# A Level Chemistry tutoring: from your own notes

Source: https://tutix.ai/programs/a-level-chemistry  
Updated: 2026-10-21

**The short answer.** A ready-made A Level Chemistry program is planned for Tutix. Until it is ready, you can start an A Level Chemistry class today: type the subject, add your syllabus or notes, and the AI tutor teaches it live, reads your answers and remembers each class. This page explains how Cambridge 9701 is examined.

- Cambridge syllabus 9701
- Ready-made program planned; classes built from your syllabus today
- Exams are in the June and November series, and in March for centres in India.
- AS is the first half of an A Level

## Where Tutix is today

A ready-made A Level Chemistry program is planned and not available yet. You can start a A Level Chemistry class now: the tutor teaches live from your syllabus or notes. Ready-made programs exist for other courses.

## The qualification

Cambridge International AS & A Level Chemistry is syllabus 9701. The syllabus for exams in 2025 to 2027 is the 2025-2027 syllabus; a 2028-2030 syllabus follows. Exams are in the June and November series, and in March for centres in India. AS candidates are eligible for grades a to e (in lower case) and A Level candidates for A* to E.

## The papers

| Paper | Title | Time | Marks | AS share | A Level share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Multiple choice (AS content) | 1 h 15 | 40 | 31% | 15.5% |
| 2 | AS structured questions | 1 h 15 | 60 | 46% | 23% |
| 3 | Advanced Practical Skills | 2 h | 40 | 23% | 11.5% |
| 4 | A Level structured questions (A Level content; AS knowledge required) | 2 h | 100 | Not offered | 38.5% |
| 5 | Planning, Analysis and Evaluation | 1 h 15 | 30 | Not offered | 11.5% |

AS is Papers 1, 2 and 3 taken together in one series. The A Level is all five papers, staged over two years or all in one series. Papers 3 and 5 test practical skills in an exam, not as coursework.

## What the marks test

At both AS and A Level, Cambridge gives 40% to knowledge and understanding, 40% to handling, applying and evaluating information and 20% to experimental skills and investigations. Cambridge calls these weightings approximate.

| Assessment objective | AS Level | A Level |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AO1 Knowledge and understanding | 40% | 40% |
| AO2 Handling, applying and evaluating information | 40% | 40% |
| AO3 Experimental skills and investigations | 20% | 20% |

| Assessment objective | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Paper 3 | Paper 4 | Paper 5 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AO1 Knowledge and understanding | 50% | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| AO2 Handling, applying and evaluating information | 50% | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| AO3 Experimental skills and investigations | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% |

## What the syllabus covers

Cambridge lists 22 topics for AS Level Chemistry, numbered 1 to 22, and 15 more for the full A Level, numbered 23 to 37. Candidates at both levels also study practical skills.

### AS Level topics

Physical chemistry

1. Atomic structure
2. Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry
3. Chemical bonding
4. States of matter
5. Chemical energetics
6. Electrochemistry
7. Equilibria
8. Reaction kinetics

Inorganic chemistry

9. The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity
10. Group 2
11. Group 17
12. Nitrogen and sulfur

Organic chemistry

13. An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry
14. Hydrocarbons
15. Halogen compounds
16. Hydroxy compounds
17. Carbonyl compounds
18. Carboxylic acids and derivatives
19. Nitrogen compounds
20. Polymerisation
21. Organic synthesis

Analysis

22. Analytical techniques

### Added at A Level

Physical chemistry

23. Chemical energetics
24. Electrochemistry
25. Equilibria
26. Reaction kinetics

Inorganic chemistry

27. Group 2
28. Chemistry of transition elements

Organic chemistry

29. An introduction to A Level organic chemistry
30. Hydrocarbons
31. Halogen compounds
32. Hydroxy compounds
33. Carboxylic acids and derivatives
34. Nitrogen compounds
35. Polymerisation
36. Organic synthesis

Analysis

37. Analytical techniques

## How to prepare with Tutix today

Type A Level Chemistry in the class wizard, attach your own notes or syllabus if you have them, choose a tutor and join: the tutor teaches on a shared whiteboard and reads what you write while you are still in class.

A class, opened. A sample written to show how a class sounds (not a real learner); the scores show how the exam would credit each answer.

> **Acids and bases · Calculating pH.** Question: Calculate the pH of 0.020 mol dm^−3 hydrochloric acid, a strong acid.
> The student wrote: pH = log[H^+] = −1.70 (the exam would credit 1 of 2)
> The tutor: The method is nearly there: a strong acid is fully ionised, so [H^+] = 0.020. But pH is defined with a minus sign, pH = −log[H^+]. Does a negative pH suit a dilute acid?
> The student then wrote: pH = −log(0.020) = 1.70 (the exam would credit 2 of 2)

> **What the tutor will not do.** It is built to explain and give feedback, not to write coursework, practical write-ups or any work you hand in as your own. It helps you understand the topic and what a strong answer needs, so the work stays yours.

## What a ready-made program adds, and what it costs

Ready-made programs, such as IGCSE Physics, come with lessons and questions reviewed in advance, at five levels. The Free plan includes 45 live class minutes a month with no card; see the plans.

The twelve ready-made programs are drawn to scale, with a real lesson to read, on the Programs page.

## Questions

**Does Tutix have an A Level Chemistry program?**

Not ready-made yet; it is planned. Today you can start an A Level Chemistry class: type the subject, attach your syllabus or notes, and the tutor builds the classes around them.

**What topics are in A Level Chemistry?**

AS Level covers Atomic structure, Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry, Chemical bonding, States of matter, Chemical energetics, Electrochemistry, Equilibria, Reaction kinetics, The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity, Group 2, Group 17, Nitrogen and sulfur, An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry, Hydrocarbons, Halogen compounds, Hydroxy compounds, Carbonyl compounds, Carboxylic acids and derivatives, Nitrogen compounds, Polymerisation, Organic synthesis and Analytical techniques. The A Level adds Chemical energetics, Electrochemistry, Equilibria, Reaction kinetics, Group 2, Chemistry of transition elements, An introduction to A Level organic chemistry, Hydrocarbons, Halogen compounds, Hydroxy compounds, Carboxylic acids and derivatives, Nitrogen compounds, Polymerisation, Organic synthesis and Analytical techniques. Both levels also assess practical skills.

**What papers are in A Level Chemistry?**

Paper 1, Multiple choice, 1 h 15; Paper 2, AS structured questions, 1 h 15; Paper 3, Advanced Practical Skills, 2 h; Paper 4, A Level structured questions, 2 h; Paper 5, Planning, Analysis and Evaluation, 1 h 15.

**What is the difference between AS and A Level Chemistry?**

AS is Papers 1, 2 and 3 taken together in one series. The A Level is all five papers, staged over two years or all in one series. Papers 3 and 5 test practical skills in an exam, not as coursework.

**Which A Level Chemistry syllabus should I follow?**

The syllabus for exams in 2025 to 2027 is the 2025-2027 syllabus; a 2028-2030 syllabus follows. Check the syllabus your school or exam centre is entering you for.

## Sources

- Cambridge University Press & Assessment: [Syllabus 9701, AS & A Level Chemistry, 2025-2027](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/664563-2025-2027-syllabus.pdf) (version 1)
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment: [Cambridge International AS & A Level](https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-advanced/cambridge-international-as-and-a-levels/) (accessed October 21, 2026)

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