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Biology · AQA 8461 · Paper 1 · Higher · June 2025

AQA GCSE Biology Paper 1 Higher June 2025 examiner report (8461/1H)

1h 45m 100 marks

Examiner report

  1. Q1 - 11 marks - Communicable disease, Discovery and development of drugs, Immunisation
  2. Q2 - 14 marks - Digestion, Health, lifestyle and risk factors
  3. Q3 - 8 marks - Active transport, Osmosis
  4. Q4 - 16 marks - Communicable disease, Limiting factors in photosynthesis, Plant disease and defence
  5. Q5 - 16 marks - Aerobic respiration, Blood, Microscopy, Response to exercise, The heart and circulation
  6. Q6 - 9 marks - Aerobic respiration, Diffusion, Response to exercise
  7. Q7 - 17 marks - Digestion, Monoclonal antibodies, Stem cells
  8. Q8 - 9 marks - Antibiotics, Culturing microorganisms, Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells