GCSE Biology Edexcel Past Papers
GCSE Edexcel Biology past papers and mark schemes can be found on this dedicated page. If you are revising for your Edexcel GCSE Biology exams and are looking for revision materials then there is no better thing to use than past papers. You can then use the Edexcel mark schemes to help you mark your practice papers and see where you have gone wrong.
Edexcel GCSE Biology Past Papers (9-1) (NEW SPEC)
June 2019
Foundation
Higher
June 2018
Foundation
Higher
Sample Assessment materials
Edexcel GCSE Science (Old Specification)
January 18 Higher
June 18 Foundation
June 17
Higher
Foundation
June 16
Higher
Foundation
June 15
Higher
Foundation
June 14
Higher
Foundation
June 13
Higher
Foundation
March 13
Higher
Foundation
November 12
Higher
Foundation
June 12
Higher
Foundation
Edexcel – GCSE Biology June grade boundaries 2018
AQA GCSE Biology Spec at a Glance
The AQA GCSE Biology specification is challenging with each topic covered in much more depth than the combined Science. The following are the key topics covered.
1. Cell biology
2. Organisation
3. Infection and response
4. Bioenergetics
5. Homeostasis and response
6. Inheritance, variation and evolution
7. Ecology
8. Key ideas
AQA GCSE Biology Assessment Detail
Paper 1 – Cell biology; Organisation; Infection and response; and Bioenergetics.
·Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
·Foundation and Higher Tiers offered
·100 marks
·50% of GCSE Biology
Paper 2 – Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution; and Ecology.
·Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
·Foundation and Higher Tier
·100 marks
·50% of GCSE
Both papers allow a calculator. They are composed of many types of question from multiple choice to long answered questions that are worth many marks. There are factual recall and applied questions in both GCSE Biology papers.