Specification 8461
AQA GCSE Biology Past Papers
Question papers and mark schemes from 2018–2024, up to June 2024. Each button opens the official PDF straight from AQA.
About these AQA GCSE Biology papers
AQA GCSE Biology is specification 8461. This page links 19 question papers (19 with mark schemes) across 6 exam series, from June 2018 to June 2024. In the June 2024 series, the 2 papers were:
- 84612F Paper 2 (Foundation)
- 84612H Paper 2 (Higher)
Sit each paper under timed conditions, then mark it against the official mark scheme. To turn a raw mark into a grade, use AQA grade boundaries for the same series, because boundaries change every year. AQA's examiner reports for each series explain where candidates most often lost marks.
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June 2024
- Paper 2 (Foundation)84612F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Higher)84612H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
June 2023
- Paper 1 (Foundation)84611F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 1 (Higher)84611H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Foundation)84612F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Higher)84612H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
June 2022
- Paper 1 (Foundation)84611F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 1 (Higher)84611H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Foundation)84612F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Higher)84612H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
November 2021
- Paper 1 (Foundation)84611F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 1 (Higher)84611H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Foundation)84612F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Higher)84612H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
November 2020
- Paper 1 (Foundation)84611F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 1 (Higher)84611H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Foundation)84612F Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 (Higher)84612H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
June 2018
- Paper 1 (Foundation)84611H Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
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