About this revision guide

Written for the new Leaving Cert Physics specification at Ordinary Level, first examined in June 2027, and for the format of the SEC's two Ordinary Level sample papers: Question 1 and any five of six 50-mark questions in 2½ hours. Nine years of past Ordinary Level papers (2017 to 2026) are read topic by topic to show what comes up, with the questions on topics that have left the course counted separately.

It's an interactive PDF. Type your answers straight into the answer spaces on a computer, or write on the pages with a pen on a tablet: in GrindSpot's study viewer (it opens from My purchases and saves your work) or in any PDF app, such as GoodNotes, Notability, OneNote or Adobe Acrobat. Tick the checklist as you go and jump around with the clickable contents.

Every answer is worked out step by step, and the practice paper solutions give the marks for each part point by point, in our own guide based on how the SEC marked physics up to 2026. Clear labelled diagrams, graphs to plot, the formula given where the real paper gives it, and Irish settings throughout: the Waterford Greenway, the Cliffs of Moher, radon and home heating.

The book covers the written exam (60% of the grade). The Physics in Practice Investigation (40%) is not included.

Dyslexia-friendly layout: 12 pt sans-serif text, each part of a question on its own line, and plenty of room to write, with graph paper and drawing boxes where an answer needs them.

Original GrindSpot material written in the style of the Leaving Certificate examination. Not an official SEC paper. Every question behind the topic trends is listed at grindspot.ie/exam-trends/physics/.

What's inside

• How the new Physics exam works, and how it's marked
• What comes up: every topic in every Ordinary Level paper from 2017 to 2026
• A checklist of the Ordinary Level specification, with tick boxes
• 9 topic drills, including data and measurement: 56 exam-style questions with room to answer
• A full 300-mark practice paper set out like the SEC sample papers, with answer pages, graph paper and drawing boxes
• Worked solutions with the marks for each part, point by point
• Worked answers to every drill, step by step

Files you get

• PDF Exam Ready: LC Physics OL (interactive PDF)

How you get it

Download it straight after paying. It stays in My study materials, where you can open it, write and highlight on it, and share your answers with your tutor.