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, online lessons delivered by EMS teachers after school hours. Students join us in Year 10, commencing just after February half term and continue on the programme until the February half term of Year 11.
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: Applications for Year 10 students in the 2024-25 academic year are now open. Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk to request application details. Students or their parents/carers can apply directly; this is not a teacher-nominated programme.
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 | 1630-1730 |
| 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: The 2025 Challenge took place in January; next year’s date will be posted here in due course.
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 each year. Teachers can request to be added to our mailing list by emailing events@exeterms.ac.uk
Capacity: 80 (20 teams)
Target Audience: Year 12 and 13 students in the South West.
Date: The 2024-25 Challenge took place in November 2024; the date for next year will be posted here in due course.
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)
