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AQA GCSE Computer Science past papers and mark schemes

AQA GCSE Computer Science past papers

June 2025 Latest

Paper 1A
Paper 1B
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not published yetER
Paper 1C
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not published yetER
Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMSExaminer report not published yetER
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2Question paper not in the archiveQPMSER

June 2024

Paper 1ABC
Paper 1A
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1B
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1C
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMSER

June 2023

Paper 1A
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1B
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1C
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMSER
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMSER
2022June

June 2022

Paper 1A
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1B
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1C
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMSER
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMSER
2021November

November 2021

Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMS
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMS
2020November

November 2020

Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMSER
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMSER
2019June

June 2019

Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMS
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMS
2018June

June 2018

Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMS
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMS

Specimen material

Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills
8525/1QPMS
Paper 2: Computing concepts
8525/2QPMS

Paper by year

AQA GCSE Computer Science

Code8525

At a glance

The course
AQA GCSE Computer Science 8525, Ofqual QAN 601/8301/9, was first examined in 2016. It has 2 papers: Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills and Paper 2: Computing concepts, each 90 marks.
The papers
  • Paper 1: Computational thinking and programming skills, 8525/1: 2 hours, 50% weighting.
  • Paper 2: Computing concepts, 8525/2: 1 hour 45 minutes, 50% weighting.
What we hold
We hold 29 papers from 8 sittings, June 2018 to June 2025, and the specimen papers.
Full title
AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in Computer Science Β· QAN 601/8301/9 Β· 2016 onwards

Not AQA? Same subject, other boards.

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

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 8525. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.

Also on this page 8525 600/4908/X 8520

Other courses, no papers held

AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE in Computer ScienceComputer Science 8520

Memes

Certified Computer Science memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

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

Write a proper algorithm
Write β€˜sort it’ and leave
Me on the 6-mark pseudocode question
Debugging with print statements
Using a trace table
Knowing the difference between = and ==
Explaining recursion by explaining recursion
Code enlightenment, ranked

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