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GCSE Combined Science past papers and mark schemes

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Doing triple (separate sciences)? Your papers are under Biology · Chemistry · Physics · AQA Trilogy · AQA Synergy

Edexcel GCSE Combined Science

1SC0 · 2013 to 2025

OCR GCSE Combined Science

J250 · 2018 to 2025

WJEC GCSE Combined Science

No WJEC GCSE Combined Science papers in the archive yet. The WJEC page › carries the specification, the papers you sit and the years examined.

CCEA GCSE Combined Science

1370

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

The boards

About GCSE Combined Science

Not sure which board? Look at the front of any past paper. It names the board and carries a code: 1SC0 is Edexcel, J250 is OCR and 1370 is CCEA.

Edexcel (1SC0), OCR (J250), WJEC and CCEA (1370) set GCSE Combined Science, 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.

Since 2016

Also 2SF01

61,000 a year

Edexcel's own site
OCRJ250

Since 2016

Also J260, J266, J262, J630, J261

15,000 a year

OCR's own site

Also 3430QD

CCEA1370

Since 2017

Also G84

CCEA's own site

At a glance

350papers from 4 exam boards, June 2013 to June 2027.
1,394documents - question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.
299topics classified across 3,656 questions.

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

Foundation or Higher

FoundationPaper 1: Biology 1, Paper 2: Biology 2, Paper 3: Chemistry 1, Paper 4: Chemistry 2, Paper 5: Physics 1, Paper 6: Physics 2.
Code ends in 1BF
HigherPaper 1: Biology 1, Paper 2: Biology 2, Paper 3: Chemistry 1, Paper 4: Chemistry 2, Paper 5: Physics 1, Paper 6: Physics 2.
Code ends in 1BH

The code on the paper says which: 1SC0/1BF is Foundation and 1SC0/1BH is Higher.

Higher or Foundation, you still have to label the Bunsen burner.

Memes

Certified Combined Science memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

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

Revise all three sciences
Just revise the fun one
Me the night before the chemistry paper
Knowing it's three sciences
Knowing which teacher does which
Remembering which equations are given
Remembering which science you're actually sitting today
Science enlightenment, combined

Mum 💖

which science is it today? 🥰

all of them somehow

go on genius!!! 💪

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None of them were revised