Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students who are not yet working at the highest level (i.e. working at a 6/7, but capable of achieving an 8/9).
Format: Weekly hour-long lessons delivered by EMS teachers after school hours. These are all currently online lessons. The Year 11 group begins in the autumn term with the programme concluding at February half-term. The Year 10 programme begins in the spring term.
Aim: To enable students to achieve better GCSE grades than initially predicted and to therefore have greater opportunities in Further and Higher education.
How to get involved: Nominations for year 10 students in the 2024-25 academic year will open in the spring term 2025. If you are already enrolled on our Y10 GCSE Enhancement programme, you will automatically be moved up into the next year group in September.
Capacity: 200(ish).
During a series of online lectures, students will have the opportunity to develop a deeper and more connected understanding of GCSE content.
Supported by EMS staff, students will be provided with the stimuli to broaden their application of Physics and its related fields, whilst supporting their development; thereby encouraging them towards further study of Physics beyond GCSE.
Students join the programme in Year 10 and will participate in weekly online after-school workshops, starting soon after the spring half term. Students remain on the programme in Year 11, attending weekly lessons during the autumn and early spring terms of their GCSE year.
Programme schedule for Year 11 students re-joining the programme in September 2024:
| Session | Date | Time |
| 1 | Tuesday 24 September | 1630-1730 |
| 2 | Tuesday 01 October | 1630-1730 |
| 3 | Tuesday 08 October | 1630-1730 |
| 4 | Tuesday 15 October | 1630-1730 |
| 5 | Tuesday 22 October | 1630-1730 |
| HALF TERM | ||
| 6 | Tuesday 05 November | 1630-1730 |
| 7 | Tuesday 12 November | 1630-1730 |
| 8 | Tuesday 19 November | |
| 9 | Tuesday 26 November | 1630-1730 |
| 10 | Tuesday 03 December | 1630-1730 |
| 11 | Tuesday 10 December | 1630-1730 |
| CHRISTMAS | ||
| 12 | Tuesday 14 January | 1630-1730 |
| 13 | Tuesday 21 January | 1630-1730 |
| 14 | Tuesday 28 January | 1630-1730 |
| 15 | Tuesday 04 February | 1630-1730 |
Programme schedule for Year 10 students joining the programme in February 2025:
| Session | Date | Time |
| 1 | Tuesday 04 March | 1630-1730 |
| 2 | Tuesday 11 March | 1630-1730 |
| 3 | Tuesday 18 March | 1630-1730 |
| 4 | Tuesday 25 March | 1630-1730 |
| 5 | Tuesday 01 April | 1630-1730 |
| EASTER | ||
| 6 | Tuesday 22 April | 1630-1730 |
| 7 | Tuesday 29 April | 1630-1730 |
| 8 | Tuesday 06 May | 1630-1730 |
| 9 | Tuesday 13 May | 1630-1730 |
| 10 | Tuesday 20 May | 1630-1730 |
Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students in the South West.
Date: Thursday 23 January 2025, 1230-1630.
Format: An afternoon with four rounds in a team-based inter-school competition.
Aim: To have fun, be challenged, enjoy Physics in a buzzy environment!
How to get involved: Information is sent to all 11-18 schools in our catchment area in the spring term. Teachers can request to be added to our mailing list by emailing events@exeterms.ac.uk
Capacity: 80 (20 teams)
Details of the next challenge will be released in the autumn term.
Target Audience: Year 12 and 13 students in the South West.
Date: Thursday 21 November 2024, 1230-1630.
Format: An afternoon with four rounds in a team-based inter-school competition.
Aim: To have fun, be challenged, enjoy physics in a buzzy environment!
Capacity: 80 (20 teams)
How to get involved: Information is sent to all 11-18 schools in our catchment area in the autumn term. Teachers can request to be added to our mailing list by emailing events@exeterms.ac.uk
Details of our next challenge will be released later in the summer term.
