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GCSE Chemistry past papers and mark schemes

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AQA GCSE Chemistry

8462 · 2015 to 2025

Edexcel GCSE Chemistry

1CH0 · 2012 to 2025

OCR GCSE Chemistry

J248 · 2013 to 2025

WJEC GCSE Chemistry

3410 · 2019 to 2025

CCEA GCSE Chemistry

1110

No CCEA GCSE Chemistry papers in the archive yet. The CCEA page › carries the specification, the papers you sit and the years examined.

The boards

About GCSE Chemistry

Not sure which board? Look at the front of any past paper. It names the board and carries a code: 8462 is AQA, 1CH0 is Edexcel, J248 is OCR, 3410 is WJEC and 1110 is CCEA.

AQA (8462), Edexcel (1CH0), OCR (J248), WJEC (3410) and CCEA (1110) set GCSE Chemistry, and the code is printed on the front of your paper. Each board below shows its newest papers and its questions by topic; the board's own page holds the full list.

AQA8462

Since 2018

Also 4402, 3421, 3423

133,000 a year

AQA's own site

Since 2016

Also 2CH01

20,000 a year

Edexcel's own site
OCRJ248

Since 2016

Also J258, J264

8,000 a year

OCR's own site
WJEC3410

Since 2016

8,000 a year

WJEC's own site
CCEA1110

Since 2017

Also G14

CCEA's own site

At a glance

269papers from 5 exam boards, November 2011 to June 2027.
985documents - question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.
147topics classified across 1,706 questions.

GCSE Chemistry is examined in November, March, June and January. Each board's own page holds its full list, back to its first exam.

Foundation or Higher

FoundationPaper 1, Paper 2.
Code ends in 1F
HigherPaper 1, Paper 2.
Code ends in 1H

The code on the paper says which: 8462/1F is Foundation and 8462/1H is Higher.

Higher or Foundation, you're still balancing equations at midnight.

Memes

Certified Chemistry memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Then pick your board and do a past paper.

Do the mole calculation
Write ‘exothermic’ and pray
Me on the 6-marker about electrolysis
Knowing water is H₂O
Balancing an equation first try
Getting two concordant titres
Realising nobody actually knows what a mole is
Chemistry enlightenment, ranked

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