Instructions
Included in this document are web links directly to the appropriate page on
each examination board website. On the webpage you will find the following
of use to you:
Past examination papers - the best way to prepare for an examination is to practice
Mark schemes - these enable students to identify specific key phrases and words the
exam board is looking for
English And Mathematics
Board
Subject
Link to past examination question papers
CIE
English
Cambridge iGCSE – English First Language (UK)
http://www.cie.org.uk/i-want-to/resource-centre/
AQA
English Literature
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-9715/past-papers-andmark-schemes
Mathematics
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/pastpapers.html?Qualification-Family=GCSE&QualificationSubject=Mathematics%20A%20(2010)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&SpecificationCode=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fgcse10-mathsa
Edexcel
Science
Board
Science
sets
OCR
Subject
Link to past examination question papers
Science B (Gateway) Resit ONLY
Search for qualification as Gateway Science Suite – Science B – J261 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
OCR
All except
11TR
Additional Science
Search for qualification as Gateway Science Suite – Additional Science B – J262 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
OCR
11TR
ONLY
Biology B
Search for qualification as Gateway Science Suite – Biology B – J263 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
OCR
11TR
ONLY
Chemistry
Search for qualification as Gateway Science Suite – Chemistry B – J264 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
OCR
11TR
ONLY
Physics
Search for qualification as Gateway Science Suite – Physics B – J265 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
Ebacc Options
Board
Subject
Link to past examination question papers
AQA
French (4655)
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes
Edexcel
Edexcel
Geography
History
B
B
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html?QualificationFamily=GCSE&Qualification-Subject=Geography%20B%20(2009)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&SpecificationCode=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2GB01&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2gb01
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html?QualificationFamily=GCSE&Qualification-Subject=History%20B%20(2009)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&SpecificationCode=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2HB01&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2hb01
Other Option Subjects
Board
Subject
Link to past examination question papers
AQA
Art & Design
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
Business &
Communication
Systems
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
Business Studies
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
Citizenship
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
Dance
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
D&T: Graphic Products
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
D&T: Product Design
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
Relevant Sections
AQA
A&D: Textiles
Technology
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
Economics
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
AQA
Religious Studies B
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes
Choose Religious Studies as your
subject, GCSE as your
Qualification, Religious Studies
B: Full and Short Courses (4055)
as your specification and then
the relevant modules:
f
Unit 2 Religion and Life Issues
(40552) (look at 4 modules
below)
Religion and Early Life
Religious Attitudes to War and
Peace
Religion and Planet Earth
Religion and Animal Rights.
c
Unit 3 Religion and Morality
(40553) (look at 4 modules
below)
Religious Attitudes towards Crime
and Punishment
Religious Attitudes towards Old
Age and Death
Religious Attitudes towards Drug
Abuse
Religious Attitudes towards Rich
and Poor in British Society
Drama
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/pastpapers.html?Qualification-Family=GCSE&Qualification-Subject=Drama%20(2009)&Status=PearsonUK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2DR01&SpecificationCode=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2dr01
Music
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/pastpapers.html?Qualification-Family=GCSE&Qualification-Subject=Music%20(2009)&Status=PearsonUK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2MU01&SpecificationCode=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2mu01
Edexcel
Physical Education
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/pastpapers.html?Qualification-Family=GCSE&QualificationSubject=Physical%20Education%20(2009)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&SpecificationCode=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2PE01&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:SpecificationCode%2F2pe01
OCR
Computing
Search for qualification as Computing – J275 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
OCR
Health & Social
Care: Single
Search for qualification as Health and Social Care Single/Double Award – J406, J412 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
OCR
Health & Social
Care: Double
Search for qualification as Health and Social Care Single/Double Award – J406, J412 (from 2012)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/
Edexcel
Edexcel