AQA GCSE Biology Past Papers
AQA GCSE Biology (8461) is the most-sat GCSE Biology qualification in England. Students sit two 1 hour 45 minute papers at Foundation tier (grades 1–5) or Higher tier (grades 4–9), each worth 100 marks for a total of 200. The course covers 7 topics: cell biology, organisation, infection and response, bioenergetics, homeostasis and response, inheritance/variation/evolution, and ecology. Exams are sat in May/June each year; November resits are available for post-16 learners. Every available past paper and mark scheme is linked below — all links direct to AQA's filestore.
Key facts: AQA GCSE Biology
- Qualification code
- 8461
- Papers
- 2 papers, each 1 hour 45 minutes
- Tiers
- Foundation (grades 1–5) and Higher (grades 4–9)
- Exam session
- May/June
- Total marks
- 200 (100 per paper)
- First assessment
- Summer 2018
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