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AQA GCSE Combined Science Synergy (8465) past papers and mark schemes

AQA GCSE Combined Science: Synergy past papers

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Which tier am I?
Look at the paper code on your mock.

Look at the code on the front of your paper. 8465/1F means Foundation, 8465/1H means Higher. Still not sure? Ask your teacher.

Higher or Foundation. Either way, two grades for your trouble.

June 2025 Latest

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/1FQPMSER
Higher8465/1HQPMSER
Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/2FQPMSER
Higher8465/2HQPMSER
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMSER
Higher8465/3HQPMSER
Paper 4: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/4FQPMSER
Higher8465/4HQPMSER

June 2024

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/1FQPMSER
Higher8465/1HQPMSER
Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/2FQPMSER
Higher8465/2HQPMSER
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMSER
Higher8465/3HQPMSER
Paper 4: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/4FQPMSER
Higher8465/4HQPMSER

June 2023

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/1FQPMSER
Higher8465/1HQPMSER
Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/2FQPMSER
Higher8465/2HQPMSER
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMSER
Higher8465/3HQPMSER
Paper 4: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/4FQPMSER
Higher8465/4HQPMSER
2022June

June 2022

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/1FQPMSER
Higher8465/1HQPMSER
Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/2FQPMSER
Higher8465/2HQPMSER
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMSER
Higher8465/3HQPMSER
Paper 4: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/4FQPMSER
Higher8465/4HQPMSER
2021November

November 2021

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/1FQPMS
Higher8465/1HQPMS
Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/2FQPMS
Higher8465/2HQPMS
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMS
Higher8465/3HQPMS
Paper 4: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/4FQPMS
Higher8465/4HQPMS
2020November

November 2020

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/1FQPMS
Higher8465/1HQPMS
Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences
Foundation8465/2FQPMS
Higher8465/2HQPMS
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMS
Higher8465/3HQPMS
Paper 4: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/4FQPMS
Higher8465/4HQPMS
2019June

June 2019

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMSER
Higher8465/3HQPMSER
2018June

June 2018

PaperFoundationHigher
Paper 3: Physical sciences
Foundation8465/3FQPMSER
Higher8465/3HQPMSER

Paper by year

Questions by topic

Stuck on one topic? Practise just that.

Every question is lifted out of its paper and filed under its topic, with its mark scheme.

123 topics and 1,109 real exam questions in AQA GCSE Combined Science: Synergy, each with its mark scheme.

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AQA GCSE Combined Science: Synergy

Code8465

At a glance

The course
AQA GCSE Combined Science Synergy 8465, Ofqual QAN 601/8760/8, was first examined in 2018. It has 4 papers: Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences, Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences, Paper 3: Physical sciences and Paper 4: Physical sciences, each 1 hour 45 minutes and 100 marks.
The papers
  • Paper 1: Life and environmental sciences, 8465/1F and 8465/1H: 25% weighting, Foundation and Higher tier.
  • Paper 2: Life and environmental sciences, 8465/2F and 8465/2H: 25% weighting, Foundation and Higher tier.
  • Paper 3: Physical sciences, 8465/3F and 8465/3H: 25% weighting, Foundation and Higher tier.
  • Paper 4: Physical sciences, 8465/4F and 8465/4H: 25% weighting, Foundation and Higher tier.
What we hold
We hold 52 papers from 8 sittings, June 2018 to June 2025.
Full title
AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in Combined Science: Synergy · QAN 601/8760/8 · 2018 onwards

Not AQA? Same subject, other boards.

Each board sets completely different papers. Check yours before you revise the wrong thing for months.

AQA is the only board we hold for GCSE Combined Science: Synergy.

The board and course code are printed on the front of every mock paper.

HELP. Which board am I??

Find a mock or past paper from school. The board's name is at the top of the front cover, and the course code is printed next to it, like 8465. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.

Memes

Certified Combined Science: Synergy memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Cry in the exam hall later. Then come back and do a past paper.

Link physics to ecosystems
Write ‘energy’ and pray
Me on the 6-marker that’s somehow both
Knowing biology and physics are different
Knowing they’re in the same paper
Linking photosynthesis to the energy topic
Explaining the whole universe in one 6-marker
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