AQA publishes paper 3 as separate files: one for section A, and one for each of the five section B options. Which option you sat is printed on the front of your paper. Seven complete series, June 2017 to June 2023, including both autumn sittings; AQA’s open file store stops there and its assessment resources page lists the newer ones.
Pearson keeps a rolling window of about four years, so June 2022 is as far back as these go. Some papers are sat on Saturdays, which is why a few dates look odd.
Nine complete series, June 2017 to June 2025. November 2020 and 2021 were autumn sittings held after the summer exams were cancelled, and they are real papers. The data, formulae and relationships booklet is on OCR’s assessment page.
OCR A-Level Physics B (Advancing Physics)
Fundamentals of physics, scientific literacy in physics, practical skills in physics.
Nine complete series, June 2017 to June 2025, including both autumn sittings. 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.
Stuck on a paper?
Bring one you have already attempted to a free 60-minute lesson and we will go through where the marks went.