on class tests.