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Pearson Edexcel GCSE Physics (1PH0)

Every topic with its Pearson Edexcel specification reference, free notes and tools to revise it, and your summer 2027 papers.

TopicSpecNotes and tools
Energy stores, transfers and efficiencyTopics 3 and 8 (specific heat capacity: Topic 14) Energy resourcesEnergy stores, kinetic and potential energyPower and efficiencySpecific heat capacityEnergy stores, transfers and efficiency: lessons and questions Physics formulasPendulumMass on a spring
Electric circuitsTopic 10 Circuit symbols, charge and currentCurrent, potential difference and resistanceElectric circuits: lessons and questions Ohm's law and circuitsSeries & parallel circuits
Mains electricity, the National Grid and staticTopic 10 (static: 1PH0 Topic 11) Electrical power and mains electricityMains electricity, the National Grid and static: lessons and questions Ohm's law and circuitsElectric fields and equipotentials
Particle model, density and gas pressureTopic 14 DensityParticle model, density and gas pressure: lessons and questions Gas laws
Atomic structure and radioactivityTopic 6 Atoms, nuclear radiation and half-lifeAtomic structure and radioactivity: lessons and questions Periodic tableRadioactive decayHalf-life
8 topics
TopicSpecNotes and tools
Forces, work, elasticity, moments and pressureTopics 8, 9 and 15 Forces, mass and weightResultant forces and free body diagramsForces, work, elasticity, moments and pressure: lessons and questions Forces on a slopeMass on a spring
Forces and motionTopic 2 Speed, velocity and distance-time graphsSUVAT and the equations of motionForces and motion: lessons and questions Forces & accelerationSUVAT solverProjectile motion
MomentumTopic 2 Momentum and its conservationMomentum: lessons and questions Momentum and collisions
Waves and the electromagnetic spectrumTopics 4 and 5 Transverse and longitudinal wavesWaves and the wave speed equationWaves and the electromagnetic spectrum: lessons and questions Waves on a stringRefraction and Snell's law
Lenses, visible light, sound and black bodiesTopics 4 and 5 Reflection and refraction of lightLenses, visible light, sound and black bodies: lessons and questions Refraction and Snell's lawLenses and ray diagrams
Magnetism and electromagnetismTopics 12 and 13 Magnets, magnetic fields and electromagnetismMagnetism and electromagnetism: lessons and questions Scientific calculator
Space physicsTopic 7 (1PH0) The solar system and the life cycle of a starSpace physics: lessons and questions Orbits and Kepler's laws
Required practicals, maths skills and the equationsTopic 1 and core practicals Scientific calculatorStatistics calculatorGraphing calculator

Mock papers

Your summer 2027 exams

PaperDateStartsLength
Physics Paper 1
1PH0 1F or 1H
Tuesday 25 May 20279:001h 45m
Physics Paper 2
1PH0 2F or 2H
Friday 18 June 20279:001h 45m

Foundation and Higher papers are sat at the same time, so one row covers both. Source: Pearson Edexcel GCSE final timetable, summer 2027 (final timetable), read on Wed 7 Oct. PDF (opens a new tab)

Taking Combined Science? Its papers are on the exam timetable page. Exam timetables

Official Pearson Edexcel pages

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