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OCR Gateway Physics A J249
OCR GCSE Physics resources
Free teaching and practice material for OCR GCSE (9-1) Physics A (Gateway Science), J249, organised by tier and topic and published as downloadable PDFs. Learning books teach all nine topics from scratch, from P1 Matter to P9 Practical skills, at Foundation and Higher.
These are independent resources aligned to the OCR GCSE (9-1) Physics A (Gateway Science) J249 specification and are not produced, approved, endorsed by or affiliated with OCR or Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
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What can I download?
You can download nine learning books per tier, one for every OCR Gateway topic from P1 to P9. Each teaches the topic in short lessons with worked reasoning, practice questions, practical pages and an end-of-topic assessment, with answers at the back.
Foundation tier
Nine learning books for Papers 1 and 2: 81 lessons across P1 to P8 with 243 practice questions, plus the P9 practical skills book, and an end-of-topic assessment with suggested answers in every book.
Higher tier
Nine learning books for Papers 3 and 4: 105 lessons across P1 to P8, including 24 Higher-only lessons such as momentum, the motor effect and transformers, with 336 practice questions and the P9 practical skills book.
Independent and original
Everything here is independently written around the OCR J249 content. Nothing reproduces OCR question papers, mark schemes or specification text, so these books sit alongside official past papers without overlap. Suggested marks are guidance for these original questions, not OCR mark schemes.
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Taking AQA or Edexcel?
AQA GCSE Physics (8463) has learning books and exam practice books for all eight topics, and Edexcel GCSE Physics (1PH0) has learning books, exam workbooks and revision guides. OCR exam workbooks and revision guides are not available yet.
| Topic | Foundation | Higher |
|---|---|---|
| P1 Matter | 9 lessons | 12 lessons |
| P2 Forces | 11 lessons | 15 lessons |
| P3 Electricity | 10 lessons | 10 lessons |
| P4 Magnetism and Magnetic Fields | 6 lessons | 12 lessons |
| P5 Waves in Matter | 11 lessons | 15 lessons |
| P6 Radioactivity | 11 lessons | 12 lessons |
| P7 Energy | 10 lessons | 11 lessons |
| P8 Global Challenges | 13 lessons | 18 lessons |
| P9 Practical Skills | Practical skills book | Practical skills book |
Foundation is Papers 1 and 2, Higher is Papers 3 and 4. Each paper is 1 hour 45 minutes, 90 marks and 50% of the GCSE. Topic P9 Practical skills is assessed on both papers.
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