Specification H020, H420

OCR A-Level Biology A Past Papers

Question papers and mark schemes from 2017–2025, up to June 2025. Each button opens the official PDF straight from OCR.

About these OCR A-Level Biology A papers

OCR A-Level Biology A is specifications H020, H420. This page links 45 question papers (42 with mark schemes) across 9 exam series, from June 2017 to June 2025. In the June 2025 series, the 5 papers were:

  • H420/01 Biological processes (A-level)
  • H420/02 Biological diversity (A-level)
  • H420/03 Unified biology (A-level)
  • H020/01 Breadth in biology (AS)
  • H020/02 Depth in biology (AS)

Sit each paper under timed conditions, then mark it against the official mark scheme. To turn a raw mark into a grade, use OCR grade boundaries for the same series, because boundaries change every year. OCR's examiner reports for each series explain where candidates most often lost marks.

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A-level papers

A-level · June 2025

A-level · June 2024

A-level · June 2023

A-level · June 2022

A-level · November 2021

A-level · November 2020

A-level · June 2019

A-level · June 2018

A-level · June 2017

AS-level papers

AS · June 2025

AS · June 2024

AS · June 2023

AS · June 2022

AS · November 2021

AS · November 2020

AS · June 2019

AS · June 2018

AS · June 2017

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