Paper 1 appears from the autumn 2020 series onwards; the earlier series here carry papers 2 and 3 only. AQA’s open file store stops at June 2023, and its assessment resources page lists the newer series.
Edexcel A-Level Biology A
Papers 1, 2 and 3 of the Salters-Nuffield specification.
Pearson keeps a rolling window of about four years, so June 2022 is as far back as these go. Paper 2 and paper 3 were sat on Saturdays, which is why their dates look odd.
Pearson keeps a rolling window of about four years, so June 2022 is as far back as these go. Paper 2 and paper 3 were sat on Saturdays, which is why their dates look odd.
OCR A-Level Biology A
Biological processes, then biological diversity, then unified biology.
November 2020 and 2021 were autumn sittings held after the summer exams were cancelled. They are real papers. OCR also publishes a printed answer book for some papers, which is on its assessment page.
OCR A-Level Biology B (Advancing Biology)
Fundamentals of biology, scientific literacy in biology, practical skills in biology.
November 2020 and 2021 were autumn sittings held after the summer exams were cancelled. They are real papers. The advance notice article for the scientific literacy paper is on OCR’s assessment page.
Using them
A paper you have not marked is a paper you have not done
Do it to time, mark it against the scheme yourself, and write down which marks you lost and why. The second half is where the grade comes from, and it is the half almost everybody skips. Our tutors go through exactly that in a free trial lesson.
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Bring one you have already attempted to a free 60-minute lesson and we will go through where the marks went.