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Pearson 9PH0 Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics

Any topic in the specification, including synoptic questions drawing on two or more topics and questions on the conceptual and theoretical understanding of experimental methods.

9PH0/03 · 2 hours 30 minutes · 120 marks · 40.0% of the A-level. Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Physics (9PH0), Specification, Issue 3, November 2018, printed page 3, retrieved 21 August 2026 (https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/Physics/2015/Specification%20and%20sample%20assessments/pearsonedexcel-alevel-physics-spec.pdf)

What is on it

Any content in the specification, including synoptic questions and questions on practical methods.

Because it can ask about any topic, every unit in the library is in scope: read the whole library, or work down the Edexcel specification map.

The other papers

• Paper 1: Advanced Physics I9PH0/01 · 1 hour 45 minutes · 90 marks · 30.0% of the A-level
• Paper 2: Advanced Physics II9PH0/02 · 1 hour 45 minutes · 90 marks · 30.0% of the A-level

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June 20253 files

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June 20243 files

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June 20233 files

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• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2023Question paper
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June 20223 files

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• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2022Question paper
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November 20213 files

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• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - November 2021Question paper
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October 20203 files

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• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - October 2020Question paper
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June 20193 files

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• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2019Question paper
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June 20183 files

Everything Pearson published for June 2018.

• Question paper - A Level Paper 3 - June 2018Question paper
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• Examiner report - A Level Paper 3 - June 2018Examiner report

June 20173 files

Everything Pearson published for June 2017.

• A level Paper 3 - Question paper - June 2017Question paper
• A level Paper 3 - Mark scheme - June 2017Mark scheme
• Examiner report - Paper 3 - June 2017Examiner report

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