OCR GCSE Combined Science A (Gateway) Past Papers

About these OCR GCSE Combined Science A (Gateway) papers

OCR GCSE Combined Science A (Gateway) is specification J250. This page links 96 question papers (96 with mark schemes) across 8 exam series, from June 2018 to June 2025. In the June 2025 series, the 12 papers were:

• J250/01 Paper 1 (Foundation)
• J250/02 Paper 2 (Foundation)
• J250/03 Paper 3 (Foundation)
• J250/04 Paper 4 (Foundation)
• J250/05 Paper 5 (Foundation)
• J250/06 Paper 6 (Foundation)
• J250/07 Paper 7 (Higher)
• J250/08 Paper 8 (Higher)
• J250/09 Paper 9 (Higher)
• J250/10 Paper 10 (Higher)
• J250/11 Paper 11 (Higher)
• J250/12 Paper 12 (Higher)

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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