Select Language
Menu

Subject Pages

Physics

Highworth Physics Department has supported many successful students who have subsequently gone on to study Physics or a related degree at a traditional university, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London.

Students that study Physics develop a scientific approach to interpret the world, striving to understand the application of study through developed models and concepts. The lessons use real examples to relate concepts to the student’s lives. Alongside the concepts, lessons also develop key transferable technical skills in areas such as planning, uncertainties and data analysis.

Recent Physics trips abroad, e.g. CERN, Switzerland have produced exciting extra-curricular opportunities for upper school students to explore the weird and wonderful world of particle Physics, as well as developing their knowledge of international scientific opportunities.

KS4 students also have the opportunity to participate in STEM competitions and attend the Big Bang Fair at local venues. We encourage students to participate in engineering residential courses offered by providers such as the “Smallpeice Trust”, University summer camps and work experience for KS5 students.